3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Black colour with a small beige head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malts, ashes, liquorice and quite big on the toffee as well. Flavour is roasted malts, toffee, fruits and some mild nuttyness.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pint at the Retreat in Reading. Black with a short lived bubbly head. Smooth, chocolatey and refreshing. Roast in the aftertaste. Very nice roasty aroma. Pretty good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet dark malt, vanilla, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity dispense at Windsor Locale festival - 22/07/12.
Very dark brown to black in colour with a thin off white head.
Roasted malt aroma allied to toffee and caramel, wood and a little pinch of coffee.
Taste pretty much as nose.
Decent body and feel to this beer - well constructed and not as watery as some porters coming out of the newer breweries.
Good effort!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Windsor Locale beer festival 2012. A black coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee, dark fruit. A really decent and complex porter.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Guide Dog, Southampton.
Mid brown, with fluffy of-white head. Dry wood and earthy acorn aroma. Coffee and bark flavours with a brief finish. Medium carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Leicester Fest 12. Black with a thin beige foam. Aromas are chocolate, weetabix and coffee with earthy notes. Definitive oat character with lactose. Blackberries with marzipan. Flavours are nutty dark chocolate with coffee and blackberries with dark cherry. Dry and fruity on the finish with raisins and bready yeast. Nice.
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