7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear dark brown. Strong cocoa aroma. Dryish and fairly soft with some tobacco and chocolate. Medium bodied. Diminated by intense cocoa flavour all the way through to the tarry finish. Interesting and tasty, although perhaps not very complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2006
at 05:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Dark brown/amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, smoked wet wood. Flavour is roasted malts, coffee, sugar, vanilla, smoked wet wood and some slight hoppy hints. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2006
at 08:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Dark ruby, almost opaque black, small tan head. Chocolaty and toasted aroma. Very chocolaty porter, aftertaste has lots of chocolate too. Not too sweet, robust and balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2006
at 12:23
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Cask at GBBF, London, 3 Aug) Colour is pitch black with a small dark brown foamy head. Nose is roasted with rich aromas of black coffee and dark chocolate, hints of juniper berries. Taste is roasted with notes of dark bitter chocolate, coffee, juniper berries, blueberries and peat smoke. Dry as sand-paper with a nice citrussy hop finish. Absolutely brilliant.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2006
at 13:34
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a hazy, pilsener golden with an off-white head. Fresh, citrusy and very hoppy nose. Medium-bodied, lots of malt and a distinct alcoholic touch. Rather unusual smoked edge to it. Very dry and very bitter hoppiness in the finish. 160806
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2006
at 13:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ GBBF 2006. Black colour with a tan head. Roasted malty aroma with lots of coffee and also hints of chocolate. Roasted malty flavor with hints of coffee and chocolate. Long finish of coffee with some bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2006
at 07:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
[Cask at GBBF] Black. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Sweetish and creamy with plenty of coffee Chocoalte and roasty malt that lingers well into a milky finish. Soft and balanced. Fills your whole mouth with flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2006
at 01:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Black with a brown, lasting head. Intense aroma of dark malts, licorice, chocolate and molasses. Very sweet, still licorice and molasses, only a hint of bitterness in the finish. Very full and creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 07 May 2006
at 11:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Copper/russet colour with no head. Bit of toffee, some hop which is a bit earthy. Not keen on this and even had a bit of rubber.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2006
at 04:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Brown with a quickly disappearing head. Toffee aroma with a bit of nuttiness some wood and port and some strange milk(?) note. Rich sweet malt flavour with some acidity and a hint of hops at the end.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2006
at 18:15