8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
23/8/2024. Keg at Briarbank’s 2024 Summer Beer Festival. Pours a little unclear mid-brown with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is woody, toffee, whisky, butterscotch, dried fruits, leafy, orange, hint of spice. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Quite full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Very nice, and a big step up from the non-BA version.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2024
at 13:35
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Nip Bottle @ Sir Alex. Thanks man. Pours nearly Black with a small head. Dark fruit, slight Earth, matured booze just suiting it Lovely. Chocolate and vague roast. Something between an old ale, Barley Wine , porter and a belgian strong ale. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2024
at 15:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
25/7/2024. Tap at the 34th Ipswich Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear dark amber bronze with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is toffee, orange, light herb, leafy, biscuit, butterscotch. Quite sweet with light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily slick texture. Average to soft carbonation. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2024
at 21:48
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle Lot no A09. Nose is chocolatey, soy, roast, treacle. Taste is pronounced treacle, malt, coffee, toast, lots of soy, prunes, plummy, salty, hint of tobacco, and brown sugar, spicy. Though mouthfeel is thick. I love a Baltic porter, and this is an excellent one. I'd understood the brewery had closed, so delighted to find it brewing as a cuckoo and in such fine fettle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2024
at 19:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from HoTM. It pours darkest brown to black with a small bubbly khaki head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, cacao nibs, dark chocolate, toffee crisp, dried fruits, sultana, plum and date scone. The taste is dry roasted vibes upfront, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, freshly roasted coffee, burnt toast, charred wood, umami, salty liquorice, tannin, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, date, prune, fig rolls, touch of spice, tobacco, earth and warming booze with a dry, roasted finish. Fulsome body, fine carbonation and slick mouth feel. Nice depth of flavour and lovely balance. A classy Baltic porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2024
at 16:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Backlog from way back, Leiden 2015. Bottle. Dark colour, malty aroma, taste of the barrel and malt,.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2024
at 18:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, aniseed, chocolate, taste is dark chocolate, roasted, liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2024
at 09:20
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Bottle from the Beer Shop Hitchin. I've always been a fan of the brewery and it's great to see it continue post-retirement. Anyway, it's been a long Sunday, busy morning but a relaxing afternoon as the girls have all been out and I've been at home dog sitting. Apart from a quick trip to Tudor Wines which has a good but pricey selection of interestingcraft beers. But I, as ever, digress. Great pour, a real darkness in the glass and no head. The taste is rich, sticky and multi dimensional, malt, oak and a real wine and port overlay. Real length in the mouth. This is good. Beats the Kernel Baltic Porter that I had last week (again) hands down. A true reflection of a master brewer at work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2024
at 17:36
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Un très grand merci à Graham pour m'avoir offert cette bouteille. Cheers my friend. J'espérais qu'on puisse la déguster ensemble mais les évènements en ont voulu autrement. Et ce qui est certain, c'est que cet Imperial Stout m'a fait passer un agréable moment et cette période compliqué en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Le visuel est sur un noir total sans effervescence ni mousse. Le nez est sympathique et gourmand sur le café, chocolat, chêne et whisky. A la dégustation, ce qui surprend, c'est une texture fine malgré un sucre bien présent, même un peu trop poussé. Mais les arômes sont très plaisants avec un alcool bien intégré et une bonne présence en bouche. Bonne longueur également pour une bière, pas tonitruante, mais bien faite et très appréciable.
Tried
on 15 Jun 2024
at 05:38
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 250 ml at my Grande. Lots of dried fruit, chocolate, raisins, sweet. Black with tan head. Medium+ bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2024
at 22:00