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.
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.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 2, 2012 Bottle at cropredy ... Black ... thin tan head ... tinge sour and roast malt ... little chocolate nose ... chocolate roast ... good solid roast ... touch of sourness ... but the chocolate tones... covered this... NOT at its best and well past BBF... but none the less i really enjoyed this one. 3.6
cask at bow ... black ... thin tan head ... sweet chocolate roast nose... dark malts ... soft mellow roast malts ... mellow chocolate ... soft nive easy ...ligt hop linger 4.0
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle that I picked up at the Real Ale shop, Wells-next-the-Sea June 09 consumed in a field at Cropredy Festival 13-8-09 shared with Craig Pours very dark brown with creamy bubbles that are tan in colour. Touch of sourness and roasted malt and some sour apple. The taste is tangy and malty and a touch of roastines but on closer inspection I noted that the BBD was Feb’ 09 which has disappointed me slighty as I think than in peak condition this beer could have been so much better, as it is its just about ok. A5 A3 F6 P3 Ov10 2.7
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