Exmoor Beast (Cask)

Cask Conditioned. Beware the Beast for he creeps up on you. A big dark beer with roasted malt, chocolate, prunes. This does not drink its strength, the night was young and the warning signs were there, but we had to go and have a sesh. It drinks like a best bitter with more flavour, but boy when he kicks in. I don't like Exmoor Beast, I love it! as I've heard before in another context.

From A Bottle.Black in colour with a nice ruby red hue,medium head, aroma is of dark malt and peanuts, taste is of dark malt,chocolate,smoke and some bitter coffee. A great porter,very smooth,a deceiver,I won’t be going up on the moors tonight.

Cask (gravity) at Burton Winter Ales Festival 2005. A porter with muscle. Dark brown, roasty whiff, sweet finish with crystalline fruits anf buttered nuts, deceptive palate for a stronger ale, probably beer of the festival for me.

1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 31/10/2001 Black strong in alcohol and roasted. Warming bitter hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Waterhouse, Manchester (JDW) 29/10/2003 Dark strong and fruity. Slightly chocolaty crisp roast finish. 3. Bottle 14/06/2004 Dark strong slightly rich and fruity. Some bitterness in a malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 13/03/2005 Black strong and fruity. Some dryness and roast in a warming finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 15/03/2005 Dark red slightly rich strong and fruity. Some dryness and bitterness in a malt finish.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov) Black colour with ruby notes, small head. Malty, roasted nose with distinct notes of liquorice and soy sauce. Malty, roasted taste with liquorice, soy sauce, prunes and raisins. Slightly vinous, but in perfect balance. Lovely beer!

toasted malty aroma, porter style appearance, toasted malty taste, coffee, chocolate, dry malty finish, alcohol notes, v good

Dark beer with an intial frothy coffee head. The aroma is very vineous with slight burnt elements. Fairly watery flavour with large hints of malt and a strong bitterness in the aftertaste. A good porter.

Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Very deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Subtle dark malt aroma. Burnt toast. Good dark strong beer, good mouthfeel. Not great, but extremely competent. Bit of creamy vanilla too. 3.5/5 Re-rate at Metro Bar, JDW, Baker Street. I missed this at the beer festival last year, so pleased to see it. Very deep mahogany, lasting thin beige, lovely choccy strong ale, lots of dry malt. Lots of malty fruity flavour. Tasty as hell, just a little syrupy. Alcohol is well contained in the big malts. Excellent. Dryish finish.