Old-Style Porter
St. Peter's Brewery in Bungay, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.81
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A blend of a mature and young ale creates a porter of traditional character that’s dark cherry in colour and complex in taste. Aromas of liquorice, rum, raisin and chocolate with hints of coffee are in abundance in this full-bodied, warming ale.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
50cl bottle. Black beer with off-white head, creamy and average duration. Aroma is to toasted malts, roasted, black coffee, honey. Flavour is to espresso with a final moderate bittery and creamy. Carbonation is soft, medium to full body and oily feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2011
at 08:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a thin head. Aroma is sour, woody, chocolate and a little raisin. Taste has some dark fruits. Sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2011
at 14:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dark reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and roasted light bitter finish. 181011
Tried
on 19 Oct 2011
at 02:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bierzwerg. Almost black color with nice huge beige head. Aroma of chocolate, toffee, plums, caramel, earthy hints. Taste, coffee, dark chocolate and plums notes, earthy bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2011
at 13:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle at ABCBeers, the Hague. Very little carbonation. Clear amber pour. A pretty decent porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2011
at 13:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
C: Pretty black with some nice redness shining through. S: Roasty, coffee, chocolate. T: Roasty, coffee. P: watery
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 08:38
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Perfect dark brown, almost black color with a dark red glow edging through. Lightly roasty, little hints of coffee. Taste roasty, nuts and caramel. Slight bitter finish, low carbo.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2011
at 12:26
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Skjold Burne. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are licorice, milk chocolate, notes of coffee, caramel and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2011
at 15:10
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Deep dark brown to black colour, creamy beige head. Aroma of hard roasted malts, coffee and cream, some fruity notes. Flavour is light sweet, roasted, cream, light fruity, some liquorice, bitter roasted finish with some cream. Light bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2011
at 00:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with big tan head. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, grainy, coffee, liquorice and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2011
at 05:59