7

bottle at home ...dark red black ...thick tan head ..soft sweet fruity berry caramel roast ...little dusty sour..soft Caramelised fruits

7.2

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

Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - dark brown to black and almost opaque. Nose - hazelnuts and chocolate. Some biscuit and caramel lurking. Taste -caramel, hazelnuts, burnt praline and more chocolate, though lighter this time. Palate - creamy medium bodied. Light roast finish. Overall - decent. It is somewhere between a brown ale and a porter, probably.

6.6

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

Appearance: Very dark brown, seems clear. Good size, dark tan head. Aroma: Dark malt, lightly roasted. Some chocolate/coffee. Taste: Dark malt, lightly roasted. Some dark chocolate. Decent, but slightly thin. Bought: qoqa.ch, 568 ml, CHF 4.91 Info: 14/8-2020, BB: 30/4-2021

6.8

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

Cask at GBBF ‘19, day one, 06/08/19. Dark brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, light spice, brown breads. Taste comprises dried fruits, light spice, toffee, biscuit, raisins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent .... comes across porter like.

6.5

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

Cask at GBBF: Poured reddish tinted brown with a tan head. Aroma is sweet malt. Taste is sweet malts.

5.4

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Padstow Pilot ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - toasted, dark malt, earthy malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, ash, roasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190806]
5-3-5-3-11

6

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

Bottle from Connolly’s Wines, Solihull. Just a couple of weeks before the Best Before date. Poured a murky dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is malt, raisins, red berry fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet with a soft, watery, dry earthy, fruity, light hop bitter palate. Medium to soft bodied with flat carbonation.

6.5

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

50cl bottle shared with and courtesy of JMGreenUK. Thin off white head. Clear deep amber pour. Slightly bitter. A decent bitter

5.6

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

Bottle shared on the train to Cotts Convention II. It pours darkest brown with a medium off-white head. The nose is earthy roast, plain chocolate, umami, slightly ash and some meaty notes. The taste is smooth, bitter, charred roast, coffee grounds, umami, chewy malt, some acidityand plain chocolate with a dry, toasted finish. Light - medium body and limited carbonation. A fairly basic porter. Fair.

5.8

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

Bottle shared on the train to Cotts Convention 2016. Thanks to Paul and Lorna. Pours clear, reddish brown with a thin, bubbly tan head. The aroma holds some tangy, ripe berries, earth, old carpet. Light sweet flavor with more old berries, leaves, earth, leather, faint toffee. Light bodied with soft carbonation; the condition is lacking. Tangy berries in the finish, some brown bread, earthy bitterness, old leather. So so.