Kelburn Cart Noir

Brewed by Kelburn
Style: Porter
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, strong coffee, dark dark roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120807]

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2012 Cask at Woodin’s Shades, Nicholson’s, London. Pours clear, dark brown with a sturdy, beige foam head. Pleasant roasted malt aroma, hints of flinty minerals, light dirt. Light sweet flavor with dry, roasty malts, very mellow chocolate, light burnt toast, hints of earthy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Some burnt sugars to finish, earth, light wood, burnt toast, mild minerals, touches of baking cocoa. An average porter. (3.5)

Cask at GBBF 2012, London. Clear, rich brown with a fine, beige foam head. Nice and roasty overall, some charred toast and milky cocoa. Very nice.(3.8)

From cask at Half Way House. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate. Bitter, roasted, breadish and dark chocolate. Dry roasted and lingering malty. Bitter and roasted malty finish.

Hand pulled at the Old Contemptibles, Birmingham. A very acceptable Stout? Porter? Very smooth. Some sweetness, some oil. Plenty of richness. Really drinkable. Thumbs.

Cask at the Falcon, Clapham Junction - 25/10/12. Mid black in appearance with a medium tan head. Roasty malts on the nose with a trace of coffee. Tastes of dark roast malts, coffee, chocolate, liqourice and a touch of leather. Medium bodied, light carbonation lending towards a dry finish. Decent cask porter.

10th August 2012
GBBF. Opaque black - brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Smooth dark malt. A little honey and a trace of mild smoke. Dry finish.

Cask @ Haymarket, Edinburgh 181012
Very dark ruby brown, creamy off white head, good lacing
Aroma - soft coffee roast, dark roast malts
Taste as aroma, dark roast malts, soft coffee, quite simple stout in flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body, creamy texture. Finish - soft bitter coffee roast, some lingering espresso, over bitter roast linger

cask pours black with tan head that lingers . nose is chocolate , toasted malt , hint of coffee . Flavour starts sweet chocolatey then the roasted malt bitterness comes in . medium carbonation medium mouthfeel . a decent porter

Cask conditioned at The Chequers, Oxford. Black with tan head. Good, deep dark maltiness with chocolate and coffee flavours, dry and full, bitter with a long palate. There is a vague fruitiness flowing through, blackberry perhaps just to add depth. Very pleasant.

(Cask at Gallows Bird, 20120908) The beer poured almost black and clear. Its head was small and almost white. Aroma had roasted malts and chocolate. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, chocolate, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was roasty and bitter. A nice and mild porter.