3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml, from The George & Abbotsford Hotel Bottle Shop, Melrose, Borders. Black with ruby hue and light brown head. Initially good fruity, dark roasted malts, a hint of tannin with a light plum note. The beer continues to develop throughout the glass, becoming richer on the palate if anything. Good depth and a fine beer indeed.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Silid black with a creamy lasting tan head. Smells of soft roast, coffee and chocolate. Smooth full creamy body. Taste of chocolate roadt and sweet malt. Very smooth delicious but unfortunatly a little bitter rot on the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Bow Bar. Dark brown black with creamy brown head. Chocolate and coffee on the flavour with a bitter coffee rind finish. Quite good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 10, 2012 Cask @ The 3 Judges. Very dark brown colour, reasonable head. Chocolate coffee malt aroma. Chocolate flavour. Quite smooth. Decent porter.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Fenwick, Newcastle.
Appearance - Black, ruby edges, thick tan head, reasonable lacing.
Aroma - Roasted malt...burnt notes..earthy notes...bit of yeast...slight savoury
Taste - Roasted malt..bit of burnt toast...chocolate..light coffee..touch of wood...some earth...well balanced.
Palate - Soft carb, silky smooth and creamy, medium body. Finish of roasted malt...bit of cocoa powder...some lingering roast then clears well.
Overall - Well made, flavoursome, easy drinking porter (for 5.2%). This is actually a bit better than when I had it cask in Newcastle over a month ago.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at Lady Grey’s, Newcastle. Pours a very dark brown colour with a red tinge and a light tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and caramel. Very roasty barley flavour with coffee, chocolate and caramel again. Creamy mouth-feel.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Malt&Hops, Edinburgh, Scotland. Black colour, off white head. Aroma of roasted malts, light vegetable note, liquorice. Flavour is light roasted, coffee, very light smoke and a light veggie note, bitter finish. Light bodied.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 11, 2012 cask at malt and hops ... Dark brown ... creamy tan head ... soft chocolate malts nose ... sweet malts ... big chocolate ... sweet malts ... roast nice smooth light and easy.
cask in blue blazer... quite charcoaly and bitter ... but very nice 3.9
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump at The Malt & Hops, Leith Nr Edinburgh in company of Craig, Rob and friend (sorry forgot name) & Loz 29.10.10 Pours dark, dark brown with some ruby glints. Soft in the mouth with some milky coffee, coffee granules (touch roasty) bit of light sourness, nice slickness to this, good beer. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Dark color, medium frothy brown head. Oatmeal, malt, coffee. Bit thin taste. Ok though.
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