Black Beauty
Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.63
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Our award-winning full bodied porter. Intense dark roasted malts give way to wonderful chocolate flavours.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint at The Cricketers, Ipswich. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, berries, oatmeal and dried fruit. Taste is more earthy chocolate and coffee. A bit thin but perfectly drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 30 May 2026
at 12:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cornfield Garage, Eastbourne. Poured a clear dark reddish brown colour with a lasting, frothy, light tan head. The aroma is roasty, ashtray. The flavour is liquorice bitter, with a somewhat light, roasty, ashtray, light raisin, earthy, dry liquorice bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cornfield Garage (JDW)
on 05 May 2026
at 17:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Gate House JDW.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 29 Apr 2026
at 16:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at The Furze Wren (JDW), Bexley Heath. Pours black with a white head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, dark fruits & roasted malt. Medium body. Smooth finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2026
at 13:41
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Can at home. A typical deep brown porter colour and very little nose. And very little taste and mouthfeel too. I've had many that are better.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2026
at 12:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A deep black brown with a small dark brown head. The aroma is subdued, with notes of malt, resin, roastiness, and a touch of flowers. The flavour is dominated by roastiness, supported by notes of dried fruit. As it warms, these notes give way to dark chocolate and raisins. A strong bitterness with a herbal and resinous character emerges early. It is dry, with a medium body and carbonation. Pleasantly characterful.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2026
at 17:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
dark ruby
A - chocolate, raisins
F - nutty, chocolate, treacle malt, coffee aftertaste
nice
A - chocolate, raisins
F - nutty, chocolate, treacle malt, coffee aftertaste
nice
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2026
at 22:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
330ml can via Beer52. Poured into my Gordon thistle shaped glass at home on Sunday 15th February 2026. Almost black body, beige roof. Chocolate and coffee hints from start to finish, not too strong or overpowering, but it's got both in the aroma and taste. Pleasant enough, just lacked a bit of 'oomph' to me.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 15 Feb 2026
at 23:00
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2025
at 13:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is fruity roast. Taste has dark fruity roast with a touch of liquorice on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2025
at 13:45