2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20Gravicask (PBBF2012, Thurs)
Blackberry sharp aroma. Sour. Black, tiny head. Sharp, itter, and sour in teh taste. Crisp palate, because it’s sour. No. Not good. Does show off signs of being a good beer, but the bottle did that eaerlier already. Shame. Should rerate a fresh sample.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(tap) clear very dark brown colour with a small brown head; faint aromas of roast, vanilla; balanced flavour with long light bitter finish
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask by handpump, shared with Finn at The National Winter Ales Festival. Bubbly ring to the edge of the glass. Almost jet black in body appearance. Earthy malts and grain to the nose, semi-sweet. Roasted malty taste joined by hints of chocolate and ginger. Bittersweet finish, half-dry. A well balanced and likeable brew (Manchester, 23.01.2013).
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask by handpump at Pot Still, Glasgow - very dark brown, thin bubbly off-white head, chocolate and toffee aroma and flavour with added ginger spice giving a sour aftertaste, bit light body for its strength
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, 5.6% at Berliner Bierfestival. Roasted aroma, sweet liquorice. Black colour, seems a little cloudy. Very small head. The flavour is sweet and has some liquorice. Good flowery aroma hop in the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dry stout (why is this called a porter on Ratebeer?) has some good chocolate and the like but is less fruity to me than their March of the Penguins, and I preferred that one just a big more. (cask at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, Edinburgh, June 2012)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Opaque black beer. Tangy dark malt nose. Light semi dry palate. Nice full on porter. A little toasty malt but smooth and creamy as well. Zero bitterness. Good fruit in there as well. Nice Porter!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Pours deep, dark brown with average, creamy beige head; decent retention and some lacing. Aroma is wet paper, caramel malt, dark fruit, and no noticeable hops. Flavor is malt forward with nothing much there to support; oily finish. Medium body and warmth with low carbonation.
4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Kind of weak aroma, but beautiful dark porter color. Mild but very pleasing taste... sort of sweet and almost soapy at first, but very nice mildly toasty long term. Really enjoyed it!
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled this interesting porter at the Paisley Beer Festival in May 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Black ruby in colour with a loose open bubbled head which rapidly disappeared. Interesting and strange aroma which brought back flash memories of garrigue scrub from the Med - is lavender oil used in this beer? Unusual oily, almost burnt wood in the mouthfeel and no lacing at all. Complex dark malts give an interesting medlay of flavours. Black malt in the initial taste, giving distinctive burnt toast and roasted grain flavours. This gives way to sweet black treacle notes combined with aromatic parma violet sweets of all things. Dry spicy hop resins compliment the complex malts to give a rich panoply of flavours in the intense aftertaste. Dry leathery finish but laced with sweetness at the end. An interesting porter and one to slowly savour. Worth seeking out on cask.
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