7

Coffee, light, roasty

6.8

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

Bottle from BOB Wines, Sydenham. Aroma of creamy chocolate and coffee with underlying dark berries that become more prominent. Opaque cola brown. Thin bubbly beige head almost entirely disappeares. Medium bitter. Sour edge. Like the the aroma the sour berries grow in prominence. Hints of malty sweetness on the periphery. Light-medium bodied. Slick, a tad creamy. Average carbonation. Dry astringent finish. Decent stuff. Just feels a bit thin.

6.5

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Brockley Porter ].Clear light dark brown colour with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, sweet malt, light to moderate roasted - chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, toasted - roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170808] 6-3-7-3-14

6.6

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

Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty licorice and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.

6.8

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

Cask at The Great British Beer Festival 2017, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes the same, roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel. Decent enough porter from Brockley.

7.3

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

Cask at GBBF 2017... Dark brown.. Thin tan head... Soft sweet dry toffee chocolate roast malts nose... Dark bitter chocolate roast malts

6.6

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

8th August 2017
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Hazy brown beer, a few pale tan bubbles. Palate is light and dry, modest carbonation. Dry dark malts bring a little dry dark chocolate. Mild roast. Dry floralness and dry orangey citrus on the finish. Not bad.

6.8

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

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2017. Pours dark chestnut brown with a lasting bubbly beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, blackberry and hop. Moderate sweetness and medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.

7

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

Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 1. A dark brown beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of sweet chocolate, dark reddish malt. Taste of sweet mild roasted malt, Chocolate, Red fruits.