3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Leicester Fest 07. Black with a beige foam. Aromas are earthy, sweet roast malts with some citrus. Flavours are rich malts and sweetened coffee. Good plain chocolate bitterness. Some lemon. Good and roasty with a bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
tap at bow bar ... dark brown black ... thin creamy tan head ... soft coffee roast malt nose ... dark roast malts ... hint of licorice ... sweet roast ... little thin in body for a porter ... some sweet berry fruits ... tasty
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at JDW, Stone. Chocolatey stout that pours dark with an off white head. It did taste rather thin at times.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, The Queen’s Head, Chelmsford
Appearance is opaque black wlth white lacing aroma charcoal, blackcurrants, smoke, roasted malts, cream. Taste is charcoal ash, pepper, spices, chocolate, smoke, dried fruits and a drop of cream. Classic porter for the evening. Really enjoyed this.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 27 Nov 2010) Dark brown colour, almost black, with creamy beige head. Roasted, malty nose with dark bread, coffee and ryvita. Roasted, malty taste with notes of dark bread, coffee, dark chocolate, hints of ashes and a generous cocoa bitterness in the dry finish. Medium body, quite dry. Nice and tasty porter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Bankers Draft, 1-3 Market Place, Sheffield, South Yorkshire England S1 2GH.
Clear light dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, fresh fruit, light caramel, coffee notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100428]
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Market Porter, London. Pours opaque, ruby-brown with a foamy head. Light roast aroma with notes of dark malts and fruits. Sweet flavor with hints of raisin and vanilla, plus mild char and brown sugar. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Has a roasty, dry finish with lingering dark malts. Very good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask.
Aroma is roast coffee and treacle, deep auburn, pours a fair sized toffee head and lace. Flavour is a roast coffee/malt combo that works very well. Light bodied, very well balanced, a much appreciated bitterness. Grand offering! Gotta like that Burton water!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
28th September 2007. St Albans Beer Fest. Semi dry palate. Subtley sweet with an equally subtle smokey note. Easy drinking porter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravity, ’08 Merton Summer Festival. Dark brown, tan head. Dark wet swamy soil aroma, cinnamon, chocolate. Burned sugar and rum flavor, a bit of coffee and buckwheat honey. Light body, sweet.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, gravity dispense at Merton Summer Beer Festival July 18th and 19th 2008 V dark brown with off white head. Aroma was all coffee for me not that strong but I got little else. Taste was roasty and coffee, some fruitiness, but if truth be told I thought and had hoped it would be better than this, although in its defence it was quite late on Saturday when I got to sample this and I was tired and just wanted me bed.
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