Heavy rye and very hoppy

Bottle from Hop Burns & Black. It pours jet black with a gigantic dark tan head. The aroma is rich, plenty of cooking chocolate, rich roasted malts, liquorice, umami, some fruit cake, dried berry and fruit compote. The taste is rich roasted malts, coffee grounds, liquorice, cocoa, dark fruits, charred wood and earth with a dry, roasted finish. Medium+ body and moderate carbonation. Rich rich and flavoursome for the abv. Rather nice all in all.

Cask at the Brighton Beer Dispensary. Pours deep golden with medium white head. Quite hoppy, fruity, citrus, caramel malts, finishes bitter. Easy drinkable. Nice one.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines...a long while ago. I inadvertently aged this one. I think it’s two to three years of age. It pours clear, dark brown with a frothy, light khaki head. The nose has lots of ashy roast, tobacco, burnt leaves, faint cocoa. Light sweet flavour with prominent ashy roast, some dry earth, torched tobacco leaves, bitter cocoa, leather. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry and bitter on the finish, with more steady and sturdy ash, hard bitter cocoa, old espresso. Pretty OK overall, in that hard-edged ashy kind of way.

Keg at Beer Rebellion. It pours hazy orange - amber with a small foamy white head. The aroma is soft, bready, sweet over - ripe banana, clove, ginger and straw. The taste is bitter, spicy, slightly tangy fruits, green banana, cactus, aloe vera and bread with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not so sure on this one. Nice enough for a half, but I wouldn’t chug much more than that.

Keg at Beer Rebellion. It pours hazy dark ruby brown with a decent white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, fudge, chocolate cake and chewy malt. The taste is bitter, roasted malt, toast, dark fruits, dried fruits, cherry, cocoa and coffee grounds with a dry, earthy roast finish. Good fruity character. Decent brown ale.

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a massive white head. Near-gusher in fact. Aromas of wood, yeast. Taste is woody, more yeast, faint citrus. Thin finish. Not great.

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours hazy orange brown with a thin white head. Aromas of marmalade, grapefruit, light spice. Taste is bitter, spicy, a bit flat, bitter linger.

Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Late Knights Peckham Rye IPA ].ABV: 6.3%. Clear medium orange color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, rye, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, rye, caramel, citrus, orange, fruity, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010]