Slate
Grain Brewery in Harleston, Norfolk, England 🏴
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.95
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SMOOTH, RICH, CREAMY, COMPLEX SMOKED PORTER
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ The New Inn, Colchester. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and hops. Full bodied and good licorice finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 07:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at the Spread Eagle, Ipswich. Pours almost black with a dark red tint and a lasting beige head. Aroma is roasted, smoked, malt and light chocolate. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, rich texture, soft carbonation. Finish has a roasted, nutty, chocolate edge.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2016
at 14:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gravity poured third of a pint at the CAMRA Peterborough Beer Festival on 24th Aug 2016. Beige head on a reddy brown body. Slight burnt chocolate aroma and taste with other malty notes trying to get involved (liquorice and vanilla mostly): some fruitiness along the way too: pleasant.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2016
at 06:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 27/08/2016. A dark reddy mahogany brown coloured pour with loose light tan head aroma is nice rustic roasted grains, earthy roast, fireplace, with little vanilla and oak. Flavour is composed of seeet cakey malts, Jamaica cake, vanilla dried fruits , smoked roasted malts, dried apple. Palate is medium sweet sticky, Decent cask condition. Sweet malty goodness.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2016
at 11:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the peterborough Beer Festival 2016. Deep ruby colour with a white head. Aroma chocolate and fruity spice. Taste sweet chocolate to mid bitter.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2016
at 08:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Cottage Norwich. Black beer lasting tan head. Diacetyl liquorice aroma. Two of my least favourite aromas. Settles down into a chocolate butterscotch beer which is not unpleasant. Carbonic acid on finish. I shouldn’t like it but it has a Dime bar quality I quite like. OK
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jun 2016
at 12:24
7/10
Ash, blackcurrants, motor oil, tar leather. Good lacing. Not bad
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 21 Jan 2016
at 19:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at WHOAF 2015. It pours darkest brown/black with a small beige head. The nose is soft, sweet, light chocolate/cocoa, rocky road and chocolate powder. The taste is smooth, toasty, some bitterness, charred wood, ash, earth, mild acidity, peppery spice and liquorice with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Pretty alright.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Dec 2015
at 14:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask handpump at the Plough - Norwich. Pours deep brown with a frothy beige head. Nice chocolatey malts in the nose, soft roast. Medium sweet flavor with good milk chocolate character, mellow ashy roast, ripe berries, understated earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Sweet finish with more chocolate character, toasty bread. Nice porter. Rich but drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Nov 2015
at 09:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Nottingham fest 2015. Deep maroon color, almost opaque. Nice aroma of burnt brownies. Taste has toast and cocoa. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2015
at 08:03