Bottle 500ml. @ London Brewers’ Market, Old Spitalfields Market, London E1 6AA, United Kingdom. [ As East London Rascal ].Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, spicy, ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, ginger. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161126] 5-3-5-3-10

500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average, frothy, fairly lasting and lacing, beige head. Roasty, nuttily, dark malty aroma, hints of burnt caramel and old toffee, some cocoa powder. Taste is roasty dark malty, hints of cocoa, toffee, a nuttily touch, some dark fruit, plum; overcarbonated.

Cask gravity at the pigs ear beer fest 2016. A mostly clear golden orange coloured pour with a a lasting loose off white head . Aroma is grassy hop, semi sweet cereal grains, nutty. Flavour is composed of semi sweet biscuity base malts, ginger, root ginger, mellow spices. Palate is semi sweet rounded, grainy, moderate carbonation. Decent.

Cask gravity at the pigs ear beer fest 2016. Chestnut brown ruby red coloured pour with a a fine light tan head. Aroma is tangy dried fruits, apple, nutty malts, coco powder. Flavour is composed of semi sweet malts, coco powder, apple, nutty brown bread, tangy apple. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, decent cask condition. Tangy finish.

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Deep copper colour. Faint vanilla aroma. Mid sweet with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and growing vanilla. Low bitterness. The vanilla is completely out of place.

Bottle from Brugsen, Copenhagen - black pour with beige head. Roasted and sweet aroma and taste with chocolate, coffee, caramel, milky sweetness, some dark fruit, medium roasted into the finish.

Draft. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and oats. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, oats, and chocolate, leading to a dry roasted finish.

Many thanks to thirstybird for this bottle! Smooth and slightly grainy nose. Nice intense bitter beginning. Fresh caramel, the bitterness gets more intense to the middle, refreshing with caramelly hints in the aftertaste. Full-bodied, round and great!

Bottle split at Chris & Ruth’s pre GBBF Shindig, 07/08/16. Pale yellow with a moderately appointed off white covering. Nose is light rhubarb, straw, grains, faint spice. Taste comprises soft rhubarb, straw, light bread, green berry. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok for style.