Ghost Town
Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.10
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Two-tone, toe-tapping, ten-malt-porter. Monstrous amounts of fresh malts create a beer as black as the earl of hell to which some big piney hops are added to give a robust bitter finish. Quite often this beer can be aged in a barrel with some varying special ingredient.
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Crystal, Wheat, Oats, Flaked Barley, Melanoiden, Roast Barley, Chocolate, Carafa III
Hops: Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus
Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Crystal, Wheat, Oats, Flaked Barley, Melanoiden, Roast Barley, Chocolate, Carafa III
Hops: Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Black body with a beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of coffee, malt, cranberry and plum. Flavour of malt, chocolate, blueberry and coffee. Medium body with a slick body. Soft fizz. A really well made Porter with a nice depth. An excellent beer from one of Scotland’s best, most consistent (and most underrated) breweries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2026
at 21:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
A really excellent porter.
Tasty and a fine texture.
Good complexity.
Dark malt, roast, chocolate, coffee and pine.
[Cask at The Grill in Aberdeen, Scotland]
Brewery #3100
Tasty and a fine texture.
Good complexity.
Dark malt, roast, chocolate, coffee and pine.
[Cask at The Grill in Aberdeen, Scotland]
Brewery #3100
Tried
from Cask
at
The Grill Aberdeen
on 18 Oct 2025
at 09:32
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso caffè e cioccolato. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma non è molto persistente. Il colore è scuro impenetrabile. Il corpo è pieno. Il dolce è medio in equilibrio con l'amaro medio. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, cioccolato, caffè, liquirizia, arrostito, agrumi e carrube.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2025
at 11:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is roasted malt with hoppy notes, citrus, some chocolate, grapefruit. Flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet. Body is medium. Nicely hopped Porter, shades of Black IPA. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2025
at 14:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Half pint from the cask at Blackfrairs, Glasgow. Pours a near black with a tan head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, berries & roasted malt. Medium body. Smooth finish. Highly enjoyable
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2025
at 07:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Stockbridge. Almost black, creamy beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2023
at 19:42
23/06/2015. BATH BREW HOUSE, 14 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (CITY PUBS)
Tried
on 27 Feb 2023
at 06:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The last of my beers picked up in Wales while touring through the country last month. 330 ml bottle, now opened and headed into a snifter. Closer to black than to brown but use your imagination. An almost non-existent head, tan what there is. I smell ash and chocolate. The taste matches the nose along with some scorched bread and perhaps plums. Thin. Just not feeling it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2022
at 01:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught at Cask and Kitchen. Black with a thin tan head. Aroma of caramel toast malt. Flavour is toasted malt, nutty caramel, dry light burnt finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2021
at 23:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle. Near black with a thin white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, coffee, liqourice, brown cookies, nuts and dark dried fruits. Taste is sweet. Medium bodied. Sweet roasted finish with lingering dark malts. Fine, well balanced Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2020
at 17:27