Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a dark amber colour with a reddish tint and an average sized lasting creamy head. A subtle aroma, toffee apple, sweet malts and red berries. A moderately sweet taste, sweet biscuity malts, toffee and red fruit flavours with a smooth sweetish malty finish. Not much bitterness.
MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Notting Helles from Portobello Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A bright amber pour with a thin white head; grainy aroma; grainy body with caramel and a strong vegetal bitterness; then a finish that seems to blend barley sugar with boiled cabbage, leaving a spicy aftertaste. Strange.
IPARater72 (1393) reviewed Stiff Lip from Portobello Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pint at the local pub. Clear amber pour. Aromas and tase of citrus fruit, some hints of other fruits in taste as well. Nutty, slightly bitter aftertaste, but enjoyable.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Very slightly hazy gold with a bubbly white head and very little aroma, just a hint of malt and citrus. Fizzy, bitter, malty and fruity but all a bitof a mess really, and served far too cold
SHIG (13887) reviewed APA American Pale Ale from Portobello Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask: Poured a golden with white lacing head. Aroma fruity, hoppy, malty. Taste is fruity, bitter hops, malty backbone.
berkshirejohn (10300) reviewed Tropical Crush from Portobello Brewing Co. 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading.] A bright amber pour with a scattered white head; sweet tropical fruit aroma; full bodied with some grapefruit and tropical flavours; finishing with a tangy citrus bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Alehouse, Reading. Pours clear dark amber with a sliver of a beige head. Aroma: toasted grains, hedgerow fruits, caramel. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, more toasted grains, earthy hops, caramel. Light body with low carbonation. Not special.