3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) at the Hop Pole Easter beer festival 2009, Aylesbury. Reddish colour. Not opaque. Dry and roasty. Not the richest stout but quite tasty. More earthy than full. A bit thin for a stout. Fin’s reference to it being based on an old porter recipe makes more sense.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at bow ... red black ... thin tan head ...big coffee roast malt nose...good solid roast ... light coffee charcoal bitterness ... light dry finish ... nice ... possibly litter thiner than id like
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml Bottle - Dark brown with red tinges and a tan head. Roasted aroma with hints of coffee and chocolate. Roasted taste with chocolate, coffee and a roasted and bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. dark and lively on opening.Slightly smoked with traces of chocolate. An above average stout.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at The Hop Pole, Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury, Bucks in the company of Loz, Chris O and Ruth 10-04-09 Pours brown with a light beige head. Light chocolate and hops on the nose. Chocolate in the mouth but the hops are a little earthier and add to what is a slightly rustic feel to this beer, some thin maltiness continues, its really not bad at all. I recall that we were told at the beer festival that this beer was an onld Wem recipe but as I recall was for one of their Porters. A6 A3 F7 P3 Ov13 3.3
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Dark chestnut brown with a beige head. Aromas are chocolate and coffee malts with some oatiness. Earthy with weetabix. Flavours are rich milk chocolate and roast coffee with a burnt bitterness an some dark chocolate. A good addictive stout.
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