 hughie (3175), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 20, 2009
Cask at ’Spoons, Milton Keynes in ’Spoons Real Ale Festival, April ’09. Near black with a beige head. Pleasant aroma with plum, liquorice and a little ash. Ashy liquorice taste with a nice sweet alcoholic hit as if someone at the bar spilt a little of their gin and tonic into it. Mid bitter finish. Not quite chuggable enough for a porter, but nevertheless a highly enjoyable beer.
MesandSim (6262), London, Greater London, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 5, 2009 A Mes rate. Cask handpull at Baker Street ’Sporks.
Pitch black with a thin but good beige head. Massive toasty chewy malt. Loads of liquorice, tangy bitterness and lots of dark fruit. Good smoky peaty notes too. Really good actually. Only thing letting it down is a hint of diacetyl in the aroma. Despite that, it’s an easy second best of the cockily titled "World’s Biggest International Real Ale Festival". Mainly because pretty much all the others are shite but whatever.
austone (1063), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Jul 4, 2009 Cask at HBF 09. Black, tiny coarse head, fading out quickly. Berryish licorice nose, raw coffee beans, mostly just acidic and straightforward licorice syrup. Very bland, simple flavor with charcoal, stale coffee, licorice, tangy unpleasant hops and gluey notes in the finish, overall feels like a bad homebrew. Watery, almost flat palate. A shadow of a man.
bobinlondon (859), Harrow, Greater London, England
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 |
Jun 22, 2009 Handpulled cask at JDW Watford. Black with a thin tan suddy head. Burnt rather than roasted malt appologetically balanced by sickley sweetness. Not what I’d call a decent porter.
mirjukka (716), LOHJA, Finland
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 19, 2009 cask 200ml as left over gift on Urho’s Sahti day’s 2009 murky black no head. Strong roasted malts body. Round almost smooth if I start to compare it to Koff Porter bottled version. Dash of sulfur decent hops. Tasty anyway.
fonefan (13211), VestJylland, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 18, 2009 Cask (handpump) @ The Bankers Draft, 1–3 Market Place, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 2GH.
Clear meddium to dark black color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is roasted, burnt, chocolate, coffee, licorice. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090419]
KimJohansen (8051), Copenhagen V, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 8, 2009 Black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with sweet roasted malt and coffee. Flavour had roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Finished sweet. Not bad.
leaparsons (4930), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
May 26, 2009 Cask, Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Black with a small beige head. Aromas are coffee and liquorice with herbal notes and rich, dark chocolate. Flavours are rich coffee with dark chocolate malts. Dry and moreish with an oily palate. Bitter grapefruit towards the finish. Some light berry notes. Woody and dry on the aftertaste. Slightly gritty but strangely all the better for it.
mjs (1713), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
May 15, 2009 (Cask at St. Urho’s Pub, Helsinki, on 2009-05-15) Black. Hardly any head. Roastedness and coffee in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate. Burntness, roastedness, liquorice, cough mixture, bitterness and smoke in taste. Burnt and bitter aftertaste.
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