Hampshire Penny Black

Formerly brewed at Hampshire
Style: Porter
Romsey, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Tasted this in the Last Post , Paisley (JDW) in February 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with a thick buff white head. Roast coffee and burnt toast in the long aroma. Thick creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give a dusty black malt note with roast grain and coffee flavours coming through. Bitter chocolate and dry walnuts add to the mix. Dry dusty hop prickle present in the short aftertaste. Finish is dry and leathery with treacle toffee notes evident. An excellent session porter and well recommended.

Bottle @ pre-GBBF shindig, August 2009. Attractive dark colour. Good condition. Quite roasty malt on the nose and palate. The mouthfeel, however, is rather thinner than I expected from the colour and aroma. Some woodiness and a hint of coffee.

Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Fruity aroma with caramel and wood. Dry and slightly tart fruity flavour

Bottled. Rubyish amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is hops, roasted malts, caramel and some dark fruits. Flavour is mildly acidic wooden notes along with roasted malts and dark dry fruits.

500ml Bottle - Very dark, almost black, with red tinges when held to the light. Malty aroma with chocolate. Malty taste with chocolate and coffee with some slightly smoked and sour hints.

Cask at Hop Farm Beer Festival: Very rich porter with lots of chocolate and also a little espresso going on. I liked this a lot.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a good beige head. Rich chocolate aroma, some espresso. Fruity, slightly tart berries, blending nicely with chocolate and moderately roasted malts. Quite nice.

Cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, notes of chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. (030508)

[on draught at Three Guineas, Reading] Deep brown, virtually no head. Smells rich, smokey and inviting. Taste is intitially flat warm coca cola, developing into coffee and deep fruit richness (blackberries?). A smokey taste emerges, becoming a little bitter before mellowing into a beautiful roasted malt aftertaste. Lovely flavours, but a little too dry on the palate for my liking.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Very dark brown colour with ruby hints. Foamy, pale brown head. roasted, malty nose with notes of dark fruit, coffee and chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, cocoa, tobacco and hints of ashes and smoke. Medium body, balanced bitterness. Not overly complex, but a nice and tasty porter.