Old Growler
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.85
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Our Multi-award-winning porter, Old Growler gets its distinctive taste through a complex blend of flavours, including hints of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt that excites the palate.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2026
at 13:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught from blind tiger’s porter event. Mine wasn’t casked, I don’t believe, but whatever, I’m rating it here. Poured dark, I got a nutty aroma from it more so than anything else. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2025
at 00:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pint from the cask at Rodboro Buildings, Guildford. Pours a near black with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, chocolate & roasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2025
at 14:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask. Dark ruby to black pour with smooth beige top. Coffee and chocolate aroma. Taste of coffee and chocolate, moderate roasty quality, milky, a touch sweet but not overly rich, some light berry fruit. Slick medium body. Not overly complex but a very tasty porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle 0,5ltr: Dark brown British Ale with a some chocolate hints and mild bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:51
7/10
Roast, smooth, creamy, coffee, grainy, bit burnt, bready
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2023
at 15:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Live and Let Live, Cambridge. Dark brown with beige head. Roasted, some coffee, light chocolate, sweet with some bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Cask
at
Live and Let Live
on 16 Aug 2023
at 20:04
6/10
Tried
on 14 Apr 2023
at 17:37
04/08/1989. WHITE HORSE, 33 Castle Street, HERTFORD, Hertfordshire, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 11 Jan 2023
at 06:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From rediscovered notes, drank December 2018. Cask at The Bankers Draft, Eltham. Brown pour with a beige head. Rich nose of coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits. Flavours of chocolate, nuts, coffee, light smoke. Long warming finish. A very old friend.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2022
at 21:26