Porter
Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.03
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Our robust Porter shows bittersweet flavors of coffee and dark chocolate. It has very complex malt character enhanced by yeast fruitiness.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, a touch of dark and burnt caramel. Taste is slightly bitter and minimally sweet, roasty, minimally spicy, chocolately dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, cocoa, some caramel, burnt caramel, a cautious fruity touch of cherry, plum and dark berries. Slightly creamy texture, smooth, silky and minimally sticky palate, fine, minimally prickly carbonation. Well balanced, homogeneous, compact. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2019
at 22:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at Old Street Brewery. Low key black coffee aroma. Dark and glossy. Very thin beige head. The light bitter hovers, before we descend to a sweet creamy coffee. Medium bodied . Creamy. Average-fizzy carbonation. Relatively abrupt finish. Nice bit not blowing me away.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2019
at 15:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Brewski, Chorlton. Black with an off-white, small creamy head. It's a crisp dark malt ale, with its 'porter' styling understated in its taste, but this remains very drinkable nonetheless. There's some smokiness in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2019
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
27/2/2019. Tap at Crafty Fellas, Leadenhall Market (Port City tap takeover). Pours very dark brown with a small off-white to beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, light coffee, caramel and dark fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Liked it.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Feb 2019
at 18:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Port City Porter (by Port City Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
4/I/19 - on tap @ The Rake (London), BB: n/a - (2019-21) Thanks to Thirstybird for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, cow fodder, soft raost, some chocolate, mocha. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, mocha, chocolate, coffee, malty, sweet chocolate, caramel. Aftertaste: some alcohol, mocha, nice roast, malty, dark chocolate.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
4/I/19 - on tap @ The Rake (London), BB: n/a - (2019-21) Thanks to Thirstybird for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, cow fodder, soft raost, some chocolate, mocha. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet start, mocha, chocolate, coffee, malty, sweet chocolate, caramel. Aftertaste: some alcohol, mocha, nice roast, malty, dark chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2019
at 21:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
SBWF 2018. Black with brown head. Chewy cocoa, slightly metallic, tobacco, coffee, milky sweetness. Decent.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2018
at 21:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Dark brown, mid sized head. Aroma of tobacco and coffee. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and bread, some coffee. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2018
at 11:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Sbwf 2018. Poured pitch black, thick brown head. Chocolate, roastedness, tobacco notes. Sweet, some milky notes. Long finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2018
at 11:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at MK BG, 20/08/18. Black with a decent tan cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose id bitter sweet roast, toffee, chocolate, dried fruits, brown sugars. Taste comprises, toffee, chocolate biscuit, fruit cake, brown bread, brown sugars, caramel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok porter but lacking a little depth for a 7% job.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2018
at 12:11
7/10
Tried
on 20 Aug 2018
at 15:44