Port O'Call
Bank Top Brewery in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.85
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A dark and mysterious easy drinking ale with masses of character. Vintage Ruby Port is added to the cask to provide an unusual depth of flavour. One for the connoisseur.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Swan & Railway, Wigan. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a sizable (lively pour) frothy cream head and good lacing. Roasted malts ot the fore in the aroma, plus traces of liquorice and alcohol. Roasted malts again in the mouth where it is slightly sweet overall. Plenty of dark fruits in the flavour too, some rum and cola with hints of liquorice coming later. Finish is slightly fruity. This is quite nice – certainly plenty of flavour.
Tried
from Cask
at
Swan & Railway
on 04 Jun 2025
at 13:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint on cask at the Layton Rakes.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
at
Layton Rakes (JDW)
on 31 Mar 2025
at 11:16
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours near black with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, dark berries, coffee, liquorice, nuts & roasted malt. Medium body. Soft finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 18:50
Historic check-in
Tried
on 05 Nov 2022
at 12:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks for yet another ship label!]. Jet black colour with small to average, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Slightly weak, roasty dark malty and fruity hoppy aroma, hints of coffee, dark chocolate, blueberry, bramble, liquorice overtones. Taste is minimally sweet, roasty dark malty, hints of milk chocolate, a touch of treacle, fruity hoppy overtones with a touch of blueberry and bramble, an additional touch of liquorice in the finish. Oily texture, smooth, soft, silky palate. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2019
at 05:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
3/5/2019. Cask at the 28th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours very dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, coffee, berries and a little molasses. Medium sweetness with moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, very soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2019
at 11:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask ale at White Cross in Lancaster. Shared with Finn. Filmy layer, fair lacing and a clear dark brown coloured body. Promising aroma of chocolate malts. Taste of chocolate, nuts and a backdrop of dark fruits. Ends with chocolate notes, nicely roasted. Likable. (06.02.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2019
at 12:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget skum. Sjokoladearoma. Smaken lakris & melkesjokolade. Tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2019
at 18:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2015 - London. Pours clear brown with a creamy tan head. The nose holds burnt toast and faint cocoa. Light to medium sweet flavour, some toast, cocoa, dried fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Sweet finish, further toasted brown bread. Serviceable.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Sep 2018
at 12:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2018, Olympia, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Sweet, caramel, dark fruit aroma. Tastes slightly sweet, caramel ,dark fruit, hint of port in there.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2018
at 10:09