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Founded by Oliver Hughes & Liam Lahart, the Porterhouse Brew Co. are Ireland's pioneers of craft beer. Opening Ireland's first brewpub in the heart of Dublin, Temple Bar. Nowadays with a chain of successful bars in Dublin, London and New York the company is now producing from a state of the art brewery located in Glasnevin, Dublin. The expansion to the 120 barrel brewing facility in 2017 helps service our own bars but provides quality beer outside of the bars to consumers throughout Ireland while exporting to over 20 markets globally. The Porterhouse Brew Co. is proud to be a fully run independent brewery with a focus on consistency, quality and innovation.
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7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Plums, sweet caramel. Taste is intensely sweetish-fruity, with a heavy bitter touch, feels boozy. Only 6.5ABV? incredible. A real taste explosion. Crazy stuff, but maybe someone appreciates it.
Tried on 23 Oct 2015 at 17:01

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Ottakringer shop. Clear orange colour. Overall lots of hoppiness, grassy, herbal, minty. Solid malty base, caramel, lightest hint of roast. Very tasty, with a dry minty finish. Easily drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 13:48

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle from Ottakringer shop. Dark Amber orange color with thick white head. Strong citrus, spicy hoppy aroma. Taste, caramel malt, citrus hops with zest, herbal notes. Long hoppy bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2015 at 13:46

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Drsught in Temple Bar. Clean Amber with a thin head. Aroma is fruity hop. Flavour is big jam hop, really intense dose of flavour, spicy caramel, not going to drink pints of this but it is intense stuff
Tried on 18 Oct 2015 at 16:56

8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 15A). Bottle 33 cl - Batch unknown. AROMA: moderate-low malt aroma with caramelly notes and slight diacetyl. clean fermentation profile and no hops discernible. APPEARANCE: dark ambar to reddish copper. translucent. low beige head with average retention. TASTE: very little caramel flavour with a roasted presence. medium-low bitterness with a dry and somewhat roasted finish. clean fermentation profile. PALATE: medium-light to light body with moderate carbonation. OVERALL: a good irish red ale more balanced towards roasted and dry finish, but still a good style example.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2015 at 12:07

6/10
Tried on 09 Oct 2015 at 04:15

5.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Well it was not bad, but it was nothing to write home about either. Done.
Amber color with a thick off white head. Good lacing. Looks very nice. Some roast, mild fruity and some toffee. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Ok the flavor do not vanish fast. So nothing wrong with it. Just not my cup of ale.
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Tried from Draft on 09 Oct 2015 at 02:33

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 33 cl. Black color with tan foam. Aroma: roasted barley, caramel, dark malts, coffee with brandy and good floral hop. Taste: dry with strong notes of roasted barley, bitter chocolate and black coffee without sugar, strong hoppy and bitter aftertaste. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2015 at 04:06

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle 330 ml. Dlack with garnet color, good beige foam. Aroma: roasted, caramel, pleasant floral hops and prunes. Taste: sweet and spicy, with a hint of salt, caramel and burnt barley, spice reminded anise or coriander, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2015 at 04:01

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 0.33 l. Copper-red color with weak foam. Aroma: jam, caramel, slightly toasted malt. Taste: sweet and malty, caramel and fruity, light hop bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2015 at 03:57