3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask handpull at the Grape and Grain- Crystal Palace Spring Beer Festival, 2013. Black pour with a tan head. Chocolate and raisin aroma. Vanilla, chocolate ice cream and some coffee flavour. Smooth. Roasted malt finish. Good stuff.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull at Mulberry Tree, Ipswich (ahead of seeing Australian Pink Floyd at Regent!). Very dark, almost black. Tan head. Mild chocolate aroma. Deeper chocolate flavour. Thick, minimal/no carbonation. Full bodied. Very enjoyable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Gravicask (CWAF2013, Thurs)
Phil (in a rush): Super-rich coffee-cake roast. Very smooth and mellow.
Anna: Tasty. Lovely aroma, some fruity esters in the mouth. Roasted finish builds nicely. More please!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Nina’s Mini Mart, Edinburgh 291012
Black, huge frothy bubbly tan head
Aroma of yeast, roasted malts, hint of spicy hops, touch of earthy malts
Taste as main flavour, touch of chocolate, some fruity malts in there
Palate - Very fizzy, thinnish body. Smooth palate (once the carb had settled)
Overall - Reasonable porter but too much carbonation
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask in The Queen’s Head. Poured black with a frothy tan head. Aroma of roast malt and coffee. Very smooth bodyfeel. Flavour of mild sweet fruit over dark chocolate and with a dry bitter/sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle at home ... deep black ... thin dark tan head ... soft coffee ... mellow toffee roast nose ... dark roast ... light bitter ... way too fizzy ... soft chocolate
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at The Windham Arms, Sheringham, Norfolk. Black with tan head. Rich smooth fruity beer, plenty of depth, plummy, port like, lasting with a background silky chocolate note. Quite moorish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at the CBC Tune-Up Tasting, London. Thanks to Paul. Pours brown with a fine, beige foam head. Mild dust roast aroma. Medium sweet flavor with light dirt and dusty cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly drying on the finish, with more dusty roast and cocoa notes. Nice and standard, though the character is still pretty solid.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Scopey’s CBC Tune-Up. Deep brown color with no head. The nose is deep bitter chocolate and roasted malts. Light lactose and sweet brown sugar. The taste is watery dry roasted coffee, rainy field grass. The body’s quite light and bone dry on the finish. Overall, a decent porter. It just lacked any compelling flavor for me.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours very dark brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is roasted malt, smoke, bonfire, chocolate and a touch of dark fruit. The taste roasted malt, caramel, wood, charcoal, filter coffee, dark fruit and milk chocolate, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. An all-round good porter.
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