3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, pine needles, light to moderate yeasty, banana, estery, belgium yeast alike ! Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101130]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Bree Louise. Pours dark brown to black with a deep clear amber glare and a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, dark toffee, roasted caramel and breadish. Lingering dark malty, roasted and sweet - subdued fruity touch - almost Belgian. Ends sweet and roasted. Lovely.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@The Draft House, Tower Bridge, London. Near black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Roasted malts, toffee, some wood and mild ashes in the aroma. Flavour is very similar in a nice balance.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Very dark brown. Treacle aroma. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and treacle, slight licorice. Warming finish with relatively low bitterness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Draft House, Tower Bridge SE1. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a fruity roasted malty caramel finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Southampton Arms, London. RBESG 2011. Pours ruby brown with a small white head. Fruit, vague roast and caramel. Smooth.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample @ Torben Mathews tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is datk brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, coffee, chocolate and hops. Oily palate.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (RBESG 2011, London) at Southampton Arms. Black - offwhite head. Licorice, burned, milkey, milk chocolate, light hoppy, light bitterness, dark chocolate, cocoa. Smooth body.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
RBESG 2011 Day 1 ... Deep red brown ... thin tan head ...soft sweet malty coffee roast nose ... sweet malt ... light creamy coffee roast ... big but nice
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask gravity at Pigs Ear 2010. Black with beige head. Nutty aroma. Different style of porter not choc led. Some fruit touch of hop bit of sting. Odd. Estery. Banana. Odd banana dark beer.
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