8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 2nd November 2025. Intensely dark sepia black with tan foam and spot lacing. Rich, roasty malt aroma with dark chocolate and woodsmoke. Rich and intense roast malt profile in-mouth with smokiness, fiery spices and dark chocolate. A long, satisfying finish of roastiness, fire and dark bitter chocolate. Engaging mouthfeel and a full body. Absolutely exquisite.

6

Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025

6.5

Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025

6

Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025

6

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Cola brown. No head. Aroma has berries and oatmeal. Flavourwise a lotra berries and underlying malt and oatmeal. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish l. Doesn't do much for me.

6.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Copper topped with a thin off white head.
Nose is biscuit, straw, grains, herb.
Taste comprises toffee, fruit esters, stewed fruits, straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable bitter ... on the twiggy spectrum.

6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a beige head.
Nose is dark malts, light smoke, toffee, charr.
Taste comprises dried fruits, earthy roast, toffee, charr.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Clear golden blonde with a white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, mandarin.
Taste comprises papaya, melon, tangerine, soft malts, light breads.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with light juicy hop bitterness.
Decent flavoursome cask pale.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

8/8/2025. Cask at GBBF 2025. Zesty, citrus, grainy aroma. Nice bittersweet taste. Easy drinker.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at GBBF 25. Clear gold. Thick lively foamy frothy white head. Aroma has citrus and gooseberry sourness and chewy malts. Flavourwise it's more sour focused. Gooseberry, etc. Some underlying malts. Light-mediu bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish.