3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@London Drinker 07. Quite a dry stout, with dry roasted malt and licorcie notes. Finish is dry and bitter, with some green apple notes, which probably indicate that this was not as fresh as it should have been.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
half pint Handpump at the Marble Arch, Manchester.
Thick off white head. Deep ruby pour. Another nice brew from Marble.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Gallows Bird XV Real Ale Festival, Espoo, Finland.
Black colour with tiny frothy tan head.
Dry liquorice and roasted malt in aroma.
Roasted malt, balancing hops and grassy bitterness in very dry flavour.
Balanced and enjoyable. Slightly thin though.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Magpie, Brentford. Black with brown hints, initial coarse tan head, demerera, a touch of chocolate and black treacle on the nose. Malty and dry, with notes of treacle toffee, roast nuts and faintly of strawberry, then a lasting bitter and very dry finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Handpump from the Outside Bar at the Star Inn, Huddersfield 31/03/2007
Thick creamy head. Coffee roast aroma. Black slightly fruity and rich on the palate with a crisp and bitter coffee roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 24, 2008 A Mes rate:
Gravicask @ London Drinker. Have a feeling this is the same as their Port Stout, without the port, I’ll check with Mr. Marble next time I see him. Almost black with a tan head. Typical roasted malt chocolate stout. Nice bitter hop finish for some balance. Enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity London Drinker BF 07. Very dark brown colour with bubbly beige head. Decent peppery hop on aroma. Nice and drinkable in mouth, bit roasty and toasty, hoppy on finish. Very dry malt.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at London Drinker Beer Festival 2007. On the beer list simply as Marble Stout but I can’t find any other reference to this beer. On the other hand, I can’t see any other marble beer that it would correspond to, so I guess it’s a new beer. Very dark, and distinctly dry. Roast malt throughout, with a touch of bitter chocolate in the flavour. Light, dry mouthfeel. Decent, but seemed a touch underpowered.
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