2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Gravity cask in the brewery sampling room. Dark brown with an off white head. Sweet and malty with little typical porter characturistics. More like a strong mild.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned handpump Royal Oak Borough. A black beer with an almost beige coloured head. The nose suffers from acidity whereas the mouth is boozy and vinuous. It’s an old fashioned porter and probably divides opinion like the Imperial Stout. Although this didn’t taste the freshest it’s probably more about the way it’s intended. No roast or chocolate. Interesting but perhaps not quite what I like.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Full pint served at the right drinking temperature at Charlies Pub, Copenhagen. Creamy, fawn coloured head with a solid stand. Pitch black body colour. Dark malty aroma with subdued roastiness. On the sweet side of bittersweet flavour, roasted and dry. Weak bitter twist to the ending. Easy to drink. Perhaps not in its best cask condition (Copenhagen, 26.03.2010).
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
An ok and totally flat porter. It was more christmas-like that I had thought, with the seasoning and all, but not very sweet.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Near black with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, chocolate and coffe notes. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, dark chocolate and coffee notes. Finishtd sweet and roasted.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask (handpump) at the Royal Oak, Borough, April 2008. Quite dark with a slightly oily texture, although the mouthfeel is not particularly heavy. Fat malt aroma, with some woody notes and lots of figgy fruit, reminiscent of the Imperial Stout. Sweetish and woody on the palate. Also bags of licorice and a little chocolate. Little bitter tang in the aftertaste before the prunes and figs take over again. The slightly vinous, woody character persists throughout. Lots of depth and complexity maintain the interest from the first sip to the last. But also very quaffable. Top notch.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head.Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with some hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlies in Copenhagen, June 2009. Very dark brown color, moderate beige head. Aroma is dark fruit and roasted malt. Flavor is the same, with some dry hppyness. Tastes kind of «old».
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Ølfestival Valby - CBF09, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, moderate hoppy, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090515]
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
A Mes rate. Cask handpull at the Wenlock Arms.
Very dark brown with a good beige head and plenty of condition. Brimming over with molasses, liquorice, superb darkness all round with a lovely sourness in the finish plus tonnes of dark fruit. Massively tasty and on absolutely top form. Quintessentially English, glorious all round.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl draft. Black body with off-white head. Aroma and flavour is malt with notes of coffee and chocolate.
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