6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at The Colmore, Brum. Opaque brown. Thin foamy light beige head primarily clings to the rim. Aroma has fruit, sour fruit, dark malts amd booze. Flavourwise it's quite sour with a light fruit sweet edge. Hints of underlying malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Not overly keen on this Barley Wine. Too sour for me. Not aw warming sipper which is what I want from the style.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Colmore
on 20 Mar 2026
at 16:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of caramel, spicy yeast esters, a little banana. Taste of prominent yeast esters, spicy, banana, sweet candi sugar and caramel malt, moderately sweet but sort of drying in the finish. Medium bodied.
Decent Belgo-style ale; better than the Dubbel version.
Decent Belgo-style ale; better than the Dubbel version.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 15 Mar 2026
at 23:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear amber pour with a beige head. Aroma of dried fruits, spices and yeast esters, light banana, caramel, dried fruits. Taste of dried fruits, caramel, mild spices, light banana, bubblegum, light sweetness but mostly pretty dry. Medium-ish body.
Pretty decent Belgo-style ale.
Pretty decent Belgo-style ale.
Tried
from Can
from Hop Burns & Black
on 15 Mar 2026
at 22:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the Queen.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of coffee
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of coffee
Tried
from Cask
at
Queen (Crafthouse & Kitchen)
on 15 Mar 2026
at 19:35
7/10
Tried
on 15 Mar 2026
at 17:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours almost black with a tan head. Aroma of coffee, roast malts, dark chocolate. Taste is dominated by the coffee and roast malts, dark chocolate and caramel base, slight nuttiness, bitter finish. Medium bodied. Love the coffee in this.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 15 Mar 2026
at 01:49
can at home .. dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft dusty chocolate roast malts nose . dark sweet chocolate roast ..soft Caramel ..toffee ..Light caramel roast malts
25
25
Tried
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A timely re-rate after 13 years, I can taste the chocolate this time around in a sessionable enough texture for a stout. Its aroma has it too. Lacks depth but is orderable enough.
Tried
from Cask
at
Baum
on 05 Mar 2026
at 21:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 20:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Keg draught at RedWillow Buxton. Dark brown and insatiable opaque with a ring of khaki head. Coffee understandably dominates the aroma, with notes of praline and salted caramel. Taste is sweet but measured, with hints of hazelnut and Marmite backing up the coffee flavour. Finish isn't exactly dry but it's not laced with sugar. Pretty well attenuated for the style. Medium body, maybe even on the lighter side, with heavy carbonation. Incredible stuff.
Tried
from Draft
at
Redwillow Buxton
on 13 Feb 2026
at 18:16