15/09/2007. WEST SOMERSET BEER FESTIVAL, Minehead Station, MINEHEAD, Somerset, England
Tried
on 29 Nov 2022
at 15:08
19/02/2010. PIG & FIDDLE, 2 Saracen Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England
Tried
on 29 Nov 2022
at 15:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 15/10/22. Near black in colour with a moderately-sized. Aroma of plain chocolate, creamy malts and a hint of roastiness. Flavour had a lot more chocolate without excessive sweetness, smooth malts, and a hint of coffee before a gently toasty finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2022
at 14:31
Tried
on 08 Nov 2022
at 14:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Half-pint, cask, after breakfast at Briar Rose (JDW). Ruby-black in the glass, low fawn-coloured head, fair lacing. Attractive smell of roasted chocolate malts and oats. Rich malt-driven taste of chocolate, cocoa, and oatmeal. Smoothly roasted ending with moderately sweetness. Fine depth. Good drinking. (Birmingham 16.10.2022).
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2022
at 08:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A dark ruby red pour with a tight coffee coloured head; sweet oaty aroma; velvety in the mouth with a luxurious chocolate taste; then a long dry finish with a sustained bitterness from the well roasted grains and lingering porridge oats. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2022
at 10:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Svart. Lavt tett lysebrunt skum. Aroma av karamell & kaffe. Smaken melkesjokolade. Tørr, lett bitter avslutning. Kakao.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2022
at 10:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask (gravity) at Babington Arms, Derby. Pours almost black with minimal cream head. Aroma has hints of coffee and biscuits, but you have to search for them. Oats are the immediate flavour in the mouth, followed by milky coffee and roasted malts. Some hints of chocolate as well. This is very drinkable !
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2022
at 10:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ White Hart, Todmorden. Wetherspoon 2022 Autumn Beer Festival Ale. Very dark red with a frothy off-white head. There's decent roasted malts in both aroma and taste, albeit never getting that stated. Its texture is easy drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2022
at 08:36
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Co-op outside Southampton Central. Aroma is quite lagery - malts and yeast. Cleat gold. Frothy white head. Light-medium bitter. Malts. Underlying tang. Light bodied. Thin Fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Sessionable but boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2022
at 18:42