North Star
Silhill Brewery in Birmingham, Aston, West Midlands, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.91
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Darker than the mothership it lives in. Settle down in your comfy wing back chair and savour a classic hopped indulgence. We really do separate the wheat from the chaff with this warming, rich Porter, lovingly composed using de-husked grain. Not at all bitter, shamelessly moreish. Enjoy.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a dark copper with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. Roasted malts to the fore in the aroma alongside herbal hints and caramel. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture. Flavour has roasted malts, floral hops, bread rolls and green herbs. Later on there are hints of cola, chocolate and liquorice as well. Finish is somewhat dry and malty. This is decent – very moreish
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Arms
on 13 Jul 2026
at 14:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity Cask at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2025. Dark amber brown colour, thin foam rim and aroma of roast malt. Taste is roasty, malty, tangy, with watery & bready notes and some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasted bitterness finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2025
at 16:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Wellington, Brum. Aroma is rich - coffee. Albeit a veg undertow. Cola brown. Opaque. Foamy translucent beige head. Flaaqise qe hae bur burnt caramel offers and a herbal and citrus edge. Light-medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Hoppy Porter, as described. Verging on a BIPA but with sweet elements.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2024
at 17:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at London & North Western (JDW) at New Street Station, Birmingham. Pours deep brown with a tan cap. Aroma: sweet-ish chocolate malts, caramel, liquorice hints. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, smooth, chocolate malts,, caramel, treacle. Medium body with fine carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2023
at 19:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint, cask ale at Figure of Eight (JDW). Remaining beige head leaving upper part lacing on the glass, deep dark brown body. Moderately roasted aromas of brown malts, bready. Mid-sweet taste profile of caramel malts, bread, and cocoa. Roasted grainy bitterness to the end. Like it. (Birmingham 15.02.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2023
at 08:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Ultramørk amber. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Sjokoladearoma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken rosin, svisker & kakao. Tørr, lett bitter avslutning. Litt røstet malt.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2023
at 10:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Dark brown, slight ruby tinge, small off-white head, reasonable retention. Aroma is chocolate malts, light roast, semi-sweetness. Taste is sweet, roast malts, chocolate, red berries, bitter finish, very moreish. Moderate body and nice soft carbonation. There are no surprises here but it is a well made good solid tasty porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2020
at 01:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Royal Oak, Shrewsbury. Pours dark, pale tan head. Aroma has moderately sweet malt leanings. Taste is smooth, fairly rich with good treacle, faint liquorice, dark malts. Delicious stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jun 2017
at 14:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light roast malt, some light sweet creamy caramel. The flavour is moderate sweet, light liqourice bitter with a silky smooth rich red berry fruit, light sweet chocolate, light liqourice hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2016
at 16:39