Jow (8309) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
After taking red eye from New York to London and running all over town site seeing on no sleep this first beer of European adventure vacation was well deserved and delicious. Popped into a random pub not far from tower of London and had on hand pumped cask. taste is of bitter coffee, ash, leather, and dry malt but in best possible way. taste is slight bitter with nice full body.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. I’d been hoping to come across this one - looking every inch a perfect stout - a deep oily borwn colour with a loose tan head; chocolately malt aroma; smooth and silky with deeply roasted malt flavours with a touch of chocolate and smoke then becoming more fruity towards the end. More please.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
1st April 2011
Hamilton Hall Spoons. Opaque black beer, good dark tan head. Dry palate. Roasty malt, not too burned. Trace of coffee, a little minerals. Whsiper of red fruits underneath. Dry bitterish finish. Ok.
Convair880 (6926) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Victoria station W’Spoons. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, dark fruit, roasted coffee, slight bitterness, rich and complex. Really good stout.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Pours a rich, opaque brown-black with a dense, beige head. Pungent roasted malt aroma with note of cocoa bean, coffee grounds, chocolate syrup and tar. Oh damn, great flavor, light to medium sweet, peaty, dark and roasty, baking cocoa, roasted coffee beans, tobacco and ash. Medium to full in body with fine carbonation and an ultra smooth mouthfeel. Finishes rich and roasty, like chocolate brownies with more coffee, moss, scorched earth, modest bitterness, some sugars, cigar ashes. Fantastic. Well done, Spoons.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Deep Shaft Stout from Freeminer 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask handpull at Spoons Victoria Station. Been looking for this since I arrived on Ratebeer. Black with thin lasting tan head. Rather a decent aroma. Then huge hit of choc and burnt malt in mouth. A bit like overdone Xmas cake. Big thick and got some excellent burnt dark fruit flavours. Its good. Not amazing but definitely good. Some dryness on finish. Very tasty stout.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Gold Standard from Freeminer 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
6th August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Bottle at home. Dissapointing bog standard ale. Lacks much of anything.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Gold Standard from Freeminer 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours orange with a large frothy head. Aroma is soft, bready malt and some yeast and banana. Bready malt start with a very bitter finish. Some banana on the aftertaste.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Hairway to Steaven from Freeminer 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Half pint from cask at Standing Order (JDW). Low, off-white head with a slight haze to a copper coloured body. Rather discreet expression of dried fruit to the nose. The flavour profile is an interesting mix of dried apples and dark malts. A bit jam-like. Dry bitter tail. Tasty (Edinburgh, 29.11.2010).
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Hairway to Steaven from Freeminer 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Hazy amber with a dense cream head; aroma of apricot and other tropical fruit; smooth and soft consistency with some sour apricot fruit flavours muddled with some sweet bread; then a dry yeasty finish. This was drinkable but rather confused.