Weal Noir
Weal Ales Brewery in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.11
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A little secret here - this was originally our first Christmas beer. However, following lots of positive feedback, this rich and warming porter has been renamed and retained as a full time offering. It has a lovely roast malt flavour throughout with a subtle hint of spice.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF Winter: Poured a brown with no head. Aroma is sweet malts and cinnamon. Taste is fruit cake and sweet malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Mar 2020
at 20:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Third by cask at GBBF Winter, Astbury Bar. Shared with Finn. Decent beige head over a jet black body. Fragile lacing. Moderate spiced dark malty aromas. Chocolate malts with cinnamon and pepper. Ends dry and spicy, slightly roasted. Accepted. (Birmingham 04.02.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2020
at 06:49
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF Winter, Birmingham. Black with a tiny beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 080220
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2020
at 14:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
8/2/2020. From cask at the Great British Winter Beer Festival, Birmingham. Pours very dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of light chocolate, roasted malt, biscuit, cardamom and cinnamon. Medium sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice biscuit finish. Pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2020
at 13:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF, Birmingham. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are herbs, spices, roast malt, chocolate and hops. Herbal bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2020
at 13:46
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Svart. Luftig skumring. Krydret sjokoladearoma. Smaken kanel. Tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2020
at 18:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Weal Ales Weal Noir ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dark malt, candy, spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, spicy, caramel, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151008] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2017
at 11:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at Nottingham festival 2015. Clear maroon color. Earthy aroma. Taste is earthy cocoa. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2015
at 07:23
5/10
Tried
on 04 Jul 2015
at 20:56