Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Jan 19. Thanks Jeremy for this! Pours very dark brown, medium off-white topping. Aroma sees some roast, dark malt, tobacco. Taste is smooth with an interesting melange of styles, some dark fruits, smooth malt, a little roast, coffee and leathery tobacco, subtle bourbon.. all jostling for attention at times, but makes for an interesting, complex sipper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
28th Jan 2019. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange Group meeting in Chez Sophie. 0.75 litre bottle brought by me. It came to me via a friend who's sister lives near the brewpub in Florida and they between them gifted it to me. It's a lovely blend of dark, rich and interesting flavours married together skillfully to give a wonderfully rounded barrel aged smoothness to the three boozy brews this is produced from. Thanks Ant and Jackie, I owe you one!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Pour is a clear copper with a small white head. Some notes of caramel malt and pretty drinkable albeit pretty light. Good dinner beer that won't fill you up.
Kleg (3852) reviewed Bell Boy Porter from Wild Rover Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2 oz draft sample at the 3rd Annual Rocky Water Brew Fest. 4.5 ABV. Pitch black with a beige head and good retention. Smooth with a creamy mouthfeel. Nice nutty body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at the brewpub, 22/02/15. Clear golden with a moderate off white covering. Nose is yeast esters, spice, lemon rind, hay, clove. Taste comprises citric zing, straw, earthy, yeast esters, light bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Whelming Belgian offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at the RBWG ’15 wind down, 22/02/15. Golden orange with a moderate off white covering. Nose is citric peel, yeast, straw, orange, spice. Taste comprises yeast esters, clove, orange peel, earthy, candied fruit peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Adequate Belgian.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the brewpub, 22/02/15. Pitch black topped with a dirty tan swirl. Nose is rich roast, toffee, tar, chocolate, light spice. Taste comprises liquorice, spice, dark fruit rinds, chocolate, toffee fudge. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok impy.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Rapture from Wild Rover Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at the brewpub, 22/02/15. Clear golden with a moderate off white covering. Nose is pale malt, straw, lemon rind, rather thin. Taste comprises citric peel, lemon rind, straw, vanilla, light bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Mediocre golde, cask would have suited this on better me thinks.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Keg at the brewery tap, 22/02/15. Rich mahogany brown topped with a beige swirl. Nose is biscuit, toffee, light aniseed, cocoa rub. Taste comprises biscuit malt, ligh ashen notes, dark fruit trace, toffee, earthy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough mild, shame this one wasn’t on cask.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Keg at the brewery tap, 22/02/15. Clear golden with a moderate off white covering. Nose is citric peel, straw, light spice, farmyard, lemon rind, yeast. Taste comprises clove, bitter citric rinds, straw, earthy, light funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok saison.