14/04/2019. RUSHDEN HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SOCIETY, Station Approach, RUSHDEN, Northamptonshire, England

7.3

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

From old notes: Cask @ Booze on the Ouse fest, St. Ives, 2000. Black color. Aroma's: big roasted malt with light herbs and sweetness. Flavor was rather bitter. Short finish, only mildly bitter. Nice porter.

6.9

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

Cask at PoW, Farnborough, 16/08/17. Creamy chocolate aroma, with a sour edge. Dark and glossy. Frothy beige head. Sweet with an underlying bitterness. Chocolate and fruit. Medium bodied. On the thin side. Flat carbonation. Slightly astringent element to the finish. Any enjoyable porter.

6.8

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

30th June 2015: cask hand-pulled half pint in The Rocklands Club, Redditch. Black with a creamy textured off-white head. The aroma came across as fruity with a coffee and chocolate overtone. The taste was semi-sweet, losing the fruitiness from the nose but keeping the malts molasses nicely. Mild dry finish to a fairly smooth Porter: decent.

7

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

Cask-conditioned at the Hobgoblin, Reading 7/08/2011. Near black with a decent, creamy off-white head. aroma of dark fruits, coffee and milk chocolate. Flavour had a touch of caramel, more chocolate and a hint of spice, before a dryish finish. Very good.

6.8

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

Cask at NWAF 2009. A very dark brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has strong notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hard roasted malt as well as lighter notes of chocolate and soy sauce, leading to a dry roasted finish.

6.3

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

Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear medium brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, cola. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122]

7.5

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

Cask at Manchester winter ale fetival 2009... Black ... roast malt little hop nose ... roast malt ... little bitterness ... little coffee.