ITFCDan (1921) ticked Penny Black Porter from Lacons 1 month ago
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Penny Black Porter from Lacons 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reubs (35480) reviewed Contrast from Lacons 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask@Dark Beer Fest 2025, The Hope, Carshalton (27/11/2025) - new English brewery ✅ with a more balanced malty hoppy affair, some cocoa and roasted malts, hoppy fruity citrus undertones, hoppy and roasted ashy earthy malty finish. Nice one.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Imperial Stout - Raspberry Infused from Lacons 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
7/11/2025. Cask at the 13th Beccles Beer Festival. Festival finisher. Very nice pour. Raspberries very forward, quite sweet and perfumed, quite musty and also had some talcum powder notes. Medium sweetness, moderate sourness. Medium body, very soft carbonation. This didn’t really work for me.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Old Nogg (Oak Cask) from Lacons 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
30/10/2025. Cask at Norwich Beer Festival (Castle Social). Beers from the wood. 5 weeks. Great pour. Aroma is woody, musty, dried fruits, chocolate, malt, prune, fruit cake, hints of coconut and liquorice. Medium sweet, lots of woodiness, moderate roasted bitterness. Good body. Very smooth. Wood worked very well with this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
29/10/2025. Cask at The Arbor House, Ipswich. Clear mid-brown pour. Not a lot of life to it. Quite sweet. Traditional/rustic. Not bad.
gave a cheers!
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Penny Black Porter - Cherry Edition from Lacons 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
28/10/2025. Cask at Norwich Beer Festival (Waterfront). Good pour. Aroma is cherry, chocolate, malt, dark fruits. Medium sweet, moderate bitterness, light cherry sour. Quite drying. Good body. Great session finisher.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Contrast from Lacons 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Red Lion, Cromer. Dark fruit & grapefruit aromas. Taste is jammy dark fruits, grapefruit & raisin. Sweet malty aftertaste.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 10th October 2025. Deep copper with shallow foam affording full lacing. Earthy pungency and spiciness in aroma. Hazelnuts, smokes and pungent spices in-mouth, and a long finish of earthy malts. Medium to light bodied with an engaging mouthfeel.
gave a cheers!
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Contrast from Lacons 4 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
8/10/2025. Cask at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Excellent pour. A very drinkable and sessionable bipa which plays all the right bipa notes but at a more modest strength than most. Really good.