Old Dark
Speight's Brewery in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Porter Regular|
Score
6.17
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If you’re looking for a beer with a big creamy flavour you’ve come to the right place.
5 malt old dark was introduced into the Speight’s range in 1992 to meet consumer demands for the classic ‘dark’ beer. No prizes for guessing why it got its name. By carefully selecting, roasting and matching 5 separate malts we have crafted a dark beer that gives rich, creamy, chocolate fudge flavours swiftly followed by coffee overtones. Perfect for warming the cockles on a stormy night.
Best drunk with some fine New Zealand cheeses or chocolate desserts.
5 malt old dark was introduced into the Speight’s range in 1992 to meet consumer demands for the classic ‘dark’ beer. No prizes for guessing why it got its name. By carefully selecting, roasting and matching 5 separate malts we have crafted a dark beer that gives rich, creamy, chocolate fudge flavours swiftly followed by coffee overtones. Perfect for warming the cockles on a stormy night.
Best drunk with some fine New Zealand cheeses or chocolate desserts.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear brown with large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and mild nutty notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, chocolate and caramel. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2008
at 16:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Half pint from tap served xtra cold at The Southerner , Temple, London. Dark brown red-tinged body with lacing on the glass. Light roasted malty to the nose. Notes of dark chocolate malts in flavour supported by a touch of sweet caramel. Too diluted palate for a porter. It’s a pity that the ice cold serving temperature took some of the flavour from all of the Speights beers at the bar (01.05.2008).
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2008
at 08:55
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at Speight’s bar, Temple. Sweetish malt aroma. OK in mouth, bit too sweet. Decent tingly hop on finish. Hop had a sting. Malt is a little syrupy.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2007
at 04:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bright burgundy colour. No head. Light toffee on the nose along with almonds and walnuts. Light demerara, nuts, hints of earth and caramel. Sort of thin but not bad character if you take it as a mild.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2007
at 00:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 33 cl) Very pretty almost mahogany coloured beer with a small, brownish head. A 5-malt beer the label claims, and the malt character is indeed very pronounced. Malty sweetness with slightly smoked notes. Delicious and fresh with a pretty high carbonation. But the body is light, light, light - not really what you would expect from a beer this dark. And also the low alcohol makes this beer one to be consumed by the barrell. 120903
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2005
at 07:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can
Amber to dark brown color; creamy head. Dusty malt aroma. Quite well balanced: some sweet maltiness, light roasted malt, a lot of caramel, correct bitterness; but also with some metallic note. Simple.
Amber to dark brown color; creamy head. Dusty malt aroma. Quite well balanced: some sweet maltiness, light roasted malt, a lot of caramel, correct bitterness; but also with some metallic note. Simple.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2005
at 04:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A brown beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty. The flavor is very malty, and a little flat with slight roasted malty notes. A good, sweet standard ale.
Tried
on 01 Sep 2003
at 14:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Canned. Chestnut brown. Coffee aroma. Sweet and roasty, mild and softly malty with salty finish. A plain ale which is all about coffee and malt.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2003
at 03:22