Old Porter
Enville Brewery in Enville, Staffordshire, England 🏴
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Score
6.57
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Old Porter 4.5% ABV is a traditional porter style ale, dark and creamy in appearance and offering a complex mix of roast malts, English hops and a wonderful caramel finish.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Purplish brown, translucent. A smooth beige head on top. Liquorice and blackberry in the aroma. And in the taste as well. Sweet with only a hint of roast malt. A bitter/sour hoppy note balances the finish. Body is really watery for a porter. Not a fantastic beer, but it’s drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2017
at 12:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Walsall Camra, beer festival 2015. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin whispy light tan head. The aroma is chocolate, light sweet malt. The flavour is moderate sweet, light bitter with a light, watery, malt, dry mineral palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Apr 2015
at 08:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the NWAF, Derby ’14. Black pour with a beige head. Toffee and caramel aroma. Sweet malt flavour with hints of coffee. Smooth. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2014
at 07:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From a bladder bag/box on the train from Thurso to Inverness, thanks to SP for sourcing, 20/10/13. Mid black with little in the way of a head, thin light tan edgeing forms aside the glass. Nose is light roast malts, dark fruit, toffee. Taste comprises dark fruit tang, cake mix, dark malts, brown sugar, dates. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, tangy fruit finale. Average porter.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2013
at 13:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Two hand-pulled half-pints during the 22nd Festival At The Edge: July 2013. Very dark, in fact black in colour with a thick creamy tan head. Strong, sweet aroma of roasted malts and dark berries. The taste was also sweetish with again dark berries to the fore. Body a bit thin but flavoursome enough.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2013
at 13:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On gravity at the Tewkesbury Beer festival, 4/02/2011. Jet black, with a slick of tan passing as a head. Sweet, berry fruit and chocolate aroma, with robust roasted malts. Flavour of oat grains, prune and charcoal, with some sweet black currant in the finish. Enjoyable.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2011
at 06:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 27 Nov 2010) Black colour with ruby hints when seen through light. Brief head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of coffee, dark fruit, dark bread and hints of chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with dark fruit, raisins, prunes, dark bread and mild coffee bitterness. Medium body, quite sweet. Nice and well made porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2011
at 13:48
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half on gravity at London Drinker BF 08, evening session. No head. Black body with ruby hints. The light aroma is predominantly sweet dark fruits and malt. A rather unusual taste for a porter with hop resin, dark fruits and notes of honey sweetness. Smooth bitter finish. Medium palate (12.03.2008).
Tried
on 20 Mar 2008
at 14:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Black with dark beige head. Some good sourness on this and a bit oily in mouth. Bit sour, some liquorice, some ginger/spice. Quite nice. Dry/sour porter
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2006
at 03:53