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Smoked porter – the concept so brilliantly pioneered by Allagash in the nineties – as interpreted by this craft brewery in old England. At LIBF. Pale yellow-beige, moussy, slowly breaking but generally well-retaining head on a very dark chestnut brown robe, almost black but not quite, with hazy, ruddy-red glow. Aroma of cigar ashes, old brown bread crust, smoked mackerel but with the emphasis on actual smoke rather than fish (or meat), a barbecue in full swing, hard caramel, walnut shells, dry leather, tea, dry forest floor. Dry onset, dried apple peel and burnt raisins, very low in sweetness with medium carbonation; beef stock-like umami comes up much stronger than any sweetness, accompanying a dry, nutty, hard-caramelly and brown bread-crusty malt core with continuous toasty bitterness at its sides, while an eventually indeed pronounced ‘ashy’ smokiness grows, aided by leafy hops. Dry, ashy, charcoal-y Rauchbier form of an oldskool English brown ale – simple, but solid.

Cask at the Reading Beer Festival. Black with a beige head. Chocolate, smoke and a little leather. Rich, but with some dryness in the finish. Good stuff.

Cask at royal navy Bristol... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet chocolate roast malts nose.. Dry chocolate roast malts.. Dark sweet chocolate roast malts.. Light roast

Deep dark color with a beige head. Ok intensity in the aroma. Fine body and a soft carbonation level. Mellow ok sweetness. Cold coffee, roast and mild smoke in the flavor.
[Cask at Chelmsford & Mid Essex Winter Beer Festival -17]

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Cask at The Fat Cat Brewery Tap, Norwich, Saturday 6th May 2017 Really dark, dark brown with a beige head. Smooth and rich, it’s a good porter, it’s malty and a touch smokey a little lactose. Like this. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

By gravicask at Chelmsford & Mid Essex Winter Beer Festival. Shared with Cunningham. Fawn-coloured head. Next to clear dark brown body. Roasted malt-fruity nose. Slightly smoked malty nose, hints of raisin and chocolate. Semi-sweet malty ending. Medium bodied. Likable (17.02.2017).

Cask @ The New Inn, Colchester. Pours very with a light tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, licorice, dark chocolate, a hint of smoke. Flavor is light sweet, rich malty, licorice, coffee, mild smoke, little chocolate. Medium body, light oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. 170217

Cask @ New Inn, Colchester. Hazy very dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and licorice. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and roasted moderate bitter finish. Oily and soft. 170217