Kelburn Cart Noir

Brewed by Kelburn
Style: Porter
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Half, cask ale hand pulled at Blackfriars. Almost jet black body, shiny surface. Smell of roasted dark malts added by a spicy touch. Dark malty taste as well as notes of liquorice. Roasted bitter ending. Feels rather thin in the mouth (Glasgow, 13.04.2012).

Pours opaque black with a nice creamy head. The nose has intense chocolate and cream. The taste has chocolate but not as intense and there is a slightly dry astringent finish. The palate is medium to full bodied with a medium texture mouthfeel and a slightly drying but decent finish. Overall, a solid porter.

Cask by handpump at Last Post, part of the Battle of the Brewers competition between Ayr, Isle of Skye and Kelburn (25 Feb 12) - sort of liquorice aroma, black with a medium oatmeal head, coffee and chocolate flavour, prolonged bitter aftertaste, not really to my liking

Cask at the Milnes, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Dark reddish brown almost black colour with small tan head. Roasted malt, coffee and chocolate in aroma. Coffee, chocolate sweetness, roasted malt and balancing hops in flavour. Thin.

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in March 2011. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear black mahogany in colour with a thin creamy tan head. Slight sweet aroma of treacle fudge long in intensity. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and poor lacing. Dark complex malts give a rich moist loaf base with treacle fudge, bitter dark chocolate, burnt toast and milky coffee but no signs of any fruit flavours. Slight prickle of dusty hop resins in the short bitter aftertaste. Dark teacle toffee flavours in the rich malt return with a touch of liquorice. A fantastic porter and one of my favourites from the Kelburn portfolio, very popular in all the Scottish west coast JDW outlets.

A - dark roast coffee A - dark with thick head T - slight sour, but overpowered by bitter P - full and creamy O - nothing but coffee

Cask at Malt and Hops. Black with a resilient white head. Great nose. Roasty and heavily malty. Very flavoursome. Chocolate and some bitterness. A great cask porter.

Cask at malt and hops. Pours black with tan head. Smokey toasty aroma. Taste has some smokiness, lots of roasted malt. Pretty good overall

On cask at The Blue Blazer. A black beer with a decent tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, caramel and yeast. Coffee, malt and caramel flavours with a creamy mouth-feel and malty finish. A little dry. Not bad.

cask at cloisters ... dark black ... medium creamy head ...light coffee nose ... soft light chocolate front ... little thin in body .... too heavy on the bitterness for me... some cold coffee and hint of charcoal