Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Double Top Madhouse ].Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, sugary, sweet chocolate - milk chocolate, light roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, sugary, sweet chocolate - milk chocolate, lactose. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170810] 5-3-5-3-11

12/4/2019. Cask at the Lion & Key, Hull. This is the Grande version at 5.9%. Pours dark amber with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of malt, toffee, fruit and spicy notes. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Bit underwhelmed really.

Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and licorice finish.

On cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Off black colour with a big tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Taste dryish medium body.

Cask half-pint, hand-pulled at the 44th Telford Beer & Drinks Festival at The Crown Inn, Oakengates on 5th May 2018. Amber bodied, off-white affair on top. Malty front with a slight earthy aroma, fairly bitter and dry in the mouth. It was OK, but wanted a bit more 'oomph' really.

Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 5. 12/08/2017. A dark brown black coloured pour with a laating loose light tan head. Aroma is tangy rustic wood. Apple and malt loaf. Flavour is composed of semi sweet malt loaf, fruit cake, tangy burnt sugars and toffee apple. Palate is medium sweet, oily, lowish carbonation. Ok.

Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A dark brown beer with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, dark mild roasted malt, lactose. Taste of mild roasted malt, coffee, lactose, low carbonation.

On tap at the Hop and Barley. Lincoln. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma malty with a real fruity edge. Taste light bittersweet. Medium body.

Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel aroma. Slightly roasted malty caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a slightly roasted malty caramel and dark fruit finish.

Tried at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Deep ruby colour with a thick and lasting tan head. Aroma is nutty slight chocolate and roasted. Taste is fruity to roasted bitter. Full and rich body.