Ballast Porter
Stonehouse Brewery in Oswestry, Shropshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.67
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dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Chester Beer and Wine. Pours black, some faint ruby red showing in the light. Thin beige head. Nice roasty aroma with big coffee notes. Taste is the same with some of the vanilla essence helping to give sweetness without tasting artificial. Quite dry with a lightness of body to counterbalance. Good.
Parmenion777 (1984) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle – Pours a jet-black colour with an average sized frothy beige head that settled. The aroma is rich roasted malts, black coffee and light smoke. A moderately sweet roasted taste, black coffee, roasted malt and vanilla flavours with a roasted and light smoky finish.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Third by cask, second day of GBBF Winter 20, Astbury Bar. Shared with Finn. A bubbly beige head to a near-black body, clingy lacing. Roasted malt-driven aromas, mid-sweet. Vanilla chocolate flavours followed by a coffee bite to a roasted finish. Pleasing. (Rating no. 18500) (Birmingham 05.02.2020).
Finn (18112) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
På GBBF Winter 2020 i Birmingham. Delt med Rune. Svart. Filmskum med litt farge. Aroma av røstet malt. Smaken balansert. Melkesjokolade & lakris. Lett tørr avslutning.
Olut (21769) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Coed Y Dinas, Welshpool. Black with no head. Fuller tasting porter with a good roasted malt base, and plenty of dark malty flavour.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12/2/2019. Bottle from the Stonehouse Brewery Visitor Centre. Pours very dark brown with a small short-lasting head. Aroma of ash, chocolate, liquorice, roasted malt and dark fruit. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Toasted, watery finish.
saxo (29721) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from the brewery store. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, smoke, hops and has a sweet smoky finish.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Stonehouse Brewery. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee and light smoked meat. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Oily. 110219
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle: BB Feb 2019. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard at home on 7th Apr 2018. Black/very dark brown body, large tanned crown on top. Chocolate like maltiness in the nose, again in the taste, roasted malts rule the flavours, slight vanilla notes as the beer warmed a little in the tankard. Liked it.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Ballast Porter from Stonehouse Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Coach & Horses, Shrewsbury. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is light chocolate, smooth dark malts. Quite light on the palate with mild chocolate, dark malts and very faint mirage like coffee on the finish. No detectable vanilla, and very little coffee to speak of, but it’s a pleasant smooth chocolate porter.