Black Rock
Tudor Brewery in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.78
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A smooth dark ale made with chocolate malt that tastes as velvety as it looks. Made for the ‘real’ real-ale drinker. Suits a vegan diet.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, a mild gusher on opening. Pours almost black with a huge frothy beige head, good retention after it settled. Aroma of chocolate and roast malts, mild coffee, bit of dark fruit. Taste has more of the roast malt and coffee notes, light burnt note, chocolate, dark fruit and liquorice hints, ashy roasty bitterness. Light-medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
from Beer Park
on 21 Mar 2026
at 21:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2026
at 14:38
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2026
at 14:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
21/2/2026. Bottle at ITFC Beer share. From Beer Park, Llanelli. Decent pour. Aroma is malty, chocolate, lightly roasted, fruity, berries. Nicely balanced. Enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Beer Park
on 21 Feb 2026
at 14:22
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Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2025
at 20:10
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2024
at 22:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Beer Park. Gluten Free. Black brown colour, biege foam head and aroma of roast malt, chocolate, vanilla, coffee. Taste is sweetish, roasted, malty, coffee, molasses, nutty, dark chocolate, with ashy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasty nutty bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2023
at 21:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, third pint. @GBBF Winter, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 16/02/2023 [#5.842 Global - #30 Wales - #1 Tudor Brewery (My Welsh Brewery #15)] Pours black with a small head. Aroma: coffee beans, light canilla and molasses. Taste: watery coffee, pale malts and toffee. Watery mouthfeel. Next one please!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2023
at 11:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the GBBF Winter 2023 Festival, day 2 at Burton On Trent Town Hall, 17/02/23. Mahogany brown with a beige cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is nutty, toffee, biscuit, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises cocoa sprinkle, toffee, fruit slice, dark malts. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Okay fayre.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2023
at 09:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A nutty amber coloured pour with a lasting halo of beige head. Aroma is semi sweet. Earthy roast, rustic grains, burnt apple, toffee, cinnamon. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty toasted malts, jammy fruits. Palate is semi sweet nutty, semi sweet melow condition. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2023
at 12:16