Taste The Difference - London Porter
Sainsbury's in Holborn, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.55
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A rich, dark beer packed with intense flavours of chocolate and spicy liquorice. This style of beer was very popular in London during the 18th century and can trace its roots back to 1720. It is brewed with charred malt and English hops to give a truly unique flavour.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, milk chocolate, malt extract, toffee. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, milk chocolate, dark malt, light roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111204]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2012
at 11:52
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled at chriso’s. Dark brown, beige head. Some chocolate and caramel. Mid sweet with medium body. Caramelly with low hop rate anf bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2011
at 03:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Deep ruby red colour, small off.white head. Aroma is chocolate, toffee, ashes and some other coffeeish and mild fudgeish notes. Flavour is roasted malts, toffee, ashes, coffee and some other stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2011
at 16:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home in London with Chris. Pours clear, dark brown with a small, off-white head. Dark malts on the nose with hints of cocoa. Slight lactic sweetness in the flavor, some faintly roasted malts, very light earthy bitters. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes slightly tangy with that lactic bit, some faint char, very faint dark fruits. A decent beer overall, though lacking a little in the complexity department.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2011
at 14:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Well what can I say about yet another Sheps pasteurised beer in a clear bottle that I havent said already? Well I like Sheps smaller brews over the past few years. The head brewer has actually produced some decent berrs. This has a decent roasty aroma with some good dark fruits too. Blackberries and blackcurrants. The body only suffers a little from the light pasteurisation. The finish is surprisingly decent. I rather like it. The choc the fruit the finish. Decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2011
at 12:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours black with a large head. Aroma is milk chocolate. Taste starts with a little milk chocolate. Coffee and liquorice finish. Bit overly carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2011
at 15:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Near black, with a hint of red when held up to the light and billowy, momentary tan head. Aroma of strong black coffee, bitter chocolate and a hint of dark fruit. Flavours of liquorice, more chocolate and charred malts, leading to a very dry, burnt finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2010
at 22:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Kidlington, Oxon, consumed 15.10.10 Pours dark conker brown with some red highlights and a large frothy beige head. Quite a dry stout though there is some underlying sweetness (just) Plenty of big roasty bitterness, in fact this bitterness really sticks around for a while. If I had a criticism it is that it’s a little thin for the strength, in fact its quite challenging as well, though I rather like it. A6 A5 T7 P3 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2010
at 23:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Sainsburys, Bracknell. Deep reddish magohany in colour with a dense coffee coloured head; malty aroma with some light chocolate; medium body and a silky texture; nutty milky chocolate malts; and a dry finish. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 25 Sep 2010
at 11:42