Old Growler
(has 2 batches)
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.86
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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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a dark black with a small tan head. Aroma is some sweet but light caramel malts and a bit of toffee. Flavor is again on the light side with some dark chocolate and roasted coffee. Nothing really good to say about this one and nothing really bad. Its light but drinkable.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2008
at 17:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask Conditioned at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö
Very dark color, with red shades, thin head. Very light aroma, of caramel and sugar. Medium body strength, with a strong flavor of caramel and chocolate malt, and balanced bitterness. In the end the bitterness from the dark malt increases. Not bad.
Very dark color, with red shades, thin head. Very light aroma, of caramel and sugar. Medium body strength, with a strong flavor of caramel and chocolate malt, and balanced bitterness. In the end the bitterness from the dark malt increases. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2008
at 17:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Sweetish roasted malty aroma with hints of dark fruit and chocolate. Fruity malty flavor with some roasted hints and some hints of chocolate. Has a slightly fruit finish with some hints of chocolate and dark fruit in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2008
at 08:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Bishops Arms, Västra Hamngatan, Göteborg) I was a bit suspicious since the last beer I had from Nethergate (at the same place) was bad = old and maybe infected. This one was way way better though! Very dark deep red color, small brown head. Smooth malty taste, coffee and roasted malt aftertaste. Subtle sweet and roasted scent. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2007
at 15:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dark caramel brown with a little tan head. Toffee, caramel, slight roast aroma. Rich caramel flavor with toffe a bit of earth and some hops. Medium body. Very drinkable. Caramel/toffee lingers. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2007
at 22:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (021007)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2007
at 02:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16.9 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown color almost black with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is a cocoa and black licorice. Decent lacing on this one. The taste is chocolate and caramel with a dry finish. An excellent porter from Nethergate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2007
at 00:19