Rother Valley Blues

Bottle. Black with a large beige foam. Aromas are oily with roast coffee. Some chocolate and liqourice with a light smokiness. Flavours are earthy, oily roast malts with a good amount of dark chocolate bitterness. Biter and dry hops on the finish. Very tasty.

500ml bottle @ Cardinal. Dark red/brown body, close to black with a small beige head. Roasted malt and licorices aroma. Flavor is mild and soft burnt malt, some coffee and licorices, fruity. Balanced and impressing flavorful porter at only 5% ABV.

Huge brown head. Deep dark brown body, barely translucent, with a strange, slow carbonation. Acidic coal-and-chocolate aroma with smoky, earthy notes. Dry smoky, earthy, burnt taste with watery chocolatey notes. Slightly one-dimensional. Dry smoky coarseish earthy aftertaste. Good, but could use more body. (0.5l bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger.)

Bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Dark brown colour with a creamy beige head. Aroma is roasted, hop, fruit. flavour is sweet, roasted, chocolate, hop, mocca. Ok/nice beer.

500 ml bottle. Dark ruby red brown colour. Thick fine-laced beige head that clings to the glass. Rounded münchener and crystal malt aroma. Crisp and mellow hop bitterness at first then a toffee malt flavour. Very rounded, but with a slight note of roasted character. Really smooth.