7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Wetherspoons. Sweet chocolate nose, rich chocolate taste, dry, bitter roast. a bit artificial but pretty tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2014
at 04:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask. Looks very dark, with ruby tinges. A foamy beige head leaves a bit of lacing. Aromas of milk chocolate, hint of coffee, dark fruits. Taste- more chocolate and cocoa, dry roasty quality, liquorice, blackcurrant. Medium to full mouthfeel. Very nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2014
at 04:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford JDW. Aroma is big solventy, hot alcohol, apple. Perhaps some cleaning products. Flavour is sweet brown sugar, apple and berries, some oxidation. Medium sweet sugary palate is decent fine carbonation. Too much alcohol presence.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 May 2014
at 12:21
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Clear amber colour with a medium sized wgite head and lots of bubbles. Smells malty, some iron, a bit like a pilsener. Tastes sweet, malty, grains, slightly bitter. Nothing crazy. Medium to heavy carbo, medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2014
at 13:11
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 5
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 04/2016
Lots of foaming and yeast(?) particles when pouring โ unusual for a British beer. Aroma has peaches, biscuits and funky yeast. Also some hay and minerals. So far this has quite a strong Belgian feeling. Lots of CO2 and foam on palate โ makes this hard to drink. Flavour has minerals, grainy tones, some yeast and hints of citrus. At the beginning this feels rather straightforward. And at the middle of the glass this has gained rather strong and unpleasant herbal bitterness. A bit unusual for a Bitter, more like a golden ale. Not the most typical golden ale either, though. And not a beer for me; drinking this started well but I finally ended up with drain pour.
Lots of foaming and yeast(?) particles when pouring โ unusual for a British beer. Aroma has peaches, biscuits and funky yeast. Also some hay and minerals. So far this has quite a strong Belgian feeling. Lots of CO2 and foam on palate โ makes this hard to drink. Flavour has minerals, grainy tones, some yeast and hints of citrus. At the beginning this feels rather straightforward. And at the middle of the glass this has gained rather strong and unpleasant herbal bitterness. A bit unusual for a Bitter, more like a golden ale. Not the most typical golden ale either, though. And not a beer for me; drinking this started well but I finally ended up with drain pour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2014
at 05:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, March 2014. Dark brown with a slight, off-white head. Big, chocolate character, some oak, charred malts and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2014
at 04:26
8/10
Cask at Spoons. Sweet chocolate nose, rich chocolate taste, dry, bitter roast.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2014
at 18:40
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The William Morris, JDW, Hammersmith W6. Pours a dark ruby black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty sweetish chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty sweetish chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Apr 2014
at 04:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep mahogany in hue with a large cream head. Quite a fizz on this one which for me is unbecoming in a porter. Artificial chocolate and antique wardrobes up front. Creamy mouthfeel that heads towards gloopy. Thereโs a little hint of flowers and citrus behind; the beer could be much improved by strengthening these flavours. At the same time you could maybe cut back on the slightly unpleasant notes of chalk and charcoal in the finish. As you may have guessed, this beer was not for me.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2014
at 16:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 21042012. Colur is orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, bitterness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2014
at 11:49