7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity Cask at day 2 of the 41st Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 03/12/2025.
Light golden with a white head.
Nose is grass, melon, papaya, soft tropicana.
Taste comprises stone fruit, melon, papaya, mandarin, grass, light pine notes.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness with a mellow Nelson spike.
Solid cask sessioner.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Tamworth beer festival 05/09/2025. A rich thick dark brown black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is rich treacle pud, woody roast. Figgy pud, bark. Marker pen. Palate is semi sweet z thick. Roast. Chewy cake.

6.6

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

Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Inky. Tan head is less than a mm thick. Aroma has coffee berries and liquorice. Flavourwise it's similar. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft carbonation..Long somewhat astringent finish. Nice. Didn't realise it was an Impy.

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.
Black topped with a thin khaki crown.
Nose is dark malts, sticky toffee, molasses, light booze nip.
Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, chocolate, toasted brown sugar, fruit cake mix.
Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a rising lick of alcohol.
Not bad ... holds some depth.

7.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Pelican, Gloucester, 04/04/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is orange zest, grass, bitter tropical fruit esters.
Taste comprises bitter orange, papaya, ripe melon, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy come grassy hop bitterness.
Not bad.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at The Boiler Room, Leamington Spa, 08/02/2025.
Black with a tan cap that retains.
Nose is charr, roast malts, dried fruits, raisins, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, light fruit tang, cold brew coffee, earthy roast, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout but perhaps a little overly tangy.

6

Keg at the Boiler Room; opaque dark brown pour with a tan head, aroma has coffee, taste has bitter coffee, dark fruits, quite tart with some chocolate

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the Industry Tap, Sheffield. Black colour with a tran head. Aroma and taste are rooted bitter coffee and bitter chocolate, light sweetness. Rich body.