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17th July 2013
Cask Pub & Kitchen. Clear dark amber - brown beer, little pale tan head. Softish palate with mellow carbonation. Touch of smoky dark malt. Whisper of dark fruits, but the green apple is more of a shout! Touch of red berries. Overall this beer is quite flat and dry and the notable apple streak leads me to suspect this is a bit green.

Cask @ The Caley, Edinburgh [110713]
Dark brown, ruby edges, frothy off white head
Aroma - Dark fruits, some red berry fruits, very soft roast, slight spicy hop
Taste - Dark dryish fruits, soft dark caramel malts, touch of spicy hops, very soft roast, quite sweet dark malts, not sure about this tbh, bit of an odd flavour
Palate - On the thin side for the abv. Finish - bit dry, bitter soft chocolate and fruit linger
Overall - This was just ok - not a particularly good porter tbh

Cask at CPK - Pimlico, London. Pours clear red-brown with a light, creamy beige head. Ashy malts in the nose, some coffee, burnt toast. Light sweet flavor, more burnt toast, char, baking cocoa, a bit of earth and wood. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry roast finish, scorched earth, bitter cocoa, wet wood, coffee grounds. Fair.

cask at bat ... deep black ... thinl tan head ... soft dry odd chocolate nose ... dark roast... soft roast ... dark malts ... odd soft malts ... light bitter ... little limey hop in linger ... not doing it for me