3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Birimingham Beer Festival. Black beer with a light head. The aroma is chocolatey and malty, and the flavour is dry, and slightly roasted with hints of chocolate. Overall a nice plain sweetish porter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half at the square peg, Birmingham. Dark brown pour with a creamy tan head. Solid aroma and flavour of coffee and dark chocolate with a medium bitterness
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ jdw, Birmingham.
Creamy off white head. Clear deep amber pour. Very nice porter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
4.4% black with a good head, roast malt aroma, burnt malt and liquorice taste, nice porter.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ JDW. Smooth, low bitterness porter. Not much aroma but bags of taste. Nice pint.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Blue Boar, Billericay. Pours black as night with a deep red glow and a tan head. A lovely roast malt aroma has all the toastiness you would expect of the style with hints of chocolate fruitiness too. A little thin but quite refreshing, a dry bitter coffee flavour becomes a little more intense over the tongue before fading into a nice burnt toast aftertaste. This ticks all the boxes for a Porter for me and is a very accomplished example of the style.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The Felix, Nuneaton, 31/03/12. Glossy pitch with beige drapes and doilies: a looker. Enticing burnt raisin, mocha, vanilla pod aroma.
Really lovely Guinness laced with Mount Gay flavour; leaves, coffee cream, oak and vanilla, oatmeal. Balanced, burnt and bittersweet. Excellent.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Solid black with a light red tint and a lasting creamy thin head. Strong roast, chocolate malt smell. Some nut. Medium creamy body. Taste of nut, roast, nut and butter with a nice dry finish. Creamy. Yummy
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the London Drinker. Pours dark brown with a moderate, foamy white head. Great aroma of freshly ground coffee and bitter cocoa. Light sweet flavor, some burnt toast, light roast, baking cocoa and burnt grass. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Lightly dry to finish, lots of bittersweet baking cocoa, some hints of coffee, light minerals. Very solid, drinkable porter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. The Postern Gate (JDW), York. Medium fluffy off white head. Black body. Fruity, blackberries, chocolate, slight roastiness, spicy. Bittersweet. Dry finish. Soft mouthfeel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the congress, longton. Pours black with creamy tan head. Coffee, liquorice, roasts, good hop balance. Very nice
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