4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
No longer Eastwood & Sanders, just E&S. Wow! This is an amazingly concentrated Porter, with so much going on..... Almost black in appearance, dark chocolate & subtle coffee aromas, an explosion of complex flavours on a very full-bodied palate, including yet more dark chocolate, coffee, roast malt bitterness & a balanced hoppiness through to the memorable finish. A must try!
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draught at the Halifax Beer Festival 8 May 2010. Beautiful looking dark/black colour with beige head. Strong coffee aroma with roasted malts and a hint of vanilla with a touch of alcohol. Full-flavoured with rich fruits and smoky notes dominating. Bitter finish that also hints at sweetness. Very easy on the palate. Rather good.
4.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Bright bottled at Chappel Fest. Wow! I know strong dark beers tend to get big responses, but this one deserves praise. Mouthfeel is soft, yeilding, seductive, vaginal, lingering, explorative, twisting, expressive, just plain ol’ yummy. Flavours are smokey, licorice, chocolate, coffee - all fresh, balanced, in harmony. Fruit notes. Bitter notes. Sweetness. It’s all here in one exquisite package. O yes. Beer of the month!
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask conditioned and all the better for it. This is the sort of thing that makes winter worthwhile. Out come all the old dark beers. Strong and warming. Mmmmm. This is truly a beauty.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 6, 2011 This is an outstanding beer. This is a beer that non-porter drinkers should drink, I don’t drink porter myself! On cask @ the paramount, JDW in Manchester. Dark brown with a decent, off white head. Cocoa on the nose. Very rich, decent carbonation making it very drinkable. Cocoa and roast flavour. Easy to drink finish of smoke and mocha. Its a delight to drink and probably one of my favourite ever beers, I’ve tried little like it. More of a stout than a porter if I must add though.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Beer Festival Fri July 7th 2006. Very dark beer in fact black with barely a head but what there was appeared beigeish in colour. Roasted coffee bean aroma with a hint of bitter chocolate, flavours are much the same as well but this really is the Geoff Capes of the Porter world and takes no prisoners. Great bitterness follows and malty flavours sneak through every so often, along with their July Morning this was a storming beer from Eastwood and Sanders.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. This beer really did it for me. Pours dark brown with a bubbly, tan head. Rich cocoa nose, some roasted malt. Delicious flavor, rich and well-rounded dark cocoa, brown sugar, great roastiness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Light warming finish, light smoke, dark roast, dry mocha. Really great.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small creamy brown head. Aroma is coffee, smoked wood, some roasted malts, vanilla and mild alcohol. Flavour is roasted malts, dark fruits, smoked wood and peat. All in an excellent balance.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at GBBF 05. Now then, here’s a good espresso aroma. Extremely strong coffee flavour - intense. Very good indeed.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 19, 2006 Cask at GBBF 2005
Dark brown. Tar and chewy malt on nose, liquorice, burnt malt in mouth. Very tarry with a thick finish.
Re-rate.
Cask handpull at Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Wonderful beer. Black beer, thin dark beige head. Deep flavours, incredible aroma of dark malts, charcoal and some dark fruit. Full and velvety in mouth if a tad sour with long finish. Excellent beer
. Some sour dark plum/damson fruit
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