3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled from cask (gravity dispense) at 6th Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival 2005.
Dark brown, thin off-white head. Sweet malty and caramelly aroma with grassy tones. Sticky and sweet flavor, malty, grassy and flowery. Oily but also dry in the mouth. Not very interesting.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
slightly vinous, bit of edgewise sour, too flat to propel a full nose, not much body. some remote signs of flavor homogenization, disappointing roastiness -- not much there.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Ramsgate Brewery, Ramsgate - with joet. Creamy, soft, coffee accented dark beer finishing with a woody tang. Vegetable. Fatty. Chocolate. Satisfying, smooth and delicious. Attractive reddish colour.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Camra National Winter Ale Festival, Manchester, UK 26 Jan 2005
Quite toasted and a bit of sweaty cheese (I like). Odd prickly feeling in my nose. Made me sneeze twice! Dark fruity aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very deep ruby colour. Fruity and slightly vinous aroma, with some smoky malt. Quite dry, woody and with a bitter finish. Medium mouthfeel. Not the richest porter, but pretty good. Bright bottled form cask (gravity dispense) at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival.
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