UPDATED: JAN 4, 2022 Black and pored with no head. A bit lifeless with no carbonation. No real defining flavour and not as complex as the label suggested that it might be. Not a bad beer, just a disappointing one.

UPDATED: DEC 5, 2021 half pint on cask at the Marketplace alehouse & deli medium off white head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate

Cask @ Portland House, Sheffield. Extremely dark with a thin off-white head. Light and dryish in its roasted malt taste, with a slightly more stated aroma in this respect.

Cask. Pours dark with tan cream top that yields little lacing. Aroma is pleasantly chocolate with coffee notes. Taste is soft and fruity with a finale of dark chocolate. So the finish is good but the rest of the show is bland.

Pours dark brown. Aroma of choclate, roast malt and a touch of coffee. Taste is light sweer and bitter. Some dark chocolate flavour comes through.

Bottled. Pours a very dark brown/black with noticeable carbonation and no head at all. Strong coffee and dandelion & burdock(?) aromas. Smooth, strong malt flavours with a touch of coffee, some creaminess, but also a little acidity to balance. Generally well balanced and with a good mouthfeel, but just a touch too much carbonation.

Bottle from Doddington Hall Farm Shop, nr Lincoln. Depp Ruby black colour with no real head. Light spicy chocolate aroma. Taste is light bitter.

Bottle. Welbeck Abbey Farm Shop. Clear, very dark red. Skim of tan. Aroma of fruit and nut chocolate. Taste is light dry, and light, roast bitter. Feels thin, and over carbonated. Finishes dry and light, roast bitter.