Postman's Knock

Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Porter Regular

Score

6.37

ABV: 4.8%

IBU: -

Ticks: 69

Postman's Knock is a beer offering an intelligent blend of complex ingredients, the rich brown beer with a smooth fine head has a very chocolately character. The combination of subtle flavour notes of vanilla, treacle and roast malt gives an initial rich sweetness leading to a velvety chocolate finish.

The beer is named in honour of Simon Evans (1895-1940), a novelist and short story writer, who settled in Cleobury Mortimer after World War One. He had been badly affected by poison gas in the war and, in order to improve his health, worked as a postman, walking up to 18 miles a day. Postman's Knock is based on the Champion Mild recipe and uses the finest malting barley, Maris Otter and Worcestershire Fuggles and Goldings hops.

Bottle Notes - Postman's Knock is a bottle conditioned beer which contains sediment, pour carefully and best stored upright at cellar temperature 10 - 12 degrees.

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6.9

Maverick (5074) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from whole foods. Poured moderate brown. Not much bubbles. Bit of nuts and gingerbread and malts. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:11

6.1

Andy_TF2 (1138) ticked Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:16

Fmungenast (3177) ticked Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 2 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2024 at 20:37

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 2 years ago

Tried on 26 Dec 2023 at 17:15

6.6

Thomas_W1 (5738) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Flasche 0,5l: Kastanienbraun, dunkles Mahagoni, glasklar, äßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, dunkle Süße, röstmalzig, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Trockenfrüchte, Nüsse, trockene Hopfennoten, dezente fruchtige Säure, Röstmalz, dunkles Karamell, Röstaromen, dunkle Schokolade, würzig-trockene Bitterkeit; frischer + würziger Körper, leichte Süße, kräftige Röstaromen, nussig, Röstmalz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, cremig, deutliche Kohlensäure, kräftige trockene Hopfenaromen, Kräuter, dezente fruchtige Säure, dunkle/getrocknete Früchte; würzig-trockener Nachgang

Tried on 28 Dec 2022 at 18:18

5.9

hauxe (4649) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Auburn with a frothy, off-white head that fades. Aroma full of ashes with a bit of lingering smoke. Taste is charred bitter up front with both a hint of berries and caramel at the finish, with the former being fairly brief in duration, the latter lingering on the tongue, along with a mouthful of ashes. Medium-bodied, a bit thin but not watery, mostly mild carbonation. Ok. Lacks something in the likeability department.

Tried on 06 Jul 2022 at 16:54

Eddie78 (1316) ticked Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 4 years ago

Bottle online from The Hobsons Brewery. Pours a very dark chestnut brown colour with a thin fast dissipating beige head. Aromas of caramel, liquorice and dry dark fruits. Taste is caramel, chocolate, liquorice, burnt brown bread, dry dark fruits, a hint of nuts and roasted malts on the finish. Nice smooth mouthfeel but could do with more body. Low carbonation. Not bad but not great.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2021 at 20:07

6.6

Taboada (8803) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml. bottle as part of the "European Local Swap", many thanks @minutemat for this one. @"home", 16/01/2021
[#3.734 Global - #439 England - #1 Hobsons Brewery (My English Brewery #162)]
Pours dark ruby with a small mousse-like head. Aroma is light roasted malts, light chocolate and toffee. Taste is slightly watery, light coffee and light chocolate. Medium bodied. Saturday night, its alright.
Next one please!

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2021 at 17:34

5.6

dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

OK my first ever porter (why am I buying this in the summer, it sure looks like a winter drink?), anyway here goes…Bottle BBE in 13 months. Dark amber colour, light head that dissipates to leave slight lacing. Aroma of light roast, dark malts, earthy, a little sweetness. Low carbonation, medium body but a syrupy finish on the palate. Taste of roasted malts, chocolate, sweetness, quite a bitter finish. I started to drink the last quarter from the bottle and found only metallic notes so there is a lesson for me…porters are to be poured only. It’s not a bad beer I can appreciate the flavour notes, I don’t think this style is my thing but will try again at some point with a different brew.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2020 at 00:40

6.8

theplanck (7492) reviewed Postman's Knock from Hobsons Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Clean nice beer crisp light and drinkable and good beer. Greta bbf 202020 birmingham

Tried on 06 Feb 2020 at 22:17