3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. Finland.
Pitch black colour with small tan head.
Roasted malt, liquorice, salty liquorice, grain and smoke in aroma.
Flavour is coffee, liquorice, roasted malt, bitterish hops and smoke.
Bitter aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
0.5 l bottle from K-Supermarket Länsiväylä, Jyväskylä. Opaque black color. Gentle soft roastedness and smoke with caramel, some fruitiness, licorice, coffee and peaty soil. Dryish slightly metallic finish. OK mellow porter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
from crackedkettle.com - black coloured with a little beige foam left; nice lacework; the aroma is dusty with strong notes of cocoa and dark chocolate, the whole thing being well integrated ina decent smokiness; the palate is sweet and tart showing a light sourness; medium to full malt backbone, fizzy and malty chocolatey finish with light smoking tones - pretty good
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Virtually black color, good-sized tan head; aroma roasted malt, sweet chocolate (dominating the aroma when the beer is cool, fading slowly away as it gets warmer), licorice, burned wood and peat; thin body, flat carbonation; roasted/burnt flavor with notes of wood, tobacco and salty licorice - not actually smoky, but more like burnt already; finish is slightly hoppy, dry and almost ashy. It´s nice to see this great porter at only 4.7 ABV, but then again I have to wonder how great would have it been with a percent or two more.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, smoke, tobacco and liquorish. Flavour is roasted malt, robacco and liquorish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. This was a rather disappointing porter for me; pitch black in colour with a loose tan head, it missed the sparkle of colour I associate with a good porter; the aroma had some roasted malts and vague peat smoke, but lacked depth; the body was thin with some licorice flavour; leading to a gentle bitter finish with some milk chocolate. I was expecting far more evidence of the smoky character.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
29th October 2008. Bottle in the Rake. Opaque black beer, pretty low carbonation. Smooth subtle chocolate and vanilla. A little smoke but not overwhelming, nicely judged. Minerally. Not bitter or dry.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask - West Gate Inn (JDW), Canterbury. A mostly black beer with a slight brown hued edging and a doming, two finger tan head. Aromas take some warming up, eventually lending themselves to good choc notes and roasted malt, liquorice tones. Flavours seem a bit muddled and overbearing. Strong roasted, coffee malts and a hoppy bitterness with a light sour liquorice quality. Creamy, soft mouthfeel, medium body.
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