Atlantic Blue

Brewed by Atlantic (UK)
Style: Porter
Newquay, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle (from Bitter Virtue, BB Apr 07). Very deep brown. Smoky roasted nose (chocolate and slight coffee). Roasty creamy body which doesnt sit too well with the salt and lactic tartness. A bit too sweet in the finish but ok for dessert.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, citrus and hops.

Cask, The Salmon, Leicester. Very dark brown with a beige foam. Aromas are smoky, earthy peat with coffee and vanilla. Nutty with dark chocolate and cherries. Herbal with hints of cola. Flavours are chocolate and weetabix malts with a light, earthy roast coffee character. Blackberry with a dry yet oily palate. Peppery and smoky on the finish. Decent.

Bottle 500ml. clear glass @ chriso [ chrisos festive get-together tasting ].

Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, shoe polish, malt extract. Flavour is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111230]

500ml bottle, best before May 12, drunk at 2011 Festive tasting on 30 December 2011. Very dark brown in colour. I was going to say it looked rather thin for a stout,which we had it listed as on RateBeer, but I see it is described as a Porter on the bottle, so I’ve changed the style. Beige head. Lively condition but not too fizzy. Touches of chocolate and tart fruit in the aroma - certainly not a roasty porter. More of the same in the lfavour. Rather thin mouthfeel.. OK but rather short of depth and clout.

At Chriso New Year 2011/12 tasting. Very dark brown lasting beige. Chocolate aroma. Bit thin bit dull. Some sourness

Bottle from Wadebridge Wines. Slow gusher, pours black as Coke with a small tanned head, Aroma of dark roasted malts, coffee and liquorice. Taste is smooth, good moderate sweet dark caramel and dark chocolate. Ends more bitter, quite a nice beer! .

10th June 2008. 2 months past BBE date. Very dark brown ale. Slightly sour and slightly toasted malt. Dry minerally finish. A bit different.

Cask Stillage from the outside bar at the Milds, Stouts, Porters & Strong Ales weekend Prince Of Wales, Foxfield 06/10/2007 Chocolate and spice aromas. Dark red coloured and slightly acidic with some bitterness in a lasting chocolate finish.

bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Dark brown, nearly black, no head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Very slightly malty, flavours of coffee, roasetd malt and a touch of bitter chocolate.

This was an acquired taste. Very dark, very roasted and smoky. I can see myself revisiting this.