4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20From bottle. Pours black with thin tan head. Thick aroma, quite hoppy with licorice, chocolate and coffee, hint of smoke, the aroma is bordering on a black ipa almost, some alcohol present. Taste has similar flavours but in different proportions, more roastyness, coffee more up front, Chocolate and the hops take a back seat. Quite sticky on the palate. Very good, very interesting and unique
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Bottle) Black or near-black beer with a beige head and a sweet, toasty-malt aroma. The first taste is a malt and hop mix but it’s a dry, fruity finish that makes it. The fruit lingers nicely too.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the cask at State Bar, Glasgow - clear very dark brown, good bubbly beige head, roasted malt and berry fruit aroma, no lacing, complex flavour with roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, berry fruits, very easy to drink for the abv
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
330ml bottle from Hippo Beers, Glasgow on March 2013. Pours a dull black with a creamy tan head. Ripe fruit notes of blackcurrants present in the long malty aroma. Smooth creamy mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Dark malt complex gives a burnt toast note with initial black malt which fades away to notes of rich dark chocolate, mocha coffee and sweet blackcurrant fruit layered in the mouth. Just a hint of spicy hop resins hyere but difficult to detect, wood smoke and roast flavours evident in the drying aftertaste. Smooth malty finish with a hint of liquorice and port. An excellent porter and highly recommended.
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
What isn’t to like about this beer? It has a lovely roasty, nose, malty on first taste, then followed by hop. It has a beautiful mouth feel and a well weighted balance.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black with some ruby/chestnut on the fringes. Massive beige three finger head. Aroma is liquorice, burnt chocolate malts. Taste is coffee, cough mixture, hints of dark butter chocolate very light and fine carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Red dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is yeast, coffee, toasted malt, fruit. Flavour is yeast, coffee, hop, roasted malt, fruit. Medium body. OK beer.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle. Inky black in colour with strong liquorice and red fruity flavours, artisan coffee and a roasted finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 330ml.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate and coffee dusty. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, sweet malt, coffee with sugar. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120622]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
2 July 2012, bottle. Black. Nose is oatmeal stout and heavy dark chocolate and lots of roast malt. Med/thin body and mildly fizzy. Dark/burnt chocolate, latte cream, bitter finish. Nice. My favorite from knopps.
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3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, nuts, caramel, notes of chocolate and hops.
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