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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7/10
Tried
on 29 Apr 2013
at 07:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby - 17/04/13. Extremely dark mahogony brown with a good sized beige head that retains well. Nose is treacle toffee, dark malts, light strains of coffee, grain, mineral notes. Taste comprises dark toffee fudge, background chocolate, dark fruits, nutty tones. Medium bodied with a little bite, moderate carbonation, dry in the finish with a hint of bitterness. Ok stuff!
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2013
at 13:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from B&M Bargains; dark brown pour with substantial beige head, roast malt aroma, quite bready malt taste I expect more coffee tones from a porter, slightly nutty some caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2013
at 12:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours deep brown with a thick tan head...heavy lacing... Chocolate-vanilla aroma, slight tangy dark fruit notes. Taste is malty, creamy, chocolate-vanilla... Light...great flavour.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2013
at 13:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
6/1/13 Cask from The Ivory Peg, Chelmsford. Dark brown, with quite strong roasted biscuit aroma. Enjoyable, though was served a little too cold which may have affected the appreciation of the beer as have had this better before, elsewhere. May re-rate after next time. 16/12/17 from cask at Redwald's Ale House, Rendlesham. Served perfectly. Pours almost black with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma is nutty, chocolate, rich roasted malt. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Towards being full bodied, oily texture, soft to flat carbonation. Much more flavoursome served at right temperature.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2013
at 01:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A full flavoured beer that is bittersweet and has some hints of chocolate malts.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2012
at 02:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, candy sugar, cocao. Flavor is malts, coffee, dark chocolate, candy sugar. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, easy drinking. 040910
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2012
at 02:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is dark brown with thick white head. Aromas and flavours are chocolate, fruits and sweet malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2012
at 07:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body, about 75% opaque with a very nice ruby tint when held up to a light, with a centimetre tall tan creamy head. Aroma of pale malt, roast, coffee, nuts, cream and a hint of caramel and raisins. Medium-bodied; Assertive roasty malt flavour at first with a very nice caramel and toffee flavour followed by some lighter fruits and prune flavours. Aftertaste shows very well with some good malt complexity and a sweet, yet slightly bitter nuttiness. Overall, a nice porter with some good malt notes, none cloying and a bit of complexity on the finish. Not my favourite, but not a bad beer at all. I sampled this pint bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Miami Beach, Florida on 18-September-2012 for US$4.99 sampled at home in Washington on 12-November-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2012
at 22:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at The Maypole, Cambridge. Golden brown pour with a broken white head. Fruity aroma with a smooth bitter malty taste. Lovely palate. A super ale and probably better cask than bottled.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2012
at 09:24