3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Near black with a cream foam. Aromas are light roast malts with yeast and light berries. Cream with peat and lemon. Flavours are dry and woody with light coffee and slightly acidic berries. Chocolate with a pithy finish. More of a mild in my view, and a fairly decent one at that.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Some hints of fruit, but no real scotch or malt whiskey taste to it whatsoever.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
5th October 2011
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear dark brown beer. Residual pale tan head. Mild toffee malts, tasting fresh with a little lacto, but dry. Nutty as well. Trace of marmalade hops. Very dry finish. Okay.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2011. Dark brown with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, berry fruit and milk chocolate aroma. Flavour had caramel, more fruit and chocolate and a dry, slightly roast finish. Good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Muckle Cross, Elgin
Very dark ruby, clear, thin frothy white head.
Aroma of caramel malts, some roasted malts, molasses, fruity notes, no hops.
Taste of dark caramel malts, some chocolate, some roasted malt, hint of coffee, fruity, quite sweet, porter qualities - can’t taste the hops here, bit watery.
Palate - Quite sweet, smooth, abrupt light sweet malty finish with a slight lingering hint of chocolate, soft carb, thinnish body.
Overall - Easy drinking light porter (or slightly strong mild), but taste dulls after a while.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned Handpump Four Candles Oxford. A near black beer with a whitish head. I remember drinking Scotches in Cumbria many years ago, and this is close to that mark. Very low hopped. Good dryness and nuttiness. Late fruits. Has that woody altbier character. It’s pretty interesting and slips down very easily.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Webb Ellis (JDW), Twickenham. Very dark brown with a big loose head, coffee and chocolate on the nose, slightly tart and dry blackberry wine body, more coffee on the finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask at the Monk’s Retreat (JDW), Reading] Dark brown with a cream head. Smooth, sweet and comforting, with a restrained roastiness, chocolate and caramel throughout. Very mellow, one to slowly melt into and relax.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hand pulled cask at The Tickenham Inn (JDW) Ickenham. Dark brown with a creamy unsparkled off white head., Lovely soft sweet malts but complemented by fresh clean fruity hops. Very drinkable.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Solid red with a thin tan head. Light Walnut blackberry and roast smell. Medium light body. Creamy. Delicious berry chocolate, dark and juicy malt with a delicious roast aftertaste. It is truly delicious. Goes down easy.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted this in The Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in October 2011. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear garnet red in colour with a thin loose white head which vanished rapidly. Hint of diluted ribena juice in the very short aroma. Thin fruity mouthfeel and very poor lacing. Mixed malt complex gives strong vinous fruit along with drier roast grain notes. Slight presence of hop resins gives a woody aftertaste. Finish lacks body and has a thin fruity red wine flavour with a slight hint of vanilla oak. An ok session porter but there are better examples out there though.
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