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

Pint from the cask at The Ale Gate, Alnwick. Pours deep brown with hints of red & a white head. Aromas & tastes of raspberries, chocolate, brown bread, cocoa & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Very enjoyable

27/04/2019. MOON & BELL, 6 Wards End, LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, England (WETHERSPOONS)

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2019 - London. Pours deep brown with a bubbly, tan head. Light to medium sweet with notes of toasted brown bread, moderate jammy raspberry. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Finishes with more brown bread, mellow cocoa, raspberry. Enjoyable beer.

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

Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2019. Cask @ Cuthbert Brodrick, Leeds. Black with an off-white creamy head. Raspberry dominates what would be a stated roasted malts brew without it. These are evident but subdued and very sweet.

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

Cask at GBBF'19, day one, 06/08/19. Black with a well presented tan cap. Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, brown sugars, red berry tang. Taste comprises chocolate, raspberries, light roast, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok porter … does what it says on the tin.

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

Cask at GBBF 2019, Olympia, London. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, raspberry aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, raspberry, slightly tart. Enjoyable porter.

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

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

[ As Maxim Raspberry Porter ].
ABV: 5.0%. Unclear dark brown colour with a average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, raspberry, artificial raspberry. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, raspberry, dark malt, roasted, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190806]
5-3-6-3-12

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

6th August 2019
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Semi opaque dark brown amber beer, small pale tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, little dark chocolate. Well integrated tangy raspberry jam. Light finish. Tasty enough.

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

Cask-conditioned at the Punch Bowl (JDW), York 1/7/2019. Near black in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Plain chocolate, a touch of raspberry sweetness, accompanied by some toastiness, creamy edge and a toasty finish with more raspberry character. Enjoyable.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Fairly straightforward but really nice. Malty chocolateyness with a distinct but not overpowering raspberry twang that lasts through to the aftertaste. Very drinkable indeed.