8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Poured a opaque deep dark brown with a creamy, lacing slightly off white head. Smells of roasted malt, nuts, coffee but also a deceptive peat like hint of scotch. Flavor is heavy on the nuts and roasted malt, but a touch of those black currants they talk about, licorice and coffee. Light and creamy mouth feel, finish is lasting bitterness of light coffee. Heard this beer was a classic and I wasn’t disappointed. A porter-lover’s porter.
Tried
on 22 May 2007
at 17:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask. Deep amberish colour, small beige head. Aroma is sweet fruits, bittering hops and quite earthy at the same time. Flavour is sweet fruits and some bittering hops, with earthyness coming weakly in the background.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2007
at 03:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask conditioned at the Bag O’ Nails, Bristol. A hazy, copper coloured beer with a foamy white head. Aroma was of floral hops. Flavours were more subdued, with a bit of citric hops and some residual sweetness. Palate was a touch watery. Not my favourite session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2007
at 08:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask conditioned at the Inn on the Green, Bristol. Near black with slight, tan head. Aroma was of bitter chocolate with a hint of roasted coffee. Flavours were of black fruit and more chocolate, with a decent bitter finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2007
at 07:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@HBF2007
Clear amber color, small off-white head. Toffeish, oaky aroma. Woody hoppy flavor, finishing bitterish. Dry, long and nutty aftertaste.
Clear amber color, small off-white head. Toffeish, oaky aroma. Woody hoppy flavor, finishing bitterish. Dry, long and nutty aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2007
at 11:46
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
A ruby amber coloured ale, thats quite fizzy, lots of fruity malty aroma, but not up to much
Tried
on 10 Apr 2007
at 11:21
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
a Yellow coloured ale, with a light hop noes and a light smooth hop fruity flavor.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2007
at 11:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask conditioned at the Rising Sun, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucs 8/4/2007. Bronze best bitter with strong head. Fruit was to the forefront in both aroma and flavour, with a decent dry aftertaste. A pleasant enough beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Apr 2007
at 17:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
deep depp brown, with a bournvill dark chocolate pallate, gets better as you settle into it. again Cask, GBBF 07 ...Deep black ... light roast malts little coffee... thin roast malts some fruit soem coffee scored up 3.4 ->3.7 tk 3 3.7->3.6 dark brown... thin head ... nice sweet roast nose... big chocolate roast .... soft roast ... tasty 3.7
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Apr 2007
at 12:10
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Spicy aroma. Definitely ginger. Medium amber color with shards of lacing from a minimal head. Starts spicy. Ginger and coriander. Some malt, followed by dark fruit -raisin? Hard to define the finish. I suppose the spice complements the hop. Ginger all the way. Quite a complex thing.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2007
at 15:25