Old Growler (Cask)
(Batch of Old Growler)
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.98
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Our Multi-award-winning porter, Old Growler gets its distinctive taste through a complex blend of flavours, including hints of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt that excites the palate.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton Got a weak spot for this beer, as it is the one which made me realise how good a porter can be – all those many years ago. Pours completely black with a small cream head and good lacing. Has a nice complex aroma of treacle and dark fruits. In the mouth it has a sweet creamy texture with tastes of toffee and roasted malts. Finish is bitter with some fruitiness. Nice, but not as good as I remember it being.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2020
at 22:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nice clean cask flat dark ale but a great round body and clean everything. Wellington birmingham
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2020
at 19:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried at the Hop and Barley, Lincoln. Deep ruby colour with a thin tan head. Aroma is light malt caramel and dark fruit. taste is light toffee sweet and slight roasted bitter. Full creamy body.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2017
at 07:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cat at The Moon in the Square, Bournemouth. Dark brown with a small bubbly tan head. Aroma of malt, light toasty, caramel, overripe dark fruits and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with very soft carbonation.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2016
at 13:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Crosse Keys JDW, London (30/11/2015) - pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma and taste is roasted malty, slight burnt dark malty notes, with chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dry roasty finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2015
at 15:15
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
(Cask at O’Connell’s, Tampere, 20150808) The beer poured clear and dark brown. Its head was medium sized, dense, nearly white and it lasted long. Aroma had toasted malts, sweetness and earth. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were toasted malts, earth, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste had earth and bitterness. A very watery brew and the finish was almost unpleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2015
at 10:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Maypole, Cambridge.
Very dark brown color with medium off-white head. Roasted malt aroma together with, coffee, chocolate, citrus hops. Taste, roasted malt, dark chocolate, licorice, caramel, big amount of floral hops. Hoppy bitter finish. Tasty.
Very dark brown color with medium off-white head. Roasted malt aroma together with, coffee, chocolate, citrus hops. Taste, roasted malt, dark chocolate, licorice, caramel, big amount of floral hops. Hoppy bitter finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2013
at 06:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brownish black porter, tastes of liquorice, caramel with woody/smoke overtones. Intensely satisfying. Note that it is often sold under ’Growler Brewery’ imagery although Nethergate remains the brewery name.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2013
at 21:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby - 17/04/13. Extremely dark mahogony brown with a good sized beige head that retains well. Nose is treacle toffee, dark malts, light strains of coffee, grain, mineral notes. Taste comprises dark toffee fudge, background chocolate, dark fruits, nutty tones. Medium bodied with a little bite, moderate carbonation, dry in the finish with a hint of bitterness. Ok stuff!
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2013
at 13:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
6/1/13 Cask from The Ivory Peg, Chelmsford. Dark brown, with quite strong roasted biscuit aroma. Enjoyable, though was served a little too cold which may have affected the appreciation of the beer as have had this better before, elsewhere. May re-rate after next time. 16/12/17 from cask at Redwald's Ale House, Rendlesham. Served perfectly. Pours almost black with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma is nutty, chocolate, rich roasted malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Towards being full bodied, oily texture, soft to flat carbonation. Much more flavoursome served at right temperature.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2013
at 01:54