3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Handpulled cask at NWAF 2013, half shared with Finn. Clear, jet black body. Naked at the top. Roasted dark malty nose. Well blended flavour of dark fruits and dark malts. Bitter liquorice to the finish. Pleasant (Manchester, 23.01.2013).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Back at The Crown Inn, Stockport for the third time, 02/02/13. Sulphur, coal and Twiglet aroma with a hint of cocoa. Glossy black with a low dense tan head. Still, glossy, soft with a lactic, mocha and charcoal character. Dusty cocoa afters. Powdery, a touch dried-fruity, full of lace. Pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at 3 Judges, Glasgow - black ale, bubbly beige head, chocolate malt aroma, some lacing, coffee / chocolate malt flavour, oily feel, rather bitter for a porter
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (CWAF2012, Friday)
Black, loose head. Nice roast aroma, some chocolate there. Milky roasty taste. We like this. Great for 4.4%, would be a great session.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at the 2012 NWAF, Manchester. A black beer with a fair white head. Aroma of roasty malt, chocolate and light piney hops. Similar flavours with lingering roasty malt, mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Magpie. Black with tan hints and a foamy white head, roast treacle and coffee nose, more roast toffee plus green apple in the mouth. A dry roasty and hoppy finish, with bitterness coming through.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Devonshire cat. Faint chocolate aroma, creamy chocolate in the mouth. Burnt malt finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at NWAF, 2011. Black pour, no head. Smoke, coffee, dark chocolate and burnt caramel aromas. Earthy, sour flavours with a hint of licorice. Earthy, bitter finish. More strange than complex.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at NWAF ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft chocolate charcoal nose ... deep roast ... light chocolate roast ... some coffeee ... nice
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Gravicask at Old Fountain, Old Street, London, 25 Nov 2010) Black colour with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of ashes, coffee and chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, caramel, coffee and a generous cocoa bitterness. Rather light body, fairly dry. Excellent porter.
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