8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour at Not Cotts Comvention bottleshare held at Tilt, Brum. Pours dark brown towards black with a whisper of a tan cap. Aroma: dark choc, liquorice, molasses, umami. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet with some roasty bitterness, dark choc, liquorice, brown sugar, dark berries, spicy. Towards full bodied with low carbonation. Quite decent balance overall, for a 21% stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2023
at 20:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried at the Not at Cotteridge share 2023 at Tilt Birmingham. Oily black with a slight head. Aroma and taste have some molasses and chocolate. Sweet rich body.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2023
at 19:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Cotteridge Meet Up 2023. Black beer no head. Some dates molasses flavours some heat. Yes heat on finish. Fairly one dimensional but OK. Malty dark treacle
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2023
at 15:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the cotteridge convention bottle share. Thanks to Mark beardy. A thick, dark brown brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is thick, chewy, dark chocolate, flabby, liquorice, dark berries. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, jammy berries, spicy, dark chocolate, oily, hazelnut, flabby, oily, no carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2023
at 15:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Not Cotts 23. Ordered from Kay Gees. Aroma is certainly punchy - molasses, honey, syrup and booze. Dark brown. No head. Sweet. The adjuncts come through. Sweet booze. Doughy. Heavy bodied. Creamy. Flat carbonation. Long warming finish. For 21% it's actually very drinkable.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2023
at 15:52