Stroud Brewery Woolsack

Woolsack

 

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

  Porter Regular Out of Production
Score
6.50
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 12
A rich easy-drinking porter, a brew of great character.
 

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Tried on 07 Sep 2015 at 14:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50 cl bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a small off white head. Aroma is fruity, toasted malty and light caramelish. Bitter, toasted and light breadish malty, dry and dry malty. Bitter and roasted finish.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2015 at 17:35


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Clear ruby red, brown-ish colour with small, frothy, diminishing, minimally lacing, beige head. Fruity aroma, notes of red fruit, cherry, plum. Taste is dry, fruity, notes of plum; flat carbonation, slightly insipid. Nice fruity notes, but somewhat one-dimensional and flat.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2014 at 08:50


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

50cl bottle from Budgens, Belsize Park. A murky looking mid-brown pour with a billowing beige head, and an attracive golden glow when held to the light; a pleasant malty taste with a hint of chocolate malt; and a gentle, prickly, bitterness to finish. Very much let down by the appearance.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2013 at 16:41


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Lilla Bjers, Gotland. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Sweet aroma of dark baking syrup. Rather light sweet chocolate and some rosted malt.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2013 at 13:13


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at a ChrisO tasting - London. Pours clear, light brown with a fine, white film head. Dark bread in the nose with very faint cocoa notes. Light sweet flavor with more dark bread, some light earth, dark sugars. Light of body and fine of carbonation. Mild sweetness to finish with mellow chocolate, some toast. A bit bland but not offensive.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2013 at 11:26


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

50 cl bottle at City Pub, Göteborg, sampled on October 26, 2012.Clear dark reddish brown color, huge creamy lasting tan head. Sweet, berry, chocolate, mint, spicy scent. Mineral, malty, cocoa taste. Dry grainy aftertaste, a bit acidic. Medium mouthfeel, medium low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2012 at 14:16


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, malt extract, caramelized sugar - malt, sugar. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sugary, malt extract, roasted notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120503]

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2012 at 05:49


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

Bottled. Rubyish amber colour, mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity and floral notes with mild chocolaty notes. Flavour is quite similar and a nice balance.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2012 at 16:46


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy dark brown, small head. Tarry licorice aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Some glue and burnt bread. Low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2011 at 01:19