3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The Wellington, Sheffield, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]
Clear dark brown color with a fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, milk chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090717]
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask. Quite near black (deep ruby murky brown colour), small beige head. Aroma is wood, roast, vanilla and some ashes. Flavour is roast, ashes, vanilla, some wood as well as some dark dry fruits. Very nice for being only 4.5 % abv.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at bow ... dark black ... no head as cellar ... soft dark roast ... big vanilla ... light choclate ... dark malts llll light bitter ... maybe bit too much vanilla ... but nice ...
Earlier Rating: 7/22/2009 Total Score: 3.8
Cask at Star festival Huddersfield ... THin tan head ... sweet vanilla roast nose... sweet roast ... little toffee ... big vanilla ...bit pealy wally...3.4
Bottle at home ... deep brown ... huge vanila toffee malt nose ... soft creamt malts again a lot of vanilla ... better body than my cask notes say ... 3.8 ... dark black ... dark malts ... roast malts ... light bitter 3.6
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Wellngton, Sheffield, RBESG 09. Black, very dark brown with a thin beige head. Choc. Bit of vanilla. Bit lacking otherwise.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask-thin tan-black. A-roasty dark malt-some cocoa. T- roasty dark malt-cocoa/ashy, some earthy hops.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ Star Inn, Huddersfield.
Pours a nice black with slight red edges. Nice, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is sweet, good vanilla and light dark chocolate. Softly roasted. Low carbonation, lightly watery palate. Flavour is a bit milky, good notes of vanilla and still only slightly roasted. Just a tad too sweet for me, even if the aftertaste gets a tad more roasted.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 25, 2010 1. Cask Stillage from the Cellar at the Wellington, Sheffield 17/07/2009 (As Vanilla Porter)
Strong aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and plenty of alcohol present with some vanilla flavour. Crisp bitter and slightly dry in the finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Bankers Draft JDW, Sheffield 16/01/2010
Fruit aroma. Beige head. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity. Slightly tart damson flavour with a hint of dryness in a bitter burnt roast finish.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ the Wellington, Sheffield. Vanilla and chocolate in the aroma. Thin and watery. Roast and vanilla in the sweetish flavor. Hint of maple syrup. Nice one, in spite of being too thin.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Far from the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Dark brown with cream head. Sweet, chocolate, vanilla beer, smooth but perhaps a little thin and short in the finish. Good interesting drinking and quite enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep brown pour with a tight light brown head. The aroma is really rich and chocolatey with a lot of rich vanilla as well. There is a touch of light earthiness along with a little bit of light floral character through the middle of the nose. Lightly sweet with a little bit of roast and some cocoa. Softly sweet with a touch of light roast bitterness. It’s pretty nice - particularly considering the ABV.
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