3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled from cask (gravity dispense) at 6th Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival 2005.
Almost black colored with a small off-white head. Mild but nice aroma of roasted malt and bitter chocolate. Rather thin bodied with a hard roasted flavor and some coffee and fruit.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’12. Very dark brown with cream head. Initially quite thin on the palate but this develops as you go through the beer, there is a fruity, roasted malt element that adds depth, a hint of charcoal, still light maybe. Short on the finish. An ok beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
25th March 2008. Very smooth porter. Lightly sour and lightly toasted. Not bitter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 7th Feb 2008. Looks and smells great - very dark brown, almost black with a toffee and coffee nose. Mainly tastes of roasted malt and milk chocolate with an iron note (see their Drop of Nelson’s Blood). Palate is a bit flat and a touch too light for my liking, so it doesn’t quite fulfil the promise of the excellent aroma.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
18th camra beer festival. "don’t drink with raw liver!" it says in my tasting notes. yes, it does have a slight iron note to it. and no, i’m have not completely lost it :-). otherwise sweet toffe notes and coffe in smell but very short mouthfeel. not too bad.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate: Gravicask at Battersea Beer Festival.
Murky black brown with a thin tan rim. Sweet berry fruit with some smoky malt and coffee. Pretty standard really. Really nice very dry roasty / toasty finish. A little thin in the mouth but not bad on the whole.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull at The Wenlock Arms, London. Black, lasting tan creamy head. Creamy choccy porter, moderate coffee. Nice smokey choc aroma, some juicyness in mouth. Bitter choc finish. Really good 4.1% choccy porter, bitterness on end is quite intense. Lovely lacing in glass.
3.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned, gravity dispense at St Albans BF ’06. Dark brown with fluffy beige head. Not much up the nose for me. Smooth, dry chalky palate and roasty malt flavours abound. Alright.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Chelmsford Beer Festival. Quite light and roasty, with a slightly dusty mouthfeel. Some soft roasty bitterness in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Chelmsford BF. A very dar brown coloured porter with a roasty, smoky aroma. The taste is dry and roasty. Mlty and smoky and a little bit of fish oil. A proper good porter.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Farmers Hotel Porter. Cask conditioned at Chelmsford beer festival 2006. Dark. Burt, roasted malt and slightly dry. Quite thin.
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