2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Whether this is a porter or schwarzbier I can’t be sure. The look is good as with a lot of darker beers but the nose is scant and flavour a bit like a mainstream Aussie old ale. There is some chocolate and burnt malt flavours but not a lot of hop profile. so far this is not a happy expereince, but for the company of course.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Newmarket C/B
Black with a large grey head.
Aroma of coffee, chocolate, caramel and light floral hop.
Good balance between malt sweetness, roasty malt and bitterness. Flavour is a mixture of chocolate, coffee, roast, caramel.
Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Cock and Bull - Newmarket. Black pour with a tan head leaving moderate lace. Slight metallic, dark roast and almond nose. Medium body and carbonation, about right for a porter. Coffee, cocoa, almonds and burnt toast. Slight smokiness and oiliness in the finish, something I really like in a porter. Definitely on the dry, roasty, bitter side, but very good and highly sessionable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(On tap) Clear, dark brown - almost black - with a reddish hue and a creamy, beige head. Aroma of hard roasted malts - perhaps even a little coffee. Medium in body with a fairly low carbonation. Lightly burned, coffeeish malt accents and a dry finish with a light malt astringency. 060208
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at their Newmarket pub, black with a brown foamy head. A good roasetd malt aroma with a fruit sweetness. Again a good malty palate, but the finish was a bit effervescent. Didn’t quite deliver on the promise of the aroma.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled. Clear dark brown to black with dark tan head. Strong aroma of malt, with some chocolate and coffee. Not bad, but a bit thinner/drier than I was hoping for.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark black in colour with small toffee coloured head. Little aroma. Strong hoppy flavours with burnt coffee hughes. Just a dark lager with hoppy finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted 20/03/2005. 1.5L prefilled flagon from Regional Wines and Spirits.
Black with airy dark tan head. Strong aroma all malt, chocolate and coffee - the classic dark beer nose. Flavour is roasted malty with sweet hint of something unmalty (lactose? diacetyl). Palate cleans out pretty quickly. Would like to give another go.
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