Well defined liquorice and roasted malt flavours are balanced with Target and Goldings hops.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample @ CBF. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel and hops.
Tried
on 27 May 2011
at 14:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm) Very dark brown colour, almost black, with brief frothy pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of coffee, dark rye bread, ashes, dark chocolate and hints of dark berries. Malty, roasted taste with dark chocolate, coffee, dark bread, ashes and some cocoa bitterness in a fairly dry finish. Medium body, mainly dry. Compared to the cask version it’s less fruit and more ashes. Nice and tasty porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2011
at 13:33
3.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 3
Draught at Bishops Arms, eskilstuna. Transparently near black, minimal head. Unpleasantfruity metallic nose. Swetish and blnd. Syrup and metal are way more prominent than roasty malt. This and sloppy as a macro lager with artificial colouring. Finishes with aluminium foil and soy sauce saltiness.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2009
at 09:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From cask at Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours dark brown with a small golden glare and with a small tan head. Dark roasted malt aroma. Mild fruity accent beneath a deep dark and hardroasted malt base with a distinct liqourice note. Medium tolight body. Lasting roasted acidic flavour into a solid dark malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2009
at 05:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Göteborg. On December 20, 2008. Clear dark brown color, rather small light brown head. Sweet, caramel, roasted, bitter taste. Malty, metallic scent. MEdium to moussy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Dry aftertaste.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2008
at 18:59
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught. Very dark ruby brown colour, very close to black. Aroma is yeast, hops, mild roasted malts as well as some chocolate. Flavour is quite sweet and mildly acidic fruityness along with roasted malts. As it warms up also some coffeeish and chocolateish notes become present in the flavour too. Nice, but still quite watery.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2008
at 23:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught@Kaisla, Helsinki
Dark brown, almost opaque color with small expresso head. Sweetish, chocolaty aroma with some hops. Crisp, tickling carbonation. Starts a bit toasted malty, but then suprisingly flavor leans more towards to bitter and hoppy side. Some menthol in the aftertaste. Dark malts are there, slightly watery finish anyhow. Interesting, although not a really top class porter.
Dark brown, almost opaque color with small expresso head. Sweetish, chocolaty aroma with some hops. Crisp, tickling carbonation. Starts a bit toasted malty, but then suprisingly flavor leans more towards to bitter and hoppy side. Some menthol in the aftertaste. Dark malts are there, slightly watery finish anyhow. Interesting, although not a really top class porter.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2008
at 13:51
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at The Prince of Wales - Kennington 6 Feb 08. Black. A tiny layer-head that soon disappeared. Modest aroma of chocolate. Watery. Roasted flavor with some dry bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2008
at 15:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Kings Head, Hythe, Kent. Black with a thin cream head; smooth and creamy and dry, but full bodied, and then vinous and sweet; before arriving at a dry finish with coffee, milk and chocolate. A very enjoyable, complex, porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2008
at 15:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Ashburnham Arms, Greenwich, London SE10, UK. Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, english licorice notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. (Licorice acidic) Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat to soft. (301207)
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2008
at 10:48