3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Small, dwindling beige head over dark brown beer. Chocolate and caramelmalt, even toffee, quite aromatic nose, with a point of British hops in the finish. Dry combination of bitter chocolate, coffee dregs and cigarette ash (this description should turn off the most hardy, yet it is true, and it’s quite nice - the beer, not the description) in the taste. Just a fleeting hint of malty sweetness, bit quite some stout-like acidity. I can find some liquorice, but I’m struggling with the notion of saltiness (not my forte). Dry cookies. Very dry porter, not exactly rich texture. More than decent porter, however not really Christmassy, IMO. Txs, MattW.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: OCT 23, 2006 1. Cask Stillage at the Upper Campfield Market Hall, Manchester 24/01/2002
Dark red slightly fruity and quite rich on the palate. Nice creamy finish.
2. Cask Stillage at the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool 19/02/2004
Dark strong and fruity with a slightly dry roast malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
<a href=http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/52/520 & Toad Bonfire Festival. Dark, muddy, roasty beer with coffee and blackcurrant flavours. Sort of midway between a stout and a pale ale. Muddled and not really enjoyable, though not actually bad. Served a bit too cold.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@The Market Porter, Borough, london. Great to see a rum porter on cask, this has some nice woody caramel and slightly roasted malt characters, smooth and soft, with subtle notes of rum, i thought this was pretty decent.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle Conditioned. Dark brown with white bubbly head. Rich fruity aroma, then a full flavoured, fruity, smooth and slightly acidic body. Darkly roasted with a little nutty character. Tasty but unfulfilling.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Hazy dark brown. No head. Vague aroma of sweet coffee and dark fruit. Roasty full flavour of coffee beans, vanilla and dried plums. Small hints of rum. Salty finish. Tasty.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Waitrose, Bath. Dark brown, almost opaque with no head. Aroma has fruit, malt, coffee and alcohol. Taste is sweet, liquorice and roasty. Medium to full bodied with a not entirely pleasant oiley mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled cask conditioned. Very dark brown. Fruity aroma with hints of coffee and, yes - rum. Medium body, rather sweet and slighly roasty. rather complex with licorice and salt in the finish.
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