Lovibonds Dark Reserve No.1

Brewed by Lovibonds
Style: Porter
Henley-on-Thames, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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11th May 2011
April 2008 bottle. Dark brown beer, good bit short lived pale tan head. Light palate, semi dry. Mild dark malts but very tangy - bordering on sour. Just a slight woody note. Finishes semi dry with tangy aftertaste. The barrelling here seems to impart sourness rather than smoothness. It’s okay but expensive for what it is.

Bottle. Pours near black with a short lasting tan head. Massive roasted coconut aroma, some vanilla and oak in the background. Taste has a huge amount of whiskey, vanilla and wood, also some chocolate. A little fizzy, sweet and with a sticky finish. Ok but perhaps spent too long in a shitty barrel

Bottle. Creamy lightbrown wxcellent fully lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderatre bitter wonderfull flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Courtesy of Jan (fonefan); bb 2011-12, G208, bottle 5/500
Dark brown color; medium sized beige compact head; although not the most difficult to remove, I find the wax on the cap annoying. No information on the whiskey type, but it really has an aroma of Bourbon; hence vanilla, and some roasted malts, nuts. The mouthfeel is weaker than the gravity would suggest, a bit dry, with a fairly pleasant flavor of dry dark caramel and dry chocolate, and a vanilla/Bourbon vein; ordinary bitterness. The final is rather short
This cask doesn’t add much to this kind of beer, maybe it would be more suitable for a bigger and sweeter beer; it’s nevertheless appreciated.

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty and slightly woody aroma. Fruity malty woody caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty weak woody caramel finish.

22-MAR-2012, bottle @Papsø. Dark brown and almost clear with low beige head. Tart note on the nose - roasted malt? Roast, brown ale like taste. Citric and sweet... too sweet. Not really my type of thing.

Bottled. A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of wood, brettanomyces, caramel, and a bit of whiskey. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, wood, whiskey, and caramel, as well as a bit of brettanomyces, leading to a lightly tart finish.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange-brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and light roasted aroma of dark chocolate and liquorice. Sweet and roasted flavour of chocolate and liquorice. Sweet and roasted finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and chocolate. Smooth, dark malty and chocolate. Bitter and chocolate dense malty. Smooth whiskey into the finish.

clear dark amber smooth light brown head. roasted malty aroma, hops balance, but subdued. flavor is roasted malts, sweetness, rye, brown sugar, faint wood.