Plum Porter
Elgood's Brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Winter|
Score
6.50
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One of Elgood's Seasonal range. Plum Porter is a rich, dark and sweet ruby porter with overtones of plum. An award winning beer, perfect for the cold winter months.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is plum and not much else, sweet sticky plum jam. A moderately sweet taste, quite dry, fruity plum and dark malt flavours with some bitter chocolate and earthy bitterness in a dry finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2020
at 16:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Lord Burton, Burton on Trent. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small cream head and good lacing. Has an aroma of dark fruits but not specifically plums. In the mouth the texture is juicy with plenty of plum flavours along with malts and berry fruits. Finish is sweet and plummy. Plenty of plums here, but it’s a much lighter beer than the Titanic one, and all the better for it.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2020
at 20:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe (I think). Appearance - black with red chinks, like cola really. fluffy head that's almost fawn. Nose - massive plum note on opening. And even close up, the aroma is virtually all plum and none of the expected porter notes. Taste - big plum jam thing, with some roast and chocolate at the back. Palate - creamy and medium bodied. Tangy/roasty finish. Overall - I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2020
at 21:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from the village co-op. Off black colour with an off white head. Aroma has some plum taste sweet fruity with a hint of malt. Thinish body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2019
at 08:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Blue Blazer, Edinburgh. Clear dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty and heavy plum. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. 160419
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2019
at 21:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cambridge Wine Merchants - Kings Parade. Finisher on the train home after a great day out in Cambridge! Poured dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of plum, chocolate and malt. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Decent finisher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2018
at 07:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Ye Olde Sun, St Neots. Purplish brown with a thin but impressive creamy head. Scent of plums (go figure), but also the chocolate/liquorice aromas one might expect from a porter. The taste in an ambrosial sweetness, kept in check by a gritty bitterness. Medium body, a bit of carbonation on the lips. A good beer, very well balanced and recommended.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2015
at 05:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Wetherspoons. Sweet, plum nose, rich chocolate, sweet fruit, grape juice, dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2014
at 06:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A murky plummy brown clour with a loose beige head; fruity plum aroma; fruit sweet dessert plum taste with some underlying chocolate malts; and a sweet lingering chocolate finish with more sweet plums. Satisfying.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2014
at 08:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, March 2014. Near black with a hint of red and slight, off-white head. Fruity beer, with some tanginess in the finish. Ok.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2014
at 09:55