Swannay Brewery Starboard Porter

Starboard Porter

 

Swannay Brewery in Swannay, Orkney, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Porter Regular
Score
6.88
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 14
A complex malt bill and dialled back hop grist give us a luscious, layered, smooth and sophisticated porter.
 

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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown to black. Opaque with a fawn head. Nose - creamy milk chocolate and caramel. Light biscuit. Taste - chocolate biscuits and caramel again. Palate - creamy texture, close to medium bodied. Fairly sweet but decent texture. Overall - good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2020 at 01:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Aldi Inverurie. It pours darkest brown to black with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy roast, toasty, umami, some sticky BBQ ribs vibes, cacao, dark chocolate drizzle and salted caramel. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, earthy roast, coffee grounds, plain chocolate, umami, sticky BBQ ribs, toothy, salted caramel, peppery spice, charred wood and a touch metallic with a dry, toasty finish. Average body and fairly high, prickly carbonation. Decent flavour to it, but let down a bit by the prickly carbonation. Would prefer to try this out on cask.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2020 at 15:01


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Black Country Arms, Walsall. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light roasted malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light, roasty, earthy, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2015 at 17:19


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the cask and barrel (Southside). Pours clear dark brown, thin off-white head. Aromas of dark malt, chocolate. Taste is light spice, dark brown sugar, roast. Thin and watery.

Tried from Cask on 13 Mar 2015 at 01:33