Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
On tap at the brewhouse, pours a clear gold with a little white head. Nose has perfume, soap, some citrus. Flavor is flabby, honey, lemon, soap, herbs. Finishes watery. Not great.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the source. An opaque black dark brown coloured pour with a loose light tan head. Aroma is woody SWeet roast coconut , dried fruits, woodland fruit.. Flavour is composed of soft toast, burnt toast, milky coconut, chocolate, lactose mello woody bounty bar, lactose. Palate is semi sweet, lactose, lowish cask condition,. Some funky fruit.
MusingAnorak (11819) ticked Triple A from Brewhouse & Kitchen (Islington) 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at BH&K Islington, 26/04/17. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is roast malts, cocoa powder, toffee, light spice. Taste comprises milk chocolate, faint orange whisper, toffee, dark malts, light roast, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Decent enough cask stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the source. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is nice earthy coffee, dried fruits, woody coffee. Flavour is composed of woody coffee, nutty malts little chocolate.. Palate is oily, lowish carbonation,. Decent earthy coffee character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask at the source. It pours jet black with no head whatsoever. The aroma is earthy, charred, bittery-sweet, cheap plain chocolate, fudge and roast. The taste is earthy, leather, sticky, sweet, chewy, chocolate, burnt tires, waxy and earthy plastic with a dry, waxy plastic finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Flat and a bit plasticy. Very so - so.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the source. Am oily nutty brown coloured pour with a fading low off white head. Aroma is sweet chocolate powdered chocolate, oily, hint of peanut butter,. Flavour is composed of sweet chocolate waxy oily chocolate. Thin and meh. Palate is flabby and oily, moderate carbonation.. Lingering choc powder. Ok. Too waxy.