Smoked Porter
Slater's Ales in Stafford, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.53
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3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Sampled May 2015. Pours deep brown towards black with a tan cap. Light smoked malt aroma. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, smoked beechwood malts. Medium body with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2023
at 18:20
30/10/2015. RED LION, 640 High Road Leytonstone, LONDON, E11, England (ANTIC)
Tried
on 01 Feb 2023
at 16:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal cream head and good lacing. Some malts in the aroma with a smoky tinge. More smokiness in the body together with grains, roasted malts and hints of apples. Later on there are traces of coffee. Finish is very strongly smoky. This is the highest rated Slater’s beer I’ve had – but that doesn’t say much !
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2022
at 22:56
6/10
Tried
on 19 Dec 2015
at 21:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Slaters Smoked Porter ].Clear medium to dark brown color with a average to small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, smoke, meat - bacon (smoke bacon). Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, smoke, plastic, roasted, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141009]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2015
at 15:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 2015 Red Lion Beer Festival, Histon. Translucent dark ruddy brown. Almost no head. As much as the smoked malt comes through, the aroma is surprisingly subdued. The taste is sweet with bitter/umami edges provided by the smoky character. Another beer with a flat oily palate. Sigh. A good beer overall if not a game changer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2015
at 14:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2015. Chestnut-ruby coloured ale with a small head. Found this one more fruity than smoked, but it may not have travelled well to the festival.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2015
at 09:57
6/10
Tried
on 15 May 2015
at 16:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Appleyards, Shrewsbury. Pours dark with tan head. Light smoked malt aroma. Taste bears a fair amount of smoked beechwood but lacking some clarity. Light bitter finish. Nice but just not quite hitting the mark.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2015
at 09:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Grape & Grain Crystal Palace. It pours deep brown with a decent off-white head. The nose is earthy, toasty, bitter-sweet, charred wood, smoke and a touch of sweet plastic. The taste is bitter, earthy roast, charred wood, smoke, treacle, dark fruits, pepper, mild astringency and tar with a dry, toasty finish. A touch burnt. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not sure on this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2015
at 09:13