2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough, London. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty and slightly hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweet malty fruity caramel flavor with some salty hints. Long roasted malty finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, SE1, London. Dark brown color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, strong coffee, seaweed, the northsea. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, salty with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask@Market Porter, Borough. Dark ruby red colour, small head. Aroma is roasted malts, dark dry fruits and some malts. Flavour is slightly roasted malts, some spicyness and earthyness. Earthyness is kind of sour and acidic, which makes the beer slightly out of balance.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body: Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3 Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head: None(1)->Large(5) : 2 Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2 Lasting: 2 Lacing : 2 Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 1
Yeast : 1 Bread : 1 Apple : XX Tropical Fruits : XX Ink : XX Tar : XX Olives : XX DMS : XX
Malt : 3 Biscuity : 2 Burnt Toast : XX Caramel : XX Nuts : XX Pumpernickel : XX Cereals : XX Coffee : 1 Dark Chocolate : 1 Vanilla : XX Grapes : XX Blackberries : XX Cherries : XX
Hops : 1 Noble(1)->American(5) : 1 Leafy : XX Floral : XX Lemon/Lime : XX Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX Herbal : XX Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes : Earth : 1 Wood : XX Mint : XX Smoke : XX Soy : XX Bourbon : XX Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Sourness : XX Lactic : XX Bitterness : XX Complex : XX Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 1 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1 Clean : XX Sharp : XX Watery : 3 Oily : 3 Chalk : XX Astringent : 2 Alcohol : XX Mineral : XX Oxidation : XX Metallic : XX
Comments: Quite a weak stout with ashtray flavours topped by tart, salty and almost meaty tones.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and butterscotch. Dry and dominated by diacetyl flavour
2.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: SEP 20, 2005 Original Rating (6-1-4-1-9=2.1): Thick, fresh, leafy tobacco and chocolate in the nose. Opaque black body with low, tan, fully diminishing head. Salty, roasty flavour has some notes of caramel and butterscotch. Flat, medium-light body. No carbonation whatsoever. Served too soon perhaps? Cask at GBBF 2005.
Rerate (6-1-4-2-9=2.2): Sampled a few days later from the same cask. Chocolate, soy, brown sugar and some light alcohol notes to the aroma. Opaque black body with low, tan, fully diminishing head. Soy-like cocoa sweetness with an underlying mustiness. Medium body with low carbonation is somewhat sticky in the mouth. Cask at GBBF 2005.
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