Brown bottle, 650 ml, 2011 vintage, savoured on May 12 2016; eye: black, opaque, brown head that turns into a ring, light lacing; nose: molasses, roasted barley, slight burnt barley, chocolate; mouth: molasses, roasted barley, light burnt barley, acridness from roasting, chocolate, bitterness, slight iodine, fig, acidity, finale in roasted barley with presence of alcohol, full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, surprisingly bitter, oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, millésime 2011, savourée le 12 mai 2016; œil : noire, opaque, bonne mousse brune qui se transforme en un anneau, légère dentelle; nez : mélasse, orge torréfiée, très léger orge brûlée, chocolat; bouche : mélasse, orge torréfiée, léger orge brûlée, âcreté de torréfaction, chocolat, amertume, très léger iode, figue, acidité, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, curieusement amère, texture huileuse; en résumé : bien

Bottle from the Beerhive, drunk on the hottest day of the year after some lacklustre gardening as some kind of reward. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of near-minty herbs, savoury, sweet malt, faint citrus. Taste is resinous, sweet orange, then a forced rhubarb kind of thing, stewed with white sugar, lightly astringent, but also fruity and sweet, like John Inman in Are You Being Served. Good balance of flavours, lots going on, but also slips down very easily. Texture is just on the right side of oily, fragrantly bitter on the finish.

Poured from the tap. Orangey yellow with off white head. Bready sweet yeast malt with mild banana largely overnoted with tropical hops and subtle grassy hops. Not much of a hefe (traditionally), but as an experimental it’s quite good.

Bottle at Craigs. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of chocolate, light roast. Taste is light sweet, fruity. Roast. Sweet finish.

Bottle at craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, sugary, taste is similar, dry, chewy toffee. --- Beer merged from original tick of Blackstone Porter on 28 Apr 2016 at 09:22 - Score: 7. Original review text: Bottle at craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, sugary, taste is similar, dry, chewy toffee.

bottle at home .. dark brown ... thin tan head ... soft roast .. soft chocolate roast malt nose ... little cold .. soft malt .. soft roast .. sweet chocolate .. sweet malts ... soft toffee chcolate ... sweet caramel toffee roast

Tap at Draught 55, copper pour small head. Nose is candy and some melon. Tastes of peach, honey dew, candied malts, caramel, some grassy tones. Sweet sugary plate would have guess DIPA but I guess abv slipped under radar.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head that lasts. The aroma is yeast, grain, funky. Medium mouth pure sugar, spice, grain, lingering dry finish, ok.