 cgarvieuk (2388), Edinburgh, Scotland
Mar 2, 2007 a dark browncoloured ale , with a light chocolaty taste and a bitter finish to it. with hints of coffe and chocolate
SilkTork (3882), Rochester, Kent, England
Jul 17, 2006 <a href=http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/95/9597/Saxon_Shore/Herne_Bay>JDW, Herne Bay A dark berry fruit flavoured mild with toffee sweetness edging into diactyl. Faint roasted malt notes. Nice.
bluevegie (1742), Perth, Australia
Jul 11, 2006 Cask @ Wetherspoons. 16/05/06. Black body with some tawny tinges and almost zero head. Some bitterness in the taste also some vegemite yeast. Thin body, dried fruit and some coffee on the nose.
Mes_and_Sim (4365), Highgate, Greater London, England
Jun 22, 2006 A Mes rate:
Cask at some JDW or other. I don’t care what the rest of you said here are my notes. I was not pished I promise.
Is this really this good? F**k it yup its great! Nose is that of hazelnut ice cream with just a lick of the alcohol showing through. Appearance is semi translucent muddy mahogany. Shame the head is long since gone. Flavour is vanilla and caramel to start then hops and bags of hazelnut to finish. The initial hit is very sweet but not overly sugary if you get me. Malty. I am sure some will wonder what all this fuss is about but for me this is great stuff. They should have called it Hazelnut Ice Cream Beer. Finish is just fantastic.
Fin (2189), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
May 27, 2006 Cask at the Penny Black, Bicester, (Wetherspoons) 21-05-06 Like the previous contributor I thought this had a slight sour taste which I put down to it being a bit old. Not really impressed with this very dark beer and one that I would ordinarily have taken back as despite some roasted notes and other things kicking around there I was always thinking that this beer was not as it should be,
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