Alice Porter (6.2%)
(has 1 batch)

Bottle, 330 ml at Pivkan, Zagreb. Pours dark brown with beige head. Sweet, roasted malty aroma. Roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, dark fruit flavor.

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is light vanilla, chocolate, taste is roasty chocolate, light vanilla.

Originally an occasional (’Vanilla Porter’) brewed for the North Bar in Leeds, but Brewdog apparently adopted this as a year-round brew in the meantime. Advertised as a Baltic porter, but clearly top-fermented and in that respect more of a ’typical’ porter (if such a thing exists altogether). Yellowish beige, creamy, near rocky head, colour a very opaque ruby brown, bordering on black. Complexely perfumed aroma of candi syrup, molasses, port wine, soy sauce, pear, dates, liquorice and tobacco, taste kicks off slightly acidic (with even a hint of citric acid), quickly overpowered by a well-rounded, ’dark’ fruitiness, bit syrupy and powdery mouthfeel, deeply malty foundation, in the finish lightly toasted bitter (some coffee), the drying acidity from the onset again appearing. Not the best beer I’ve had from this progressive micro, but an interesting porter nonetheless.

A dark brown porter with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with caramel, dark fruits, smooth resinous coffee, very nice. In mouth, a nice peated chocolate malt with light smokiness, dark fruits, light coffee, very nice. BB Dec 2012.

Bottle: Presumably clear, dark amber coloured with ruby spots, very stable creamy off-White to tanned head, vanilla, toasted malt, caramel and traces of port-wine in the nose plus a dash of bitter chocolate; moderate to solid bitter flavour, relatively light bodied, unfortunately not that smooth; fruity and chocolatey finish with a drier toasty aftertaste. Superb stuff...

330ml bottle from Brewdog.com. A delicious porter with a decidedly plummy character and a medley of dark fruits, chocolate and a hint of coffee. Very nice.

Botella en el lúpulo en el momento el 29-04-2014. lote 107 hasta 10-05-2014 sabores tostados y ligeramente quemados con toques de regaliz y maderas quemadas acabando con un ligero amargo seco que perdura por unos minutos en boca. Botella de 33 c en el lúpulo. Mayo de 2011. una porter suave con buen paso por boca, de cuerpo ligero y sabores tostados con cacao y algo especiados. Buena en general y para repetir sin problema.

330ml bottle. Pours black-brown with a foamy beige head that leaves some lacing and aroma of malt, smoke, chocolate, treacle, dark fruits. Roasted malt flavour with coffee, chocolate, dark fruit notes and some lingering bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, medium carbonation, roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Pours a deep black color and a very weak tan head that immediately settles down to a small lacing. The aroma is slightly roasted along with some fruity smell, later I could also smell some caramel. The taste is bitter with some coffee in the back - there’s really not much there, too bad. It’s drinkable, although feels slightly stale, but not exactly what I expect from BrewDog.