Cavedweller
Caveman Brewery in Dartford, Kent, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.85
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Our flagship beer. A big rich porter with a full body and balanced bitterness from UK Bramling Cross hops. Chocolate and coffee notes come through in the malt and dark berry flavours from the hops.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Dark but slightly muddy in appearance. Foamy beige head. Aroma combines tang fruit and coffee. Underlying creaminess. Initial creamy.coffee with a berry edge. Develops a bitter espresso bite. Latterly develops malts. Medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2025
at 17:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, roast malts, dark fruit rinds.
Taste comprises toasted brown sugars, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, toffee.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay drop.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, roast malts, dark fruit rinds.
Taste comprises toasted brown sugars, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, toffee.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay drop.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2025
at 10:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
24-27/10/2023. From cask at the 45th Norwich Beer Festival. Pours close to black with a small bubbly beige head. Good pour. Aroma is chocolate, malt, dark fruits, berries, aniseed, cinnamon, hint of coffee, spicy edge. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness, touch tart. Medium body, oily, light fizz. Fading spicy finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2023
at 19:55
16/01/2016. DARTFORD WORKING MENS CLUB, Essex Road, DARTFORD, Kent, England
Tried
on 18 Nov 2022
at 06:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the Derby Winter Beer Festival 2020. Deep amber colour with a thin head. Aroma and taste are sweet malty. Smooth and slightly fruity.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2020
at 20:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Caveman Cavedweller ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, soy sauce, light burnt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt, soy sauce, roasted, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141206] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2016
at 10:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Rake, London. Dark ruby-brown color, small beige head. Aroma has chocolate, overriped banana and ash. Light-bodied. Raisins, chocolate, earthy hops. Sweetish finish with short bitterness in the aftertaste. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2016
at 10:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Roasty dark malty aroma with butterscotch, toffee and vanilla interludes, hints of white coffee. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, hints of caramel, a touch of toffee, fruity hoppy overtones with red berry touch; slightly prickling carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2016
at 16:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Festival der Bierkulturen. Sehr dunkel braune Farbe, mittelgroße beige Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, Karamell, rote Früchte süß röstmalzig, Vanille, Karamell, nett.
Tried
on 29 May 2016
at 05:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Taproom Beer Festival, 2016, Woolwich. Black pour with a beige head. Chocolate, licorice and vanilla aroma. Vanilla, chocolate and coffee flavour. Very smooth. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2016
at 11:58