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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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. OK I will admit now that I wasn’t it the fittest state to taste this. I had had a hangover that lasted 2 days and this was the first alcohol to pass my lips and I wasn’t sure that after this experience that I would ever be able to drink again. So up against this background how was this? Very deep ruby with a thin beige head. Syrupy fruit aroma, choc/coffee there to. Oily in mouth and on the finish. Touch of sour liquorice which gets stronger as it goes down. OK, but not a big fan. Like a liquoricey porter. 2.6/5 Re-rate Cask handpull at County Hotel, Ashford. Liquorice/charcoal porter which was in excellent condition and full of flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2006
at 15:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Dark brown with red notes, and a medium beige head. Roasted and smoked aromas with coffee and chocolate notes. Flavor is of chocolate and roasted malt. The finish has a chocolaty, dry bitterness with some smoke notes. Beautiful lacings. Not as full-bodied as I could wish for. (060124)
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2006
at 15:30
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Deep brown with orange hues, and small off-white head. Smells like the dog on the bottle, with notes of roasted nuts (not the dog’s nuts I hope). Sweet malt with notes of hazelnuts, bt the beer is past its prime, as cardboard develops as beer warms up. Lighter bodied. Bought at LCBO Autumn 04.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2004
at 16:25
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle Pours black with very little light tan head, enough of a "ring" for good lacing though. Aromas are moslty chocolate.and black licorice and soy. The flavor is mostly the latter and not much else. A bit of coffee and smokey. Feel is thin and nearly flat. A bit dissapointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2004
at 23:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear light dark beer with a medium head with standard retention. Aroma is a mix of roasted malt and chocolate. Taste is a bit surprising with quite strong chocolate notes with nice roasted malt with subtle hops and a thin watery finish. Body was lighter then expected for a porter. Overall, this is like a light chocolate porter – not bad, just different I guess.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2004
at 12:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown, dark amber color. Light aroma, strange (cookies...). Pretty good body, with some malt, a lot of caramel, some liquorice, roasted malt, strong bitterness, introducing the long bitter final. Strange, maltier than a bitter, more bitter and drier than other porters.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2003
at 14:50