3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20Cask - Planet Thanet Beer Festival ’09. Dark but clear brown colour with a diminishing but bubbly beige head. Predominant aromas of burnt notes, dark chocolate, light coffee tones and roasted malts. Coffee and roasted malts again in the flavour with some liquorice undertones. Thick and velvety mouthfeel. A hearty, well rounded porter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask by handpump at Three Judges, Glasgow - dark brown near black, thin beige head, roasted malt and liquorice aroma, similar flavours, bit smokey, good porter
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(cask@Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell) Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste is roasted malts and liquorice. Nice.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield. Dark, almost black pour with a reddish hue. Big frothy tan head. Nutty aroma with a smooth malty liqourice taste. Little bitterness and nothing on the palate, just pure smoothness all the way.
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Cask, Pimlico - 19/10/12.
Very dark mahogony brown approaching black with a decent tan head.
Roast malt nose.
Big roast malt taste, light chocolate and a little smoke.
Medium bodied leading to a dry and roasted finish.
A well made porter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Retro review from Spring 2012 Wetherspoons Beer festival; deep black, great mouth feel, complex roast malts, one of the better ones from JDW.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A nice thick black with a tan laced head, notes of liquorice and chocolate in the nose and taste. Mmmm very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at The Harp, darker brown with reddish hues. Roasty aroma with touch of chocolate and coffee. Light vanilla in the nose. Chocolatety flavor, light herbal tingly on the palate. Roasty. Very nice porter
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Cloisters 270712
Dark brown, slight ruby light through edges of glass, light tan creamy head, good lacing
Aroma - roasted malt, light chocolate
Taste - roast malts, coffee, mainly bitter roast, background of bitter hops, some burnt crust, bit earthy
Palate - very soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish - lingering coffee and bitter roast malt
Overall - Over burnt bitter linger...reasonable beer...wasn’t overly impressed with this
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Ealing beer festival 2012. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, chocolate, licquorice aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, chocolate, licquorice, bitter/sweet, dark fruit. Smooth and easy drinking. Decent porter.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A crisp and easy to drink porter, but certainly not a distinctive ale in character.
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