7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask conditioned at Oxford Beer Festival 12-10-07 Poured jet black, with tan head. aroma of coffee, some raisins and a hint of cocoa. this was rather intense in flavour loads of dark fruits vying for attention with some coffee and just about everything else that’s in there but like Doppelganger (previous rater) who I think is spot on, it’s just a bit too much it may well be better bottled and left to age for a while. It also pretty much knackered my next beer. Had this again In field at Towersey Festival, Oxon, w/e 20th-25th August 08 The strength is really quite apparent but there are plenty of hops and lovely roasted malts leap into the afray, some bitter coffee at rear of mouth, nice beer and I’ve upped the rating from 3.4 to 3.6.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2007
at 01:39