7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Gravity cask at the Rake - Borough Market, London. Pours clear amber with a modest, frothy white head. The nose has dried fruits, day-old bread and light wood. Medium sweet flavor with restrained leafy bitterness, dried and lightly leathery fruits. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming on the finish with more leathery berries, dry and bitter wood, faint bitter leaves and berry skins. Not bad. Fairly dynamic.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2014
at 03:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ EBF14 2013, 14th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE.Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130328]
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2014
at 07:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Provenance Wines, shared with Ashton McCobb. Cheers Ash! Pours dark brown with a nice tan head. Aromas are quite light, but liquorice first, then earthy and dark chocolate comes through as it warms up. Taste brings some coffee, more chocolate. Nice creamy texture. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2014
at 08:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33cl bottle from Provenance Wines. Appearance - opaque black/brown with a lovely fawn head. Nose - earthy, nutty and maybe some liquorice. Taste - bitter chocolate and coffee grits with a creamy backbone. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a relatively fresh finish. Overall - a good Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2014
at 06:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Provenance Wines. Black body with a thin beige head. Nice lacing. Aroma is exactly like a Galaxy Caramel, with a hint of coffee too. The coffee notes become more dominant on the taste, with the chocolate and caramel flavours playing supporting roles. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily mouthfeel. Gentle carbonation fizz. A straightforward, flavoursome, easy drinking Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 13:16
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Oddbins NHG, at home, 05/02/14. Lightly hazed pale golden blonde with a moderate white crown of bubbledom that stays for the show. Nose is green apples, straw, light citrus, toasty malt ring. Taste is a little thin, orchard fruit, straw, faint tangerine, light bread dough. Medium bodied but a little watery, fine carbonation, grassy close with very subtle bitterness. Not unpleasant just a little boring and lacking in flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2014
at 13:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home, from Oddbins NHG, 03/02/14. Pours a lightly hazed dark amber with a well appointed light beige head that thins and retains. Nose is bitter fruit, light orchard, mineral tones, earthy hop presence, bitter orange. Taste comprises pithy orange, caramel notes, dank hop presence, grassy, lemon sherbet, light floral notes, chalky minerals, earthy light tropical fruit notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, crisp finish. Nice easy drinking affair, plenty of flavour for sub 5%, dank undertones - good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2014
at 12:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Dram Shop, Sheffield. Nearly black. Halo of tan head. Wet leather. Burnt plastic. Mostly fire damaged outerwear materials, then? Weird, but not entirely unpleasant. Taste is fruity dry. Dark chocolate bitterness. Medium body. Dry, ashy, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2014
at 12:49
6/10
Tried
on 25 Jan 2014
at 09:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home from London Bridge odd bins. Nose is sweet berry, pine american hops with some caramel. Orange amber colour with a light hazeand thin off white scummy head. Flavour is clean light nutty, caramel malts, cal ale yeast ferment with oranage zest and pine hops. Bitterness is firm and grassy. Mediuym sticky palate with a nice mineral water profile. Tasty enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 13:33