7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 5
Overall 7.5
Cask at Tom’s Tap, Crewe. Pours a (very) dark reddish-brown with a small frothy off-white head and good lacing. There’s ginger, oats and bran in the aroma plus a hint of treacle. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with also some sharpness, and a rather watery texture. Flavour is strongly ginger, though this sometimes gives way to dark fruit. Roasted malts are also around and hints of black wine gums, plums and spice come later. Fruitiness lasts into the finish. This is nice but is let down by its thinness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 10 Oct 2025
at 13:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Tom’s Tap, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with minimal off-white head, good lacing and medium carbonation. Not much of an aroma – just hints of floral hops and melon. In the mouth it starts off slightly sweet (in the cheeks) but quickly becomes quite bitter (on the tongue). Flavour is marmalade, oranges, floral hops and hints of citrus, with a little lemongrass coming through later, leading to a slightly fruity finish. This is quite decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 10 Oct 2025
at 13:15
7.5/10
Some vanilla and malty sweet to finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2025
at 15:13
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ..dark black ..sweet chocolate Roast malts nose ..dark rich sweet chocolate roast malts ..smooth rich chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 08 Oct 2025
at 18:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ..deep copper brown ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose .msoft sweet bready toffee malts ..juicy malts
Tried
on 08 Oct 2025
at 17:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ...deep red black . thin tan lacing ..soft roast big earthy ginger nose . dark chocolate roast ...with a big backbone of gingerbeer rather than ginger. interesting it's the black gingerbeer equivalent of a black ipa
Tried
on 08 Oct 2025
at 16:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap at Toms Tap, Crewe. Pours almost black with minimal tan head and good lacing. There’s a strong aroma featuring roasted malts and ginger plus just a hint of chocolate. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with a creamy texture. Flavour has honeycomb, roasted malts, ginger and hints of vanilla and chocolate. Some bitterness in the slightly fruity finish. This is nice ! Strongly flavoured without obscuring the stout characteristic.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 27 Sep 2025
at 17:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
On tap at Toms Tap. Pours a solid mahogany with minimal off-white head and good lacing. There’s a strong aroma of toffee, smoke, oak timber and alcohol. In the mouth, swirling it around the tongue gives different combinations of sweetness, bitter and sharp. Constant though are flavours of honey, alcohol, raisins, roasted malts, oak barrels and balsam. Some hints of autumn fruits too. Finish is quite fruity with some herbal traces. This is simply excellent !
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 26 Sep 2025
at 17:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Toms Tap, Crewe. Pours a hazy golden yellow with minimal off-white head. There’s honey and malts in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet but not overly so, with flavour of Honey, continental hops, yeast and cloves. Finish is slightly dry. This is decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 11 Sep 2025
at 18:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 4.5
On tap at Toms Tap, Crewe. Pours a cloudy / murky lemon yellow with a sizable foamy almost white head and good lacing. A slightly off-putting aroma of grapefruit rnd and potato peelings. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with citrus, lemon and kiwi. Later some floral hops become evident along with a little sharpness. A slight bitterness in the finish. This is decent once you get past the aroma.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tom's Tap and Brewhouse
on 16 Aug 2025
at 13:16