Bottle @ RBESG grand tasting. Opaque black color, small light brown head. Aroma of dark malts, roastyness and a touch of coffee. Taste malts, roasted malts, a touch of coffee and nicely bitter. Medium body and carbonation.

Bottle from Oddbins London Bridge I’d guess. Black beer with a lasting thin tan head. Roasted malt aroma with choc and coffee. A solid stout. I’ve been pretty impressed with the bottled Moncada beers. Solid, good clean flavours..

Bottle at home from london bridge oddbins. Pour is opaque black caramel with a thin reluctant tan head. Aroma is chalky choc and roast. Also some light dried fruit in the nose. Flavour is dry roast, some dark chocolate. Acidic roasty finish. Long roast duration. High carbonation for a stout. Dry finish. Good stout.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at Oddbins London Bridge. Pours mostly clear amber with a slight, frothy white head. Nose has toasty malts, mild pine, some faint toasty grass, hints of dried caramel. Light to medium sweet flavor with moderate piney bitterness, more toasty grass, faint minerals, hints of melon and grapefruit. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Very lightly resinous finish with some toasty malts, lightly ripened citrus fruits such as grapefruit, melon and tangerine, some bread, mellow pine. Very drinkable amber.

330ml bottle. Clear amber colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Piney, slightly herbal hop aroma with a touch of grapefruit, orange, red berries, minimally sweaty resinous background. Taste is initially citrusy and piney hoppy, later dry to bitter and minimally herbal hoppy; light body, slightly watery throughout the second half, (too) weak malt basis.

Bottle at the Union Tavern - Westbourne Park, London. Pours clearish amber with a creamy, off-white head. Nose holds leafy hops, light apple and berries. Light sweet flavor with dry, bready malts, some leaves, dried berries, light earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mellow sweetness to finish with restrained bitterness, further leaves, bread, dried berries. A fairly classic take on the bitter.

500ml bottle. Nice cloudy ruby red colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, ochre head. Fruit aroma with notes of red berries, a touch of dark chocolate. Taste is dry fruity, notes of red and dark berries, fruit parings, a touch of roast and dark chocolate.

500ml bottle. Filmy dark golden colour ith small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Minimally citrusy hoppy aroma, lemon tea, some gooseberry. Taste is minimally bitter hoppy, notes of lemon tea and gooseberry, a touch of husk.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at THE Kris Wines. Pours dark brown with a thick, creamy beige head. Aroma holds lots of burnt malts, charred wood, baking cocoa and tobacco. Light to medium sweet flavor, lots of charred malts, faint leathery and tabgy dark fruits, bitter earth, cocoa, dirt. Light to medium bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Earthy bitter finish, more baking cocoa, some burnt grass, crunchy leaves, tobacco. Good stuff. Really good stuff.

Bottle at home in London with Lyoli - picked up from Oddbins London Bridge. Pours clear yellow, lightly effervescent with a moderate, creamy white head and a bit of sediment. Sugary, doughy white bread in the nose, faint hay. Medium sweet flavor, lots of sugary white bread, dough, mild bitter straw, hints of minerally yeast. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with very mellow dryness, low bitterness, more doughy pale malts, some white bread, very light lemon peel. Pretty tasty stuff, if a bit simple. (April 2013, Score: 3.5)

Bottle at home in London - sourced from London Beer, online retailer. Pours lightly unclear yellow-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Pleasant aroma with balanced, pithy citrus hops, some grapefruit, tangerine, accents of nectarine and peach. Light to medium sweet with further pithy citrus, slight rindy and piney bitterness, hints of jammy lemon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Well balanced on the finish with biscuity pale malts, some white bread, lightly juicy citrus fruits, some dry pith, touches of mango and peach. Pretty dynamic stuff. The flavors definitely come together as you drink it. Very sessionable stuff. (October 2014, Score: 3.7)