Funnel Blower
Box Steam Brewery in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.74
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Skilfully built from citrus Target, spicy Challenger and earthy Fuggle hops, our porter is a voyage of vanilla sweetness and bitter chocolate.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from Oct 2014 - From the cask, pours dark brown with tiny off white head. Aromas & tastes of vanilla, candy, fudge, chocolate, toast & malts. Moderate body. Slightly bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Apr 2025
at 14:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very nice soft sweet aroma of roasted malts, brown sugar and vanilla. Incredibly soft mouthfeel, light carb. Satisfying sweet roasted malt finish with a lovely vanilla sweetness. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Lidl. Pours near black, small beige head, quickly fading head. Metalic aroma with chocolate and vanilla. Taste of light roast, sweet vanilla, some chocolate, some grass and bitterness in the finish. Light bodied. Sessionable but not the best porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:02
20/04/2012. TUCKERS MALTINGS BEER FESTIVAL, Teign Road, NEWTON ABBOT, Devon, England
Tried
on 11 Nov 2022
at 05:54
7/10
Tried
on 23 Jul 2022
at 15:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Dark brown colour with no head. Too gassy, lacking in body. The flavours are good though. Malty with vanilla sweetness.
Tried
on 07 May 2022
at 20:03
6/10
Bottle online from The Natural Grocery Store. Pours black but with a very slight reddish hue and a medium sized creamy beige head. Aromas of strong vanilla, milk chocolate and sugar. Taste is more vanilla, milk chocolate and sugar with a touch of roasted malts. Thin to medium body and average carbonation. Not great would not buy again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2021
at 19:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Asda. Poured a hazy dark brown colour with a fizzy, short-lived, off white head. The aroma is vanilla, light roasty malt, plummy. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a light, slightly watery, sweet fizzy vanilla, red berry fruit palate. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Too many bubbles for a porter and rather sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2020
at 23:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
De color marrón muy oscuro con destellos cobrizos. Espuma abundante y de buena retención.
Aroma agradable, con notas tostadas de la malta principalmente.
En boca tiene buen cuerpo y se deja beber muy bien, carbonatación media-suave. Sabores que van del tostado, hacia el dulce con un marcado sabor a vainilla final. Amargor muy sutil.
Buena porter para el precio que ofrece.
Aroma agradable, con notas tostadas de la malta principalmente.
En boca tiene buen cuerpo y se deja beber muy bien, carbonatación media-suave. Sabores que van del tostado, hacia el dulce con un marcado sabor a vainilla final. Amargor muy sutil.
Buena porter para el precio que ofrece.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
18/7/2019. Bottle shared at the South West tour bottle share. Bough tat Warwick Real Ale, Warwick. Pours mid-brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of cooking chocolate, vanilla, moderate roasted malt and fruit cake. Medium sugary sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, watery texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2019
at 16:16