Subsidiaries
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Rerate, dark garnet. Creamy head. Bittersweet chocolate, a healthy dose of coffee, mild roasted character. Smooth. Really outstanding stuff! Something I could drink alot of.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2000
at 14:04
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
One of the best vintage beers I ever had was a 1989 Carnegie Porter, aged 11 years. This was the OLD recipe, Klass III version. Absolute masterpiece. This rating is for the new recipe, not aged. That other one was a 5.0.
Amendment: The 1989 is now past its prime. It is still a tasty drop, but no longer a 5.0. Newer vintages tasted - 1999,2001, 2003 are all thin, lagerish and lousy. Avoid. Numbers are a compilation of recent vintages.
Another amendment. I’m beginning to suspect there is a different Carnegie Porter brewed for the American market as a recent sampling of a 2001 showed a full-bodied beer with ample toast and cocoa.
Amendment: The 1989 is now past its prime. It is still a tasty drop, but no longer a 5.0. Newer vintages tasted - 1999,2001, 2003 are all thin, lagerish and lousy. Avoid. Numbers are a compilation of recent vintages.
Another amendment. I’m beginning to suspect there is a different Carnegie Porter brewed for the American market as a recent sampling of a 2001 showed a full-bodied beer with ample toast and cocoa.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2000
at 23:21
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
1) don't get the version with 3.5% alcohol. There are stronger versions of this beer available. 2) Word on the street is that this is one of Pripps' better beers. That's too bad.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2000
at 21:44