I’ve had this maturing for a few years now and thought I had better drink it before it goes like bovril? The aroma of red berries is quite strong and on tasting you get rich smooth raspberry mouth full followed by bitter dark chocolate finishing with a boozy malty mellowness, really morish.

A summer stout, definitely. The raspberries cut through the beer nicely giving a fresh tart flavour over the top of a malty base. There’s hints of the muscavado sugar in both aroma and flavour. A nice full mouthfeel and well carbonated. A little less carbonation and a more robust malt profile and this would be fantastic