Old Growler
(has 2 batches)
Nethergate Brewery in Long Melford, Suffolk, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(bottle) Clear, mahogany colour with a beige medium-sized foamy head. Moderately roasted malty aroma with caramel, dark chocolate and a tinge of fruity hops. Moderately bitter flavour with a light note of acidity, light to medium bodied with a calm carbonation. Roast-malty base with caramel, subtle fruity notes and traces of chocolate; sweet and mildly bitter roasty finish with very subtle fruity notes. 06.X.09
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2009
at 15:21
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Duke of Wellington, London N1, on 16th September 2009. Dark red/brown with mostly dissipating white head. Delicious burnt malts and a hint of smokiness. Very pleasant drink.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2009
at 10:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Dark reddish brown, almost black with a light, thin beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and dry fruit. Flavor is roasted malt, bitter coffee, dry fruit and chocolate. Balanced and complex, not particular heavy, easy drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2009
at 14:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: .5 liter bottle from Gilly's, 7/27/09
Aroma: Roasted and toasted malts, bit of caramel and a touch of chocolate
Appearance: Dark brown (almost black) color, tan head, spotty but covering lacing
Flavor: Tasty porter-like flavor, mostly the big malty character, bit of fruitiness to the malts, some hop backing
Palate: This beer isn't overly full, but it has a decent palate, a touch watery, but still decent
Overall Impression: I like this brew. Very smokey/roasted flavor, and strong flavored. It it a pretty decent example of what I like in a Porter, not top of the style, but highly drinkable.
Aroma: Roasted and toasted malts, bit of caramel and a touch of chocolate
Appearance: Dark brown (almost black) color, tan head, spotty but covering lacing
Flavor: Tasty porter-like flavor, mostly the big malty character, bit of fruitiness to the malts, some hop backing
Palate: This beer isn't overly full, but it has a decent palate, a touch watery, but still decent
Overall Impression: I like this brew. Very smokey/roasted flavor, and strong flavored. It it a pretty decent example of what I like in a Porter, not top of the style, but highly drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2009
at 21:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Ealing beer fest 2009. Deep brown almost black pour with very small head. Malty/dark fruit aroma. Malt, dark fruit, chocolate, coffee, roasty taste. Quite easy to drink, one of my favourites.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2009
at 06:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
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Tried
on 14 Jun 2009
at 19:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks to Butters for the bottle. Pours deep ruby mahogany with a tall, lasting, light tan head. Light roast malt, caramel and cocoa aroma. Sweet malts start and a few touches of chocolate try to sneak in there. A bit tame and very light bodied, but there arenโt any real flaws here and the flavor is good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2009
at 19:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.Clear medium to dark brown orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, hay, coffee notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122]
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2009
at 11:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours deep mahogany into an English pint. Tan micro head with excellent craters as it recedes leaving moutains of lacing. Dark pit fruit and sour cocoa aromas. Roasted full sweet milk chocolate upfront turning to a thin funky sour fruit finish.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2009
at 20:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading.] Mahogany with a thin tan head; earthy malt aroma; thin body, with earthy malt flavours and a hint of treacle and licorice; the finish is dry and lightly hopped. Rather light in body for a porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2009
at 14:13