WJ King - Market Porter
King Beer in Horsham, West Sussex, England 🏴
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.82
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This is one helluva beer! Deep dark brown and phenomenally complex. The aroma is liquorice initially but you’ll catch coffee notes and some pleasant sulphurousness to accompany it along with a general malty warmth. The taste is roast and a little burnt, but not to the point of causing bitterness…that comes from the hops later. There’re fruit and dark chocolate flavours and the mouthfeel is smooth and sleek. The aftertaste dries the palate and is a touch astringent but not unpleasantly as the hops begin to kick in even more. A couple of mouthfuls and ten minutes later the aftertaste still lingers.
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7/10
28/3/2012. Cask at The Green Dragon Spring Ale Festival, Croydon.
Tried
from Cask
at
Green Dragon
on 27 Mar 2012
at 23:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask. Frothy lightbrown fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy roasted/burnt aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. NIce roast/licorice notes. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 01:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov 2011) Black colour with brief, frothy head. Roasted, malty nose with dark fruit, raisins and coffee. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark fruit, raisins, prunes, dark bread and a slightly bitter-sweet finish. Medium body. Decent roasty bitterness in the finish. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jan 2012
at 12:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wallington and Croydon BF, London. Pours dark brown with a light, off-white head. Dark caramel roast nose. Lightly sweet flavor, some grass, dry roasted malts, earth, wood, faint tang. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Tangy roast finish, some tobacco, light sugar, faint grassy and earthy bitterness. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2011
at 16:00