Gloucester Brewery Pop Goes The Porter

Pop Goes The Porter

 

Gloucester Brewery in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: BrewDog
  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
7.05
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Pop Goes the Porter is a salted caramel popcorn porter. Expect notes of dark chocolate, coffee and a subtle hint of salted caramel. Perfectly balanced with a gentle bitterness, its smooth finish and moderate ABV make it a cosy, approachable beer, ideal for a Christmas movie night!
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown to black with a lasting beige head. The big vanilla and chocolate syrup aroma made me fear it would be too sweet. But no - on tasting the vanilla and cocoa is well balanced against coffee and a nice roastiness. Nice and smooth too. Top notch stuff.

Tried from Draft at Gloucester Brewery @ Warehouse 4 on 18 Feb 2025 at 19:15


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark brown/black pour with a tan head; strong aromas of caramel, then white bread, milk/cream; taste similar with some red berries, oranges, smooth aftertaste

Tried on 25 Jan 2023 at 18:13


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at BD Soho, 20/10/22. Black with a good sized tan cap. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, spice, toffee, hint of coffee. Taste comprises mellow roast, dark fruit rinds, figs, coffee, chocolate biscuit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent porter.

Tried on 03 Nov 2022 at 17:17


8

keg at brewdog dog house.. dark black.. thin tan lacing.. soft sweet nutty chocolate roast malts.. dark sweet popcorn chocolate roast malts... little thin soft sweet chocolate Roast malts

Tried on 25 Oct 2022 at 19:08



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at doghouse edinburgh. Pours brown, nose is caramel, vanilla, chocolate, taste is similar, chewy, light sweetness.

Tried on 24 Oct 2022 at 07:45


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Brewdog shepherds Bush, collabfest 2022. A jet black coloured pour with a sticky light beige head. Aroma is medium sweet coconut wagon wheel, chocolate, cream. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, fine carbonation. Ok. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, fine mineral, bannoffee, dried chocolate powder, fine. Little bitter in the finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2022 at 13:40