8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can from Micro Beer Crate, online. Pours a dark reddish-brown, with big beige head, leaves nice top and lacing. Blueberries and fig come through most strongly in the aroma with hints of roastiness and nuts. Taste starts very much with the fruit adjuncts, quite sweet with a malty light roast and caramel smooth background which balances the beer nicely. Get occasional hints of the almond but its mostly lost. Nonetheless this is a very tasty fruity porter.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from House of Trembling Madness, online. Pours black, moderate beige head, nice retention and lacing. Aroma is quite hoppy being fruity, zesty, grassy as well as roasted malts and coffee. Taste of roast, coffee, light chocolate, citrus, dried fruits, zesty bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation. Very nice.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg @ Nightjar, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a small head. Crisp hoppy with an easy texture for a plus five percent. Light pine in both aroma and taste.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2024. Mildly hazy amber-brown but more of the former. Autumnally spiced brew, slightly earthy with a gentle sensation in the palate.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

440ml can from The Fuss Club. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige/off white head on top. Sweet, malty, chocolate, cinnamon, spice, aroma & taste. A rather tasty festive porter that went down easily.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can at home. Very dark brown with a generous off white head. Aroma has lots of blueberry, flavour is coffee, almond, a hint of fruit. Not what I hoped for but tasty nonetheless

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Lupe Pintos. Slightly hazy ruby body with a thin beige head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of fig, caramel and raisin. Flavour of Dr Pepper and plum. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. An interesting beer with a nice, warming flavour.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg @ Victorian Craft Beer Cafe, Halifax. Very dark, but not fully, with a creamy-smooth light-brown head. Lovely and smooth in the palate with subtle vanilla flavours within a fairly roasted maltiness.

6

440ml can from Brown Cow in Mansfield - hazy yellow no head. Citrus up front, salty herbs, grassy finish, lemon aftertaste.

7.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at ORB, Darlington. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel tangy, with tropical and stone fruity notes, citrusy, pine, hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable