Sir Rogers Porter

Half on cask at Dove Street Inn (4.2% ABV). Black-brownish body. Thin, off-white head. Aroma brings flashes of liquorice and chocolate malt. Mild roasted taste with coarse-grain and sweet chocolate. Bitter afternotes. Quite well bodied for its low strength (Ipswich, 04.05.2008).

Cask at GBBF 2007. A very dark brown beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt - the roasted malt lending it a slight acidity combined with a slight note of berries. The flavor is sweet mlaty with light notes of roasted malt, berries and vegetables, leading to a slightly bitter and roasted finish. The mouthfeel is very smooth. Nice, but the body is thin.

Bottle at LCRBM3. Hazy dark brown, no head. Decent malt, some caramel and good coffee and choc. Very drinkable, a bit like a choccy bitter. Easy drinking.

Cask (handpump) @ Victoria, Earl Soham, England IP13.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, nutty, caramel, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter, some vinegar notes with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (010808)7-4-7-3-13 Cask @ GBBF 2007, London.Dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light to moderate hoppy, fruit, notes of licorice. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to creamy ! carbonation is flat.6-3-7-3-13

Hazy, near-black brown; bottled version of B.C.H. Sweet nose, with sweet apples and English hops. Lightly sweet, liquorice, cardboard flavours and precious little hops left. Light body, but very slick. A bit light as a porter, compared to DK/USA porters. But rather attractive easy-drinking one.

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is malts, hops and some dark fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, some hops and wooden hints. Pleasant thing.

Bottle August 05 picked up from the shop near the brewery. Dark brown coloured some fruitiness and and malt in the aroma. Some fruitiness in the flavour not really porterish and a bit on the thin side, bit dry as well. fine but nothing exciting.