7

Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - 28/30 roasted and sweet dark malty with rich notes of chocolate, singed brown sugar, lightly burnt ashy malts, caramel, medium body with nice cask soft mouthfeel, lingering malty finish. Very nice.

7.5

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

A nice porter. Sturdy roast, chocolatey malts, a little earthy hop, burnt leaves, dried berries, raisins. Good balance.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Near black with a small bubbly tan head and a soft milk chocolate and treacle aroma. Light to medium bodied, fresh up front with coffee bitterness, some dark fruits and soft roasted malt, finishes dry and bitter

7

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

Pint on cask at the gate house.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear black pour. Lots of chocolate

7

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

Cask handpull at John Logie Baird Wetherspoons Hastings. Very dark cola colour near black. Lasting tan head. Drinkable porter woth flavours of chocolate and fig and dates and a little coffee. Decent condition some dryness on the finish. Yes bot bad. Some decent chocolate flavour and dark dried fruits. Ok

7.3

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

Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Deep mahogany with a thick yellowy-beige head and a light sparkle.. Smooth creamy mouthfeel cut through with a touch of ash. Blackcurrant up front, tobacco, latte and a little milk chocolate follow with vanilla coming through quite strongly in the finish. Possibly a little too smooth for its own good, but still pretty enjoyable.

7.4

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

Beer Number 22 at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, leaving 6 of 30 still untried plus one of the two variations on the previously tried. Smoothish porter, enhances its dark to roasted taste by giving it a silky feel. Fair nose too.

8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Square Peg, Birmingham. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal (but lasting) tan head and good lacing. The aroma has roast malts and biscuits plus some hints of chocolate. In the mouth it is quite sweet with a creamy texture. Roast malts and chocolate in the flavour plus traces of vanilla with black wine gums and liquorice coming through later. A little bitterness in the finish. This is rather nice.