Purple Moose Dark Side Of The Moose/Ochr Tywyll Y Mws

Bottle, bought @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours a very dark coppery brown with a great, small, creamy, white head. Aroma is powerfully malty, good caramel, some roasted malts and very nice earthy, flowery hops. Good, creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is lightly roasted, some chocolate and a pretty dry, chocolate and hoppy finish. Good porter. It is impressive how these low-alcohol beers maintain all the diversity of more powerful brews.

Cask, Peterborough Fest 08. Dark brown with a small head. Aromas are weetabix malts with berries. Quite earthy hops. Flavours are sweet and fruity with raisins and berries. Light roast malts with a dry, bitter finish.

Cask. Low white and quickly disappearing white head. Pitch black body. Distinct coffee aroma and flavor. Low carbonation and a long coffee aftertaste.

(Cask at GBBF, London, 5 Aug 2008) Dark brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty nose with dark fruit, coffee and prunes. Malty taste with notes of coffee, dried fruit and a fairly dry bitterness in the finish. Decent porter.

Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some roasted notes as well as dark fruits and coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, ashes and cookies with some mild coffee.