Bush Berry Porter
J D Wetherspoon in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Barons Brewing CompanyBrewed at/by: Banks's
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Special Out of Production
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Score
6.77
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This dark ale has a smooth, roasted malt flavour and silky mouthfeel, courtesy of the oatmeal used. The sly nightshade berry is a native Australian bush tomato which imparts muscaty raisin-like notes and a savoury finish to this unique beer.
Hops used: Fuggles, North down
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eurosoba (18570) ticked Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 3 years ago
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
15h April 2009
Clear but very dark brown beer. Fairly soft palate but a little dry. No bitterness or roastiness. Nice red fruit and malt coming through at the end. A real grower this one.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Bankers Draft, 1–3 Market Place, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 2GH.Clear dark dark brown color with a average, creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, raisin - bush berry. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Easy and very drinkeable. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090418]
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
The pump clip at The Flying Horse JDW, Gatwick Airport said 5% abv. Thin, beige head resting over a very dark brown body. Aroma of dark berries. Comprehensive taste of sweet berries, raisin added by spiced and smoked malts. Some excitements, but with the lack of bitterness it gets too sweet on the swallow (05.05.2009).
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Deep blackcurrant purple colour with a thin tan head; vaguely fruity aroma; thin bodied with some berry fruit flavour; sweet finish. Disappointing.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Cask at Penderel’s Oak JDW, Holborn, London, 15 Apr 2009) Dark colour with ruby hints and frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark fruit and coffee. Malty, fruity taste with dark fruit, wild berries and roasted hints of coffee. Not very bitter, fairly sweet. A bit weird, but the combination of roasted coffee and wild berries works quite well. Nice one.
Fin (18365) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Exchange, JDW, Banbury, Oxon, 20-04-09 Pours very dark brown with a light beige head. The nose was initially a little rubbery but then after a while I did get some dark sticky fruits but to be honest the aroma was the one weak point with this beer. Taste is laden with dark sticky fruits, I get the raisins, but also some really sticky dates plenty of dark brown sugar, there’s no denying this is sweet but its still very nice. Treacle, dundee cake marvellous its all there a most enjoyable beer and the best so far for me at this festival. A5 A4 F7 P4 Ov15 3.5
Downender (11275) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 18/04/09. Near black in colour with a decent tan head. Roast aroma with some dark fruit in the background. Easy drinking, with more roastiness, dried fruits and a lingering, charred finish. Very enjoyable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
[Gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Pours black with purple hints and a moderate creamy head. Intense blackberry aroma which continues strongly into the flavour, intensifying to suggest raisins. Some plum sourness in the background is balanced with lots of rich chocolate and roasted malt, which make for a very smooth drink indeed. Smokey hints come through in the finish. This is really very very good indeed, and even though it’s only the first day of the ’Spoons fest, I doubt I’ll find anything to match this. In fact, I might skip the rest of the festival beers and just stick with this one... c9
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Bush Berry Porter from J D Wetherspoon 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Black, very dark brown. Lasting thick cream head. Certainly a pretty looking beer. Really quite a tasty toasted roast malt beer. Yes not perfect and maybe not showy but I like this over soemthing like Guinness. Has elements of a dry Irish stout. Yes some dark dark fruit in there some milk choc and this dry powder charcoal edge. Some creamy ness in mouth. Yes pretty good.