7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
at
Overdraft - Bedford Place
on 20 Sep 2025
at 17:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Overdraft Southampton, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Black topped with a lasting khaki cap.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, herb, mellow roast.
Taste comprises toffee, dried fruit rinds, faint liquorice, chocolate biscuit, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy stout for the relatively meagre ABV.
Black topped with a lasting khaki cap.
Nose is cocoa powder, dark malts, herb, mellow roast.
Taste comprises toffee, dried fruit rinds, faint liquorice, chocolate biscuit, ashen nip.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy stout for the relatively meagre ABV.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2025
at 11:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Hazy amber body with a few tiny flecks beneath a thin off-white head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of smoked malt, dried berries and dried apricot. Flavour of toffee and salted caramel. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A sweet, smoky beer.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 07 Sep 2025
at 20:34
7/10
Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is burnt toffee, herbs, grassy, little soapy, taste is sweet toffee, bitter, citrus, floral.7/7/7/8/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2025
at 18:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
One travel regret I have is I could have seen Fidel Castro on Cuba's annual National Day parade, exactly 24 years ago today, but I had a lie-in, in Havana instead. This beer helps the reminiscing, it's lovely and smooth in the palate, with plenty of body for its strength. Hints of citrus and a mild strewed fruitiness, quite warming stuff really.
Tried
from Cask
at
Fox and Goose
on 26 Jul 2025
at 12:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard . Nose is dark fruits, liquorice toffee light citrus aromas. Taste is dark jammy fruits, light smoke, citrus. Malty bittersweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
at
Green Goddess
on 17 Jul 2025
at 20:01
4/10
Droog en levenloos. #cask
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2025
at 16:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Dark. Frothy foamy beige head. Aroma combines espresso, charcoal and a berry edge. Flavourwise it's a bitter club over the head. Cold brew coffee and charcoal. Vague berry notes. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Very bitter but lacks nuance
Tried
on 10 Jul 2025
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, dried fruit esters, brown bread.
Taste comprises toffee, cocoa powder, dark malts, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Decent.
Deep mahogany brown with a lasting beige head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, dried fruit esters, brown bread.
Taste comprises toffee, cocoa powder, dark malts, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Decent.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2025
at 14:12