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Brewed by Blythe
Style: Porter
Rugeley, England

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RATINGS: 21   MEAN: 3.23/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.12   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Status uncertain. Also available bottle conditioned.
NOTE: The word "Porter" does not appear on the label. Not to be confused with Johnson’s Ale.
A dark rich ale to Lichfield’s 18th century Poet and writer Dr Samuel Johnson.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
FatPhil (6206) - Tallinn, - DEC 20, 2010
500ml bottle - at ChrisO’s - thanks!
6 Roasty, some ash.
4 Deep reddy brown, small head
7 A little bit of apple, but otherwise quite a rich full roasty malty taste.
3 Soft palate, decent carbonation. FInish gently malty
12 Fairly simple porter, but tasty.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
planky84 (1246) - , Greater London, ENGLAND - JAN 29, 2012
Cask at NWAF, 2012. Black pour with a reddish tint, beige head. Meaty, malty nose with some dark fruits and chocolate. Chocolate, coffee, dates and raisin flavours. Malty-dry finish. Went down very nicely this one.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
niquillis (421) - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ENGLAND - JAN 3, 2012
On cask at the congress, longton. Pours black with a red hue and a tan head. Cocoa, fruits, quite astringent but well balanced. Decent ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9908) - Malmö, SWEDEN - OCT 7, 2011
Bottle @ chriso. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty roasted chocoalte aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Fin (5749) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 5, 2011
Cask, gravity at Harbury Beer Festival, Harbury, Warwickshire, 03.09.11 Pours dark brown with a beige head. There is plenty of chocolate in here, tangy with some nice fruity flavours, some citrus hops, really good stuff. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
imdownthepub (7473) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 4, 2011
Cask conditioned at Harbury Beer Fest ’11. Black with ruby hue, slight head. There is a fruity, chocoltae character to this, heavy, luscious malts, red wine like. This happened to win the Porter competition that was happening at the Festival. Good stuff.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Miksu (4012) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - AUG 26, 2011
Bottle at Chris O’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2011. Black color, very foamy. Sweetish aroma and flavor with old coffee, chocolate and licorice. Oily palate.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
madmitch76 (6173) - , Essex, ENGLAND - AUG 20, 2011
30th July 2011>br>ChrisOs ’Donkey Dork Lord’ Pre-GBBF Tasting. Dark brown beer, residual tan head. Light palate. Sweet malt - a little toffee. Ok. Next!

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - JUL 31, 2011
At chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig ’11. Dark brown with a large beige head. Roast, ashy aroma with a hint of apple. Sweet ashy taste and a sharp bitter finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Christian (8548) - Odense, DENMARK - DEC 4, 2010
Dark brown with a decent off-white head. Aroma of malt, licorice and fruit with a roasted note. Sweet licorice and roasted malt flavour with a hint of smoke


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