7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head and good lacing. There’s toffee and butter in the aroma plus some hints of roast malts. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture. Flavour is pretty much the usual suspects, vanilla, liquorice and dark fruits. After a while some milky coffee can be detected too. Finish is bitter with liquorice. Excellent !

30/04/2015. CROWN INN, 154 Heaton Lane, STOCKPORT, Greater Manchester, England (FREE HOUSE)

6.4

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

Ultradypbrun / svart. Filmskum med litt farge. Nøttearoma. Smaken rosiner. Tørr. Lett sherrypreget avslutning.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Very dark brown with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have roasted malts and a little  smokiness. Great body.

6.5

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

Cask at the Bootlegger, 24/12/18. Dark mahogany brown with a well presented beige covering. Nose is mellow roast, cocoa powder, fruit slice, light spice. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, liquorice, dried fruits, brown bread. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Ok porter.

7.1

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

On tap at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Almost black colour with a pale tan head. Aroma roasted and sweet malt. Sweet malty taste. Full smooth body.

6.4

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

Cask at the Gun Makers Arms; clear brown pour with a creamy light tan head, aroma has coffee and some chocolate, taste chocolate, light liquorice, ok.

7.8

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

Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. An attractive glossy mahogany colour with a tawny gleam and a thin cream coloured head; aroma of damp earth, coffee grounds and licorice; quite full bodied with a nutty, earthy, malt taste, and a dry herbal bitterness; then a long lingering licorice finish. A rather good porter.

7

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

Cask (gravity) @ 32th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2015, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Stockport Stock Porter ].Clear dark black - red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, roasted, chocolate - coffee, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate - coffee, dark malt, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151205] 7-3-7-3-15

6.4

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

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 6/3/2017. Dark brown, with a slight, beige, head. Aroma of coffee,dark fruits and toasty malts. Flavour had more coffee, liquorice and some plain chocolate,before a dryish finish. Fine.