Black Beauty
Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Porter Regular|
Score
6.65
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Our award-winning full bodied porter. Intense dark roasted malts give way to wonderful chocolate flavours.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Kris Wines, London. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and a little chocolate. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 140913
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2013
at 10:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[500ml bottle from Wyevale Garden Centre, Bicester] Black with a terrifyingly large and expanding beige head - like the Magic Porridge Pot! A little prickly fizz. Charcoal at first, followed by some chocolate. The charcoal mellows into a pleasant roastiness. A bit thin perhaps - Iโd imagine itโd be better on cask. OK though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 12:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at the Pigโs Ear 2011. Pours ruby-brown with a bubbly, white foam head. A bit of dry chocolate and moderate roast in the aroma. Flavor is medium sweet with a nice roastiness. Light chocolate notes. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly dry finish, some cocoa, faintly lingering roasted malts. Not bad overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2011
at 13:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Windsor Locale festival 2011. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Sweet, roasty coffee aroma. Tastes malty, sweet, chocolate, caramel, liquorice. Very smooth. Probably the best beer that Iโve ever had from Vale.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2011
at 03:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at Haymarket Bar. Pours dark, almost opaque with a purple/red tinge. There is a slim but nice head. The nose has dark burnt chocolate. The taste has bitter chocolate and burnt coffee. The palate is rich in structure and texture but it doesnโt clean at all. Overall, this is a good beer but sickly after a while.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2011
at 05:03
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 15/02/2011. Near black with next to no head. Sweet, caramel aroma with a touch of liquorice. Flavour was very sweet, with toffee, milk chocolate and liquorice chews, before a touch of back coffee in the finish. Not brilliant.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2011
at 10:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, coffee - sweet dusty coffee. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dusty, sweet malt, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100120]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2010
at 13:43