Twickenham Fine Ales Brown Porter

Brown Porter

 

Twickenham Fine Ales in Twickenham, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: De Struise Brouwers
  Porter Special Out of Production
Score
7.33
ABV: 5.0% IBU: - Ticks: 5
Collaboration between Struise of Belgium and Twickenham of the UK. Brewed using amber and black malts and flaked oats, it’s a tremendously dark and malty beer with a delicious chocolate and coffee taste.
 

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

The first porter in Belgium, though in fact brewed at Twickenham’s in the UK. Thick, creamy, yellowish head, very dark ruby red colour, blackish, misty. Aroma of ground coffee beans, sweet tobacco, mint, toffee, raisins, peat, bitter chocolate. Powerful taste, kicking of sweetish with nutty and peaty side character, dark fruits, granular mouthfeel, a bit oily as well, deep maltiness, roasted bitterness in the finish though in a subtle, gentle way - which kind of prevents this from being regarded as a stout, I suppose.

Tried on 15 Oct 2014 at 12:11


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

Cask at BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium
Deep black body. Off-white fizzy head. Aroma of strong malts. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour. Moderately bitter, lightly sweet finish. Nice bitterness of hops coming up in the end.

Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2009 at 08:13


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

500ml Bottle - Black in colour. Roasted aroma with chocolate, coffee and some smoky hints. Smooth and chocolatey taste with a moderate sweetness. Coffee and some very slightly smoked hints in the finish. A cracking porter.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2009 at 19:09


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

Cask [ gravity ] @ 15de BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium.Clear medium brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, coffee, chocolate, burnt notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20081011]

Tried from Cask on 10 Jan 2009 at 04:14


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask handpull at White Horse, Parsons Green. Having been to the Twickenham brewery during the time that Urbain from Struise was over brewing this, I approached it with a lot of anticipation. Very dark brown with thin beige head. Chocolate and malt aroma. Just a little watery in mouth, could do with a bit more condition. Quite full on the swallow though, with good drying malt on finish. Good full choc maltiness that has a hint of spice on the finish. 3.5/5 Re-rate at SIBA Hop Farm, Paddock Wood. So much better than in White Horse. The roasted choc fullness is superb. Really woke me up. Startled me, great body, aroma of choc and malt is lovely. Great in mouth. Just so much better and fuller.

Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2008 at 09:50