Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2013, day 3 - London. Pours clear, dark brown with a light, creamy beige head. Lots of dark fruits in the nose, light molasses, dirt. Medium sweet flavor with dried dark fruits, light dry chocolate, dark toast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet on the finish, with further dried out dark fruits, dark sugars, toast, mellow chocolate, faint roast. Tasty, and quite drinkable given the strength.

Cask @ Beer Shack, Burnley. Golden-blonde with a thinnish creamy head. Has a crisp light fruity character.

Cask at Ealing Beer Festival 2015, Ealing, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, chocolate, dry, almost muddy. Decent enough.

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol, April 2015. Amber in colour with a slight, off-white, head. Sweetish, malty bitter, with a touch of hedgerow fruits and short finish. Ok.

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol, April 2015. Near black with a decent, beige, head. Chocolate, roasted malts, a touch of fruity sweetness, leading to a dryish finish. Good.

Cask at the 2015 National Winter Ales Festival, The Roundhouse, Derby. Dark brown pour, no head. Raisin and chocolate aroma. Smooth roasty flavours of chocolate, bonfire toffee and smoke. Booze laden mouthfeel. Good.

Amber-brown, very fruity, hint of smoke, light acidity in the finish, decent bitter.

Kindly shared by DJ Monarch, GBBF 2013, on the third day. Jet black body. A few bubbles at the surface. Coffee, chocolate and dried fruits on the nose. Blended flavours of chocolate malts, anise and dried fruits. Bitter sweet ending with tingling alcohol. Vinous impression. Fine bodied. Tasty (London Olympia 15.08.2013).

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured a very dark, murky brown with a halo of tan head. Aroma of toffee, liquorice and stewed fruit. Flavours of apple, brown sugar and dried fruit. Watery mouth feel for an Imp Stout. Palate has some more bitter notes of coffee with dark malt and alcohol.

Cask at GBBF ’13, 15/08/13. Pitch black with a thin tan head. Nose is dark fruits, liqourice, boozey notes, dark toffee, cocoa, jammy fruit. Taste comprises berry fruit, light booze, sugars, leather, tar, light chocolate strains, raisens. Full bodied, fine carbonation, smooth on the palate, some warming booze in the finish but not too hot. Decent cask impy of the fruitier variety.