Hambleton Nightmare (Cask)

Brewed by Hambleton
Style: Porter
Ripon, England

A Mes rate: Gravicask at the Bricklayers.
Very dark brown with a thin bubbly head. Coffee and roasted malt nose with strong notes of dried fruit and a slight sourness. Similar flavour but it’s really well balanced. Very slight hops really sorts it. Pleasing coffee finish. Good stuff. Perhaps a little thiin in the mouth. Drinks like a mild. Like a dark bitter. Interesting.

Cask @ Bricklayers Arms, Putney Fest 2008: Aroma is malty, smokey, with butter, fruit and sugar notes. Pours a dark red coloured beer with a bubbly head. Taste is malty, coffee and liquorice. Some hops in the finish. Pretty good.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 1   Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1   Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 1  
Yeast : 1   Bread : XX   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Ink : XX   Tar : XX   Olives : XX   DMS : XX
Malt : 3   Biscuity : XX   Burnt Toast : 4   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Pumpernickel : 2   Cereals : XX   Coffee : 4   Dark Chocolate : 2   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Cherries : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : 1   Herbal : 1   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 1   Wood : XX   Mint : XX   Smoke : XX   Soy : 1   Bourbon : XX   Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : 2   Lactic : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 3   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Dryish, totally flat porter with surprisingly stale and linear coffee flavours. I expected more…

Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear dark brown color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Cask@GBBF2007. Deep amber colour, small brownish head. Aroma is caramel, smoked wood and a bit of roasted malts. Flavour is bigtime dark fruits along with hops, wood and slightly riped grapes.

Cask. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Malty chocolate aroma. Sweet roasted malty flavor with hints of chocolate and coffee. Sweet roasted malty finish. With some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Cask at Københavnske Øldage 2007. Clear dark brown coloured with a light brown head. Roasted aroma of coffee and sweet malts. Nice mouthfeel

Was under the impression that this was a stout. Aroma was roasted chocolate and coffee if you serch for it. Taste is similar overly roasted not enough chcolate to balance it, no hops to be found. Not my bag baby.