King Alfred's Cake Baltic Porter
Old Chimneys in Diss, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter - Baltic Regular|
Score
7.36
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk dregs run. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Nose - wood, prunes with a light varnish note (though not offensive). Taste - raisins, prunes, wood and booze. Palate - medium bodied, rich and sweet middle with a little dry woodiness closing it out. Overall - interesting beer!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle @Craig's. Very dark brown, no head. Darl malty, a little tobacco. Sweet, malty, some dried fruit perhaps.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Pours almost black with a creamy beige head with great retention. Aroma of dark fruits, chocolate, roast malt, liquorice. Taste is fruity, dark malts, liqourice, chocolate, roast, fruit cakey, a touch of alcohol. Medium bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Bit of a weird thing about this that's hard to put a finger on, seen a couple of people say nail varnish, I kinda get that... aside from that it's a nice beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle online from the brewery. Pours deep dark brown to black with a frothy tan head. Aroma: dark chocolate, burnt sugar, raisins, dark fruits. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet, roasted malts, toffee, bitter chocolate, cola cubes, dark fruits, berries. Medium bodied, frothy carb, dry bitter roast close. Liquid fruit cake
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle. Deep dark brown with a moderate off white head. Rich aroma of chocolate and fruit cake. Flavour is light spice, plum and fruit cake. Excellent
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Black beer, thick off white head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, toffee. taste has the same feel, with dried fruit, coffee and liquorice. Rich, smooth and a malty chocolate aftertaste this is some really good stuff.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Black colored, long lasting creamy tan head with nice lacing. Aroma is of dark chocolate, some burnt sugar and strong dark fruits, some banana. Taste is medium to very sweet malt, bitter chocolate, toffee, burnt sugar, again lots of dark fruits and berries, light banana notes, medium roasty bitterness, some alcohol and warmth in the finish. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, quite creamy. This really is a chocolate fruit cake! Excellent! (bottle, Bacchanalia, Cambridge)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from EeBria cons 2017-06-12 Uddingston AR: sugar cake, raisins, prunes, AP: dark brown, wee stouty beige lid F: sugar cake, raisins, dark bread syrup, sweet mouthfeeling, wee plums,
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at the Star and Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a tan head. Aromas of cola, cocoa, dark chocolate, licorice toffee. Flavours of chocolate ice cream, coffee, licorice, black treacle, cocoa. Nice warm, sweet finish. Tasty.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
2016 catch up - Bottle at home - A very, very good Baltic porter. A level of sweetness and beautifully smooth. There was a warmth of alcohol, but it was very well hidden. I didn’t get the bubble-gum or the banana that was indicated in the blurb. The second bottle was not so good; too yeasty, but it maintains the score because the first was great.