Apparently it all kicked of at just a little passed five to six in a little sleepy hollow called Kildare. No more that three minutes later our boy Arthur was hassling his rent to half a student rate in none other than the capital working out at forty five quid no less. Now the time is little after ten passed the eight and back in the Allenswood of Kildare there is trouble brewing. Today we decided we'd hand out two alternatives to the infamous Mr Guinness.
Colour:
A clean and intense darkness, as you'd expect, with a halo of a light chocolate edge.
Nose:
Smelling this you know one thing, this is going to be great. Clean, with an engulfing nose of a fresh ground warm roast coffee bean, punctured by an already encircling bitter chocolate.
Palate:
I'll had the Black stuff one thing it does bitterness. This black stuff however stylishly owns bitterness, hiding it away and not offering a hint of it up until, as a fear grasps you that the porter is tipping over to sickly, an austere streak of refreshing and cleaning bitterness rides in to clean everything away and leave you standing in nothing short of awe. Now add this to the preceding chocolate, caramel and coffee Molotov cocktail already causing taste buds to rupture, and you have nothing short of a small display of art.
Comment:
A flawless stout. Really worth picking up. It's worthy of a cult status at this point and seems to have grasped quite rightly this importance of balance in a beer. An experience that is more than advised by Team Empty.
Score: (A) 92
Price: €2.99 (Mill Wine Cellar)
Value: 5
This porter is also very good on cask, if you are lucky enough find it.
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