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The original brewers of Vegan Friendly, Naturally Carbonated Live Beer since 2007. Visit our website to see our evolution. Visit our taprooms in Bristol and London for Live Beer and Merch. Live life, drink Live!
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8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 10
Cask, GBBF 07, and oh what a cask beer... deep black .. light fruit sweet cherry fruit nose ... rich and complex sweet fruits little smokey lots of raisins and cherrys .mmm cask at the tap ... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft mellow toffee and cherry malt nose ...dark chewy toffee malts ... soft roast ... mellow and rich ... lovely 4.2 keg at the bat ... dark brown ... thin lacing ... soft dark fruits... cherry roast ... dark malts ... soft fruits ... mellow malts ... heavy fruits nose... dark malts ... dark fruits ... juicy roast ... sweet mellow fruits ... plums and figs ... devine ... soft sweet roast ... wow wow wow 4.3
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2007 at 06:39

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned at Merton Beer Festival Sat 18th Feb. A very dark chocolatey rich old ale, very nice! slight head, a bit sticky, but most drinkable despite the strength.
Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2006 at 03:22

5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle. Very roasted. Clean sourish taste. In the borderland to Rauchbier. Not a typical porter. Lumpy sediments.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2005 at 15:20

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Gravity cask at Maidstone BF. Black colour beige head. Choc/coffee/liquorice aromas, good in mouth with drying finish and some dark fruit. Good strong dark beer which doesn’t allow the strength to over run it.
Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2005 at 05:52

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Black beer. Head is dark brown with reddish hue, and rather short-lived. Very vinous nose, some solvent (red) grapey, some smoked notes, like firewood. Good! Sharp, sourish taste, woody & piney (resin). [Beer is a few months past its BBd date, but at 7+ ABV...]. Again very vinous, touch of lactic, acetic, and some other acid - malonic? - not sure. Esters à volonté . Unripe fruit (green plums especially) and a bit of tobacco. Sharp, but not adstringent, some dry out effect. Medium to well-bodied. Like it. Very vinous beer.
Tried on 05 Aug 2005 at 16:08

6.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Cask conditioned
Opaque black, nice expresso head. Very fruity nose: strawberry fileds aroma and trefoil. Quite light bodied, session beer porter. Balanced but watery. Flavor has flowery English hops and it finishes to slightly roasted taste.
Tried from Cask on 19 Feb 2005 at 18:33

5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Flat looking porter with a fairly flat malt aroma, and the flavour is basically watery and slightly bitter. Overall a very disappointing drink.
Tried on 31 Mar 2004 at 19:59