3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Beers of Europe 030212
Black...ruby edges...thick frothy tan head
Aroma - Roast malt....light coffee...sweet dark malts..light savoury..yeast..quite light aroma...bit of smoke
Taste - Dark caramel malts..some roasted malts...light chocolate..hint of liquorice...much more flavour in the finish
Palate - Medium carb and body...rich dark malts...some coffee..smooth..bitterish..bit savoury..oily texture - strangely gets thicker in the mouth...coats the mouth. Finish - dryish..complex flavour left on palate...lingers nicely then clears...perhaps starts to get a bit claggy by the end of the bottle - but much richer flavour in the finish
Overall - A nice porter with that rich intense flavoured finish
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On cask at the Bow. A black beer with a thick, light tan head. A, little smoky aroma with roasty malt and chocolate. Similar smoky flavour with roasty malt, coffee and caramel. Very nice.
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Average nose . Good black colour . A fair head rentenion . Low hop character . Very mainstream malt profile . A fair carbonation . Overall a standard porter .
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask at White Cliffs/Dover Fest 2011. Smooth with hints of tin, blood, raspberry and chalk. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask - The Brewery Tap, Wroxham. Poured almost black with mid brown edges and a lasting fine, creamy light brown head atop. Good smokey aromas, like smoked haddock, with roasted malt tones and nutty notes. Mid chocolate, dark fruits up front followed by smokey, roasty flavours and a lingering bitter coffee, dark chocolate finish. Medium in body with a soft mouthfeel.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, gravity dispensed at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge, 6th Beer Festival. Poured opaque choclate brown in colour with no head; aroma of earthy, chocolate malts; slightly chewy body with deeply roasted matls and a hint of roasted nuts; leading to a dry finish. A classic porter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Newark Winter Fest 10. Dark brown with a thin foam. Aromas are molasses with earthy peat and liquorice. Flavours are toffee and chocolate malts with coffee. Spicy and hoppy with earthy notes. An OK porter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Stillage at NWAF The Venue, Miles Platting 22/01/2010
Chocolaty roast aroma. Dark red coloured a little rich on the palate fruity and hoppy with a hint of dryness and bitterness in a burnt roast finish.
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