Dark Star SS 8000

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Porter
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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UPDATED: JAN 31, 2006 Tasted by half pint at the Wenlock Arms, 25/01/06. The pump clip says this offering is a mixture of Dark Star’s Porter and Imperial Stout, and "drinkers are required to drink pints rather than halves"... Pours a jet-black hue with minimum mahogany edge, coming with a fluffy thin head. The nose is pretty fruity--grapes and plums and dates, backed by lots of dark fruit jam, aromatic hops and sweetish dark malts. Overall very much like a glass of fortified wine~~ A port-vinous palate yields lightly smoky and roasted maltiness, while implicit hoppy dryness and rich fruitiness gradually come through, leading to a smoked-prunes+longan-fruits like aftertone and a lingering, herbal/wood-sprigs bitterness. Extremely light on the mouthfeel but the flow of nice and warmish alcoholic touch accompanies the flavour at each step. Overall not as complex and rich as Dark Star’s Imperial Stout, but just as dangerously quaffable this one~~