Into the Fen
Little Cottage Brewery

Crowler filled on 1/8/22; consumed on 2/12/22

Pours a clean, jet-black body topped with a finger and a half of fluffy, beige-hued foam; solid head retention leaves a paper-thin veil of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and limited spatter of webby lacing along the walls of the glass.

Aromas of clean smoke find a subtle minerality into charry malts, increasingly ashy into bitter 90% cacao and spent coffee grounds over the middle, intermittently suggesting bittersweetness as the overtone of smoky roast progresses.

Taste of beechwood ash enhances to smoked cherry wood as charry leather presents into the mid-palate; a slight minerality finds fervent roast into the back end as hints of bakers chocolate and coffee grounds finish.

Mouthfeel brings a medium body with moderate-low carbonation levying a firm burnt char upfront while steadily leveling to cleaner textures over the mid-palate; a subtly tingly grit persists into the back end as the overall character remains calmly robust through the finish.

A clean smoke coats the profile in ashen-skewed malts, robust though well-tempered with a quieter lager yeast backdrop; charry and focused, what it may lack in layers it makes up for with an undeniable commitment to style identity, delivering to satisfaction.