7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The White Horse 'Back to Normalish weekend', Hedgerley, Bucks. A black coloured pour with a thin bubbly beige head on top. Roasty, malty, caramel, chocolate aroma and taste, I rather enjoyed this one from Crafty Monkey.

6.8

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

28/2/2020. Cask at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Pours mid-dark ruby brown with a small bubbly off-white to beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt and dark fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body. Dry finish. Quite enjoyable.

6

Tried gravity cask at the Leicester Beer. Only a taster but a sound beer. Malty smooth and slight chocolate.

7.2

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

Bottle sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Black with a small brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and light soy sauce. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Oily. 100919

7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

6/9/2019. Bottle from CentrAle, Newcastle. Pours almost black with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, soot, dark fruit, leather, lactose and liquorice. Medium sweetness with moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Light nutty sweet finish. Good beer.

7.2

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

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops, licorice and has a nice roasty finish.

5.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Reading BF. Hazy dark amber with an off-white head. Very bitter from the off. Fruity, then sweeter caramel comes through. Grew on me but not enough.

6.6

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

Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Black colour with reddish tinge, biege foam head that dissipates away and aroma of dark malt, leathery. Taste is sweet, barley malt, molasses, with leather, soy sauce, dark fruit, aniseed notes, milky hints and light bitterness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry finish with lingering aniseed. Quite drinkable

6.5

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

Cask from Go-Between micropub, Stockton. Golden amber colour, thin white foam head leaving lacing and citrusy hop aroma. Taste is malt caramel, with citrusy grapefruit hop bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable