Black Wych is a pleasant low-end traditional porter. At 5.0% it isn't too strong for a session, though perhaps at the upper end of what most drinkers would want. It has a good coffee base, but is a little sweet and creamy for my taste. It (fortunately) avoids being sickly, but to my mind it would be twice the beer if they eased off on the sweetness and added a touch more hops. It is, without question, a beer for the winter months. Even I, a fan of big malty porters, would struggle to cope with this in the August sun. Reviewers on more democratic review sites tend to be far more enthusiastic, however, if the individual reviews are read very few of them agree on how the beer actually tastes. I'll choose to ignore their enthusiasm and simply say that my readers may like it more than me - 6.5/10.
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