Black Jack
Cliff Quay in Debenham, Suffolk, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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Score
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A rich aniseed and roasted aniseed aroma, heralds the warming depths of complex and intriguing this porter with a twist. Deepest and darkest ruby black in colour, with a pale creamy head, the flavours strike in waves; aniseed, roasted grains, sweetness, bitterness combined and then finally an aniseed aftertaste.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask handpull at the Hole In The Wall, Colchester. Chosen with some trepidation as Iโm not a huge aniseed fan, but a taster convinced me. Black beer with minimal white head. Quite a thin body. The aniseed is evident but fairly mild so does not overpower and makes it very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2013
at 01:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma is salted liquorice, some wood and mild spicy and ashy notes. Flavour is salted liqwuorice, mild caramel and some slight wooden notes. Refreshing and quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2012
at 00:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
cask at reading ... dark brown ... totall aniseed nose ... and totally aniseed ... star aniss flavour ... nice but wierd as the proverbian fuck ..
Tried
from Cask
on 05 May 2012
at 07:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
15th June 2010. Cask & Kitchen. Clear dark red brown beer. Short lived cream head. Light semi dry palate. Tangy red fruit, a minty tone and then sweet aniseed. Finishes with some orange squash and some more aniseed. Unusual and tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2010
at 09:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Guest cask at the Pembury Tavern, London on 27th June 2009. Deep brown with white flattish head. The taste of liquorice and aniseed is an acquired one, but this beer is well crafted and the flavours carry off well. Anyone remembering eating "blackjacks" as a kid will have their memories jogged! Mixture of bitterness and aniseed carry through on a smooth finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2009
at 15:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the 2nd Beer Festival at the Cambridge Blue, Cambridge. Tawny brown and rather flat with a ring of white head; aniseed aroma; the flavour is dominated with licorice and aniseed and the finish has even more aniseed - it was at this point that I suddenly realised the relevance of the name - this is just like the Black Jack penny chews that were around in my childhood - pity they werenโt alcoholic!
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jun 2009
at 17:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, Gravity at Banbury Beer Festival, Oxon, 08-05-09 Pours very dark brown with a tight tan head. This has the most incredible aniseed aroma its like sniffing a bag of aniseed balls or a bottle of Pernod. The flavour is less aniseed than the nose suggests but it is still the one overwhelming thing that you get from this โone trick ponyโ of a beer. Lacks a little body, the maltiness is a touch thin but for all of its faults I rather liked this. A7 A4 F6 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2009
at 15:08