Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2008 ... Deep black ... roast chocolate malts nose ... deep roast malts lots of chocolate ... deep and rich ... Another US ale with only UK ratings.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@GBBF2008. Black colour, small head. Old coffee, mild roast, licorice and plum in the flavour and aroma. Also some slight spicyness noteable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF 08. Black, not overly sweet I thought. Very choccy. Little bit of sourness. It’s alright. A slightly our, hot beer, looses a bit of body on the swallow.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy yellow with tiny white head. Sweet fru ty aroma with yeasty notes. Sweet flavor with citric and yeasty notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Big thanks to tpd975 for giving me this. Pours a hazy dull orange to copper with thin white head. Right off the aroma seemed to bust with tangelo, grapefruit and pine. By the time I sat down to take more in I got pine and spice hops along with slightly stale malts. Maybe it’s something else rather than stale. Not sure. The taste begins with a moderate level of grapefruit and tart grapefruit orange peel type hop bitterness. Initially there’s some tangelo in there too. Near midway it gets a brief pulse of malt sweetness and floral hops before pure grapefruit juice takes over and carries into the finish. Feels a bit thin at the end too. Nice hoppy brew.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
nitro/CO2-pours a thin creamy light tan head and deep red color. Aroma is dark malt-coffee/molasses, acidity. Taste is dark malt-cocoa powder/molasses, secondary acidity from hops. Dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours a retaining light tan head and deep red color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate/nutty. Taste is dark malt-coffee/chocolate/nutty, husky, secondary earthy (English) hops. OK carbonation. Very porter like. Occasional.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours a tan head and dark brown color. Aroma is dark malt, slightly sweet dark fruit. Taste is dark malt-some licorice, slightly sweet dark fruit. Easy. Soft/mild carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
on tap-pours a thin retaining light tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is mild medium malt, rock candy. Taste is medium/dark malt, dark fruit, rock candy, spices/herbal-hops, yeast. OK effervescence.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
on tap-pours a thin light brown head and mahogany color. Aroma is medium/dark malt-nutty/roasty, faint dark somewhat sweet fruit. Taste is medium/dark malt-coffee/nutty/roasty, secondary flat/earthy (English) hops bitterness. Mild carbonation.