26/11/2011. CELTIC BEER FESTIVAL, The Brewery Cellars, St. Austell Brewery, 63 Trevarthian Road, ST. AUSTELL, Cornwall, England (ST. AUSTELL)

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - gentle gusher. Fizzy pour. Dark brown to black with red chinks. Off white fizzy head. Nose - plum jam. A hint of chocolate. Taste - more plum or even blackberry jam. Light yeasty tang. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - it improved through the bottle.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared at Leighton’s place. 25/08/2015. Thanks to Leighton, Clear bottle and a gusher. Reddy / amber coloured pour with a thin greyish cream head. Aroma is semi-sweet, nutty, raspberry ribble tart. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, and raspberry, thin woody, tangy. Palate is thin, high carbonation, drying finsh. Thin and tasteless. Meh.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle shared in London. Gusher! Pours hazy brown with lots of floaties and a creamy tan head. The aroma holds dry, toasted grains, some earth, dusty cocoa. Light sweet flavor with tangy berries, raisins, plums, grainy bread. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Tangy finish with more leathery dried fruits, berries, vague cocoa. Not great.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Clear fucken bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours deep ruby-brown with a medium off-white head. The nose is sweet, sticky, liquorice, cocoa, light bubblegum, candy and fruit cake. The taste is crisp, light tart/tang, raspberry, mild acidity, cocoa, watery and toasty with a dry finish. Light - medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit washy washy and tangy not great. Poor.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Half-pint, cask, at the CAMRA Oxford Beer Festival on 18th Oct 2014. Dark ruby red with a full head. Very sweet from the off: caramel and toffee nose and taste, no hop bitterness or aroma. Too sweet even for my sweet tooth, long time since I’ve said that about a British brewed beer.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear reddish brown, no head. Aromas of light toffee, red fruit. More toffee on the taste. Thin finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle 500ml (AbM)
Dark ruby color, steady small creamy beige head and lace. Aroma has toasted maltyness, ash and cardboard. Light-bodied. Toasted malty with strong tobacco flavors. It is also a bit tart. Probably way too much "black malt" here.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle, from Hogs Back, at JF’s decoration bash, 22/02/14. Light black with a good sized tan head that thins to a covering. Nose is fruit loaf, light roast, lactic ring. Taste comprises dark berry fruits, leather, fruit cake mix, soured berry, touch lactic, earthy. Medium bodied, light prickly carbonation, semi dry close. Pretty so so porter.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared @ The Hague tasting. Opaque brownish color, small tan head. Smell and taste malts, iron, a bit weird bitter. Hmm not bad, but quite thin bodied I’d say.