Score
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Bottle from a trade. Many thanks GlasgowTad, Shared with tderoeck. Dark brown colour, some beige foam. Soft carbonation. Roasty, light coffee, sweet caramel, some notes of dried fruit, plums, very complex and nice porter.
Imported from my RateBeer account as Luckie Ales 1841 XXXP Porter (by Luckie Ales):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 10/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.6/5
7/VII/18 - 33cl bottle @ JefVerstraete's place - BB: n/a, brewed: 3/I/13 (2018-822) Thanks to JefVerstraete for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, a very nice roast, some coffee, bit of a sourish impression, some blackberries in the nose. MF: soft carbon, medium body, smooth creamy texture. Taste: pretty roasted start, chocolate, bit of a smoky touch, soft bitterness, alcohol, sweetish, nice one! Aftertaste: sweet, some caramel, alcohol, roasted, ashes, nice liquid dessert, love it!
Bottle 330ml. @ cgarvieuk [ Lets do a chrisO Tasting ], Edinburgh, Scotland. [ As Luckie Ales 1841 XXXP Porter ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, molasses, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, wood - sour wood - wet wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, peat, licorice, roasted, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic, late finish get quit buzzy. [20140315]
bottle at home ... deep black ... small tan head ... dark berry and ovaltine nose ... light fizz ... dark malts ...deep rich berry fruits ... juicy roast ... soft smooth roast ... light charcoal