Old-Style Porter

Really big formidable tan-white head. Dark, but not too dark... had a little reddish hue to it as well. Slight molasses aroma. Really interesting taste. Toast, chocolate, and roasted malts in the taste. It actually had an almost smoky taste. (on a side note I drank this after the bottle said to drink it).

bottle - Pours dark brown with a thin head. The aroma is roast malt and chocolate. The very enjoyable flavor follows suit, featuring lots of roast malt, a good chocolate accent, and mild hops that shows up mostly in the lingering finish. I think it could be rated a bit higher on average, but it looks like their choice of bottles is sometimes leading to skunked beer. That’s too bad. Mine was fine and it’s a very good porter.

Bouteille, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur brune rubis foncée et transparente. Nez de malt rôti (aux notes de toffee) et de café doux, moyennement fruité (cerises, petites notes de raisins) et de chocolat noir, léger de mélasse et de fumée (cigarette et bois brûlé) et avec des petites notes de réglisse noire et de noix. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement bas et une texture crémeuse et aux notes aqueuses. Goût fruité sucré (cerises, notes de raisins, traces de prunes) aux notes boisées, avec des faibles notes de chocolat au lait (petites notes lactiques) et de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un goût moyennement amer de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées), moyen de chocolat noir et de mélasse avec des notes de caramel toffee et de butterscotch sucré puis progressivement vient se rajouter un goût de café jusqu’en finale accompagné d’un léger goût asséchant de houblon terreux et herbeux ainsi qu’un léger goût de fumée (bois brûlé et notes de cigarette) et des notes de noix. Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti, de café, léger de chocolat noir et avec des notes fumées, de houblon terreux et herbeux ainsi que des traces fruitées (pelures de prunes).

(Bottle, Jerusalem Tavern, Farringdon, London 25 Apr 2007) Dark brown colour with ruby notes, huge frothy off-white head. Malty, slightly metallic nose with notes of dark fruit. Malty, rather dry taste, roasted with coffee, dark bitter chocolate and a dry bitterness in the finish (and again, chocolate). Chocolate and hops, how could I resist?

deep blac, roast coffee malt, rich roast coffee malt with a little roast bitter non offensive linger.

Dark ruby body with a medium creamy light brown head that rapidly diminishes. Sweet malty aroma, some caramel and molassas and a hint of peat. Dry molassas flavor with a light coffee ending

Pour is a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is nice with dark chocolate and butterscotch. Flavor is a big let down. Starts smooth but finish is tart and watery. Nothng real great and the cream stout is much better.

Bottle, Majestic, Bicester, 23-12-06 in a St Peters mixed pack of four different dark beers . Dark reddy/brown some smokiness on the nose with malty sweetness. Taste was quite intriguing, some roasted notes, bitterness and even a touch of liquorice bouncing around, not the best porter I’ve ever had, but even so not a bad one by any stretch, good! A6 A3 F7 P3 Ov13 3.2 Had this again in bottle (can’t remember where from) Consumed in bottle 23-07-09 Pours conker brown with a light beige head. Tangy dark fruits combine with sweet malts . Re-rated as better than I recalled it being last time. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5

Bottle: Very dark ruby coloured, visible carbonation, lacing foamy layer; caramelly, dry roast-malty - almost a bit smoked - nose with a touch of molasses and ashes; drier bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; dry (roast-)malty and bitter finish with a tinge of coffee and fruitiness. Pleasant, but not an earth-quake......

Bottle. Rich dark amber beer with a tan head. Slight roast and chocolate aroma. Roasty, chocolate flavor. Medium bodied. Well balanced. Lingering roasty caramel.