Milton Marcus Aurelius

Brewed by Milton
Style: Imperial Stout
Cambridge, England

Cask Handpump at the Maltings, York 09/05/2009 Fruity aroma. Black strong in alcohol and fruity with some dryness and bitterness in a crisp warming slight roast finish.

Cask handpump at 3rd Wellington Beer Festival ’09, Wellington Arms, Bedford. Black with a small brown head. Buttery paint aroma with leather, some natural gas and some blackcurrant. . Some fruitiness also in the taste, which is like an apple and blackberry crumble with custard. Slight bitterness. Superb beer.

Cask @ Pembury Tavern Big bold imperial stout. Black as night and full of rich roasted flavours, hints of vanilla and expesso coffee. Gorgeous

Cask at the White Lion, Norwich, "Boxing Day Expedition" crawl, 26th Dec 08. Very, very dark brown, near black. Soft, pillowy malt taste with tons of fruit in every sip. Lots of red wine flavours too, tons of smooth flavours, dark caramel and vanilla. Superb stuff!

Bottle at chris_o’s teabagging is my job mate tasting, many thanks go out to doppleganger for having the balls to open a 6 month old cask to bottle swing top bottle full of goodness. The tartness is awsome, its not ruined, like its just good tart berry rich awsomeness, however roasty character stops it from being high five goodness. Very drinkable and i think i did like 150ml of the 500mls whuich is impressive at such a tasting.

Hand-bottled on 2/16/08 thanks to some very generous folks from across the pond!! Poured a clear, deep garnety-brown with some scattered bubbles for head when agitated. The aroma showcased darker fruit skins, and had a lovely, deeply-rooted roasty dark chocolate and fresh coffee presence beneath.. warmth brought out more of that coffee, and this really presented itself well. The flavor began with smooth drawn dark chocolate and fresh coffee grounds washing slowly over the tip of the tongue.. the middle was quite delightful with caramel joining the fray.. dark chocolate backing with coffee bitterness and a light fruity tartness around the edges.. very little if any alcohol apparent on the long, rewarding finish. Medium-bodied with low carbonation (not surprised by that) on the palate.. all the elements really seemed to come together for this one. Excellent brew!

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Merton Winter BF. A black beer with a tiny ring of off-white bubbles. The aroma is smoky and roasty. The taste is roasty and full of dark malts. Some lactose and some berry sweetness with licquorice hints also. A good body to a nice tasty beer.

Hand bottle at home ... From the Merton Winter Beer Festival ’08 ... Huge Huge Huge thanks to FIN for this ... Deep solid balck ... no head ... quit still again i suspect the hand bottling ... light roast chocolate malt ... Deep dark roasts ... Deep solid roast malts ... lots of chocolate ... some hops show through but well balanced ... some roast coffee and like Svesse i do think i pick up a little soy sauce. 4.2 as it stands but i think its body suffers a little through the hand bottling.