3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50cl bottle. Pours opaque black with a red hue. Has a nice creamy beige head - most fades in a few minutes, but a thin attractive layer of lace hangs around. The nose has a lovely Crunchie Bar note - toffee, chocolate and and fizzy. The taste has chocolate, smokiness and bitter coffee. The palate is medium bodied with a medium creamy and effervescent texture and quite a bitter finish. Overall, appealing on the nose and front of palate but I was hoping for the type of Porter that faded away gently at the end, rather than the astringent finish it has.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle - Black with tan head. Medium carbonation and body. Roasted malts, smoke, licorice and black coffee. Low to medium bitterness. Very nice!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Black pour with a light beige head. Coffee, chocolate malt, dark chocolate, vanilla and fresh cream aromas. Unlike Pinocchio it’s got a very nice nose. Chocolate, vanilla, some coffee and a little licorice flavour. Dry, licorice fuelled light bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours very dark brown with very small tan coloured head. Great lacing. Subtle aromas of chocolate and espresso coffee. Some roasted grain coming through also. Flavours are pretty much as expected with lots of roasted grain bitterness and a little sourness on the finish. Medium slightly creamy mouthfeel. good stuff
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Drink of Fulham. Looks a bit like cola. Lively carbonation. Chocolate malt aroma. Dry roasted coffee flavour. Quite smooth. Light sweet aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Weicher Röstantrunk, der angesichts des voluminösen Geruchs fast schwach erscheint. Wenig schokoladig, eine hintergründige Bitterkeit kommt nach und nach hervor. Zum Ende wenig aromatisch, noch wenig röstig und füllend, aber nicht intensiv, hopfig. Nett! Danke an den Doppelbock für das Bier. 12/9/9/9/8/9
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Clear dark brown with a coat of beige head but good lacing. Rather modest aroma of chocolate, dark berries, light roast. Thinnish but alive texture. Taste has chocolate, lots of berries, roasted bitterness, coffee, licorice. Tasty, balanced. A good one from the Mild end of Porter.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours black with a small, creamy light tan head leaving lots of lacing.
Nose shows cocoa, dark chocolate, roasted malt and caramel.
Flavours include more roasted malt with coffee characters and faint chocolate. Some initial sweetness quickly fades into a dry finish.
Body feels watery.
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