3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Craft, Pimlico - 30/11/12.
Very dark mahogony brown with a medium sized frothy tan head that retains well.
Nose is roast malt, bitter chocolate, molaasses, touch of leather.
Taste follows, milky chocolate and way less bitter than the nose suggests, light burnt toffee.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation, nice and smooth on the palate leading to a bitter roasted finish.
Decent porter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 1 Dec 2012) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with dark bread, chocolate and dried fruit. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, dark bread and a certain cacao bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Well balanced and highly drinkable. Nice one.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand-pumped cask @ Akkurat. Clear dark brown colour with a medium sized tan head. Aroma of dried fruits, raisin. Flavour of coffee, dried fruits.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ CPK. The pour’s deep brown with a small off-white head. The nose is mild chocolate, hints of coffee bean and a bit of charred grain. The taste is gritty charred grain. Smooth toffee and chocolate. Mildly dry finish. Nice, soft body. Smooth and easy to drink. Overall, quite solid.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at bar. Black color, white head. Malty taste with coffee, chocolate, herbs and nuts. Roasty finish with coffee. Very nice porter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Oliver Twist on November 13, 2012.
Dark brown to black color, light brown head. Dry, roasted, coffee, malty, mineral taste, pretty subtle all around. Slight bit fruity, mainly roasted aftertaste. Medium thin, yet to the smooth side, mouthfeel. Malty, roasted, hints of fruit scent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm . Hazy very dark brown. Roasty chocolate aroma. Mid dry, very roasty with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Tobacco and ripe plums, lots of dark chocolate. Mid bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ In De Wildeman (thanks Simon). Dark brown, clear color. No head. Aroma’s: fruity, roasted, aromahops, slightly acidic. Flavor is roasted, slightly sweet and (fruity) acidic. Light bodied. Medium carbonation. Finishes with more roast and fairly bitter. Quite nice.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Keg in the Wildeman. Dark with a small tight head. Loads of liquorice (not a favourite flavour of mine), hints of fruit with an overly astringent finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark brown beer, little pale tan head. Light dry palate. Dark malts - a tad spicy. Sweetish orange hop underneath. Minerals. Dry finish.
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