6.8

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

Bottled. Deep brown colour with a beigeish brown head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is hocolate, coffee, some roasted malts and mild dried fruits to it. Flavour is offee, chocolate, ddark fruits and some slight bitter hops as well.

27/12/2017. DOG & BELL, 116 Princes Street, LONDON, SE8, England (FREE HOUSE)

7

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

(Cask at Craft Beer Co Clapham, London, 26 Nov 2016) Black colour with hints of ruby. Creamy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Malty, roasted taste with milky chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, vanilla and a balanced cacao bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Nice one.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Darkest brwon colour with average to huge, thick, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Mild, dark malty, slightly fruity and minimally smoky aroma, notes of plum, milk chocolate, some coffee, a touch of smoke. Taste is slightly roasty dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, hints of liquorice and coffee, a touch of plum, minimally floral hoppy overtones; minimally watery. Rich and manifold, displays a plethora of flavours, sadly rather light and anaemic.

6.9

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

Bottle picked up from Bottledog KingsX. A lively chedtnut bnrown coloured pour with a lively mid tan head. Aroma is big dried chocolate, dried fruitsm, apple, coco powder, vanilla. Flavour is composed of woody, dried choc, dried fruits, choccy malts, dried wood, choclate cake. A little savoury quality to this. Palate is lively and frothy carbonation, semi drying finish.

6.6

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

Gravity dispense at Ealing BF, 06/07/16. Light black with a decent khaki cap. Nose is earthy roast, chocolate, spice, raisens, treacle toffee. Taste comprises dark fruit rinds with a bit of tang, charr, spice, jammy berry fruit whisper, chocolate orange. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough porter.

6.4

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

Cask at CASK Pub & Kitchen. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The aroma is rich, bitter - sweet, chocolate cake, liquorice, chewy malt, salted caramel and earth. The taste is bitter, peppery spice, salty, liquorice, earthy roast, toasted nuts, dark fruits, touch of ash & coffee grounds with a dry, toasted finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Aroma is quite nice, but it lacks a bit of body. Not bad.

7.3

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

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2016, National Winter Ales Festival (2016), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Kew Petersham Porter ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, sweet malt, nutty, chocolate, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, fruity - plum, nutty, chocolate, smoke notes ! Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160217]

7

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

Bottle at home in London - picked up at the Richmond Brewers’ Fair. Pours clear, rich brown with a creamy, beige head. Fairly simple on the nose, with moderate roasted malts, hints of dusty earth and milk chocolate. Light-medium sweet flavor with smooth chocolatey malt character, some toasted biscuits, subtle earthy bitterness, accents of prune and raisin. Light bodied with fine carbonation and velvety texture. Nicely balanced on the finish, with easygoing cocoa further earth, toasted toffee, hints of dried berries. A straightforward low-ABV porter that drinks very easily. Nice one.