4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask, Crown and Anchor. Pours deep dark brown/black. Creamy head on pour that dissipates. Nice lacing. Aroma is smoky sweet, treacly malt with choc and liquorish. Smells amazing. Velvety smooth very slight carbonation feel. Tastes as good as it smells. Well balanced, not too much bitterness. Rich and tasty. Couldn't have too many because of the richness but very good.
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, roasted, burnt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120503]
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 19, 2013 Amazing aftertaste! An outstanding beer. Fades in the mouth to bitter, chocolate and sweet malt. Somewhat minerallike initially, with a very moderate astringency, then smoky, then cocoa. Definitely worth a try, complex.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
I used to have a t-shirt with a big cartoonish strawberry on the front. Went really well with my Santa Cruz trousers.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cl bottle.
Pours pitch black color with a medium sized frothy head. Aroma of vanilla, some mild coffee, roasted dark malts, subtle hops, caramel, distant wood and some cocoa powder. Flavor of coffee, dark malts, dark fruits, mild licorice notes, vanilla and ash. Quite dry, even burnt palate with a faint fruity and roasty finish. Nice dry porter.
3325
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Bow, Edinburgh [070213]
Black, ruby edges, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of dark malts, chocolate, bit bready, roasted malts
Taste of dark malts, soft bitter hops, nice mellow roast, rich smooth malts, soft bitter chocolate
Palate - Medium body,smooth texture, smooth dark mouthcoating malts. Finish has a nice soft roast and a dark malt chcolate linger
Overall - Excellent porter with plenty of flavour
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Battersea beer festival 06/02/2013. Opaque black with a thin beige head. Viscous velvet palate. Big choc farm manure nose. Soft carb. Roasty toasty farmyard flavour. Earthy.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown, with a roasty chocolate aroma. Medium sweetness, medium to full body, nice roasted coffee flavor, nice long bitter finish. Overall a very nice porter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at CASK with Sarah. Pours a near black with a grayish brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of strong roast with a good amount of coffee backed by a hint of dark grains. Flavor has a nice roasted malt note with supporting notes of coffee, light smoke and dark grains.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle at home in London. Pours dark brown, somewhat clear with a strong, creamy beige head. Aroma holds some enticing roasted malts, a bit of dirt, milk chocolate. Medium sweet flavor with a rich, pronounced chocolate character, some baking cocoa and milk chocolate, mellow burnt wood bitterness along with some earth and dirt, subtle pine and toasted leaves. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Moderately sweet to finish with dry, roasty bitterness, light minerals, hefty and true chocolate notes. Very nicely rounded beer. Good chocolate, good bitter/sweet balance. Nice work.
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