Old-Style Porter
St. Peter's Brewery in Bungay, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.80
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Keg at the Old Jerusalem. It looked great in the glass, but was somewhat lacking in the flavour department! It was as smooth as a smooth thing on a particularly smooth day, but underwhelming.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2018
at 07:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 0.5l. Clear, brown colored. AROMA- caramel, chocolate dessert, pralines, cocoa nibs. FLAVOR- neutral, moderately bitter and tart, toasted malts, toasted bread, a bit bready sour, hazelnuts. Medium bodied.
Good.
Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2018
at 14:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fles 50cl thuis. Droog, roasted malts, biiters, hop (challenger, goldings). Wat dun. (1-2018).
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2018
at 11:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: almost big, pale tanned, average retention. C: dark opaque. A: roasted malt, bit of coffee, light dark fruits, bready, nutty. T: malty, roasted tones, coffee, cocoa, bit of dark bread crust, dry on the palate, medium body, low to medium carbonation, very nice, enjoyed, 0,5l bottle from Auchan Market in Luxembourg.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2017
at 13:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Fairbar. Pours very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, little chocolate, light licorice. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, licorice. Medium body, average carbonation. 070617
Tried
on 07 Jun 2017
at 12:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Almost black. Small to medium brownish/dark yellow head, nice enough retention and lacing. Moderately intense but well refined aroma: mild on the roasted malts department with hints of bitter chocolate, followed by licorice and dark fruit notes (fruitcake like); there's also a light but distinct oak-like feel with a touch of detectable alcohol (rum-like?) that brings a nice layer of compexity. Taste notes follow the aroma quite closely, maybe in a slightly less polished way. Medium sweetness and low to medium bitterness. Finishes slightly on the sweet side with a bit of oaky reminiscence. Light to medium bodied with pretty low carbonation, resulting in a very easy slightly silky mouthfeel. Very old-style indeed and pretty nice at that.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2017
at 09:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle into imperial pint glass, bottled on 3/24/2016. Pours crystal clear very dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, herbal, and pepper; with lighter notes of smoke, char, nuttiness, dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, herbal, and pepper; with lighter notes of smoke, char, nuttiness, dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, smoke, char, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop malt/bitterness balance; some light lingering hop/char astringency near the end of the glass. Light-moderate dryness from hop/char bitterness, increasing through the glass. Light carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.1%. Overall this is an excellent English porter. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Seems like a cross between Brown/Robust porters in style. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2016
at 20:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ruby to black colored, small beige head, not very lasting. Aroma is of dark chocolate, some coffee, bit apple and dark fruits. Taste is medium sweet malt, dark chocolate, coffee, light apple and bit dark fruit, moderate- roasty bitterness, dryish finish, decent lasting choco finish. Meidum bodied, soft carbonation, bit creamy. Not bad... (bottle, Beer Club Pula)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2016
at 10:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Közepes, tartós hab, fekete szín. Pörkölt malátás, kávés, kissé kakaós illat. Pörkölt malátás, feketecsokis ízvilág. Utóíze pörkölt kesernye, pici csoki, nem túl hosszú. Fincsi klasszikus porter, a könnyed és a közepes testesség határán.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2016
at 12:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Very dark brown/mahogany colour, almost black, with a one finger tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, biscuity, hint of coffee and dark chocolate. Taste of roasted malt, dark fruit, caramel, some bitter coffee notes in the finish. Lovely creamy texture, well balanced, soft carbonation. Really nice porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2016
at 19:12