Batemans Salem Porter

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Porter
Skegness, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 30 July) Colour is black with some ruby notes when seen through light, frothy beige head. Nose is roasted with chocolate, tobacco and wet ashes, a bit modest actually. Taste is roasted with chocolate and tobacco, some citrus as well. Some sweetness but mainly dry. Balanced bitterness in the finish. Medium body. Not very complex, but a nice porter. A long time ago the first cask conditioned porter I ever tasted was Salem Porter, which really was a revelation for me, so I still retain fond feelings about this beer.

From November 2008: The other Friday, after a really crap week at work I stopped off on the way home to see what was on offer in The Cock Hotel (Wellington, Shropshire). To my delight I discovered this truely wonderful beer. Poured via a handpull into a pint sleeve (I had two pints), it was a fantasticly deep, dark ruby red colour. It looked black when in shaddow, but held up to the light, its true colour could be appreciated. The head was a firm off white blanket of foam, it almost stayed until the end, but didn’t quite make it. The aroma was of smoked peat, liquorice, roasted and toasted plums, coffee and chocolate all in about equal ammounts. The taste was as the smell, but with raisens added and some dark toffee. Just about right in the mouthfeel, not too rich or creamy, but full bodied and wholesome. Two pints was the perfect ammount, walked home a happier person. Three pints wouldn’t have been a good idea, one pint not enough.

On cask at Manchester Winter Ales Festival. Dark chestnut with thin brown head. Nutty nose with malts. Nuts, vanilla and malty mouth taste. Quite sweet. Tasty.

Draft. Dark color with small white head. Aroma is licorice, roasted malt. flavor is licorice and some faint sour winy wood note. Backlog

On cask at Bon Accord, Glasgow. Not bad, but lacks body. Aromas of roasted caramel, with hints of chocolate and cola. Taste is sweet, with light bitterness, and average length. Palate is oily, and medium bodied. Dark brown, with a frothy head.

A - Dry fruit and coffee A - Dark, with thick head T - Sour, some sweet with roasted bitter P - Full and soft O - Nice porter

First tasted this in the Three Judges, Glasgow in July 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with a creamy tan head. Strong roast malt and toffee in the lingering aroma. Burnt toast flavour from the black malt which gives way to plum fruit, soft chewy caramel and liquorice in the dark malt complex. Bitter hop resins present in the dry spicy aftertaste. Bitter and a hint of wood smoke in the finish. This is a good solid porter and well recommended.

Cask at the Cricketers, Croydon. It pours darkest brown, near black, with a thin foamy beige head and low carbonation. The nose is charcoal, liquorice, caramel and a little soy sauce. The taste is charcoal, smoke, liquorice, underlying caramel, roasted malt, nut, dark chocolate, salt and coffee, with a roasty-bitter finish. A really enjoyable cask porter.

Cask at Christian Firtal. Black with a lasting tan head. Aroma of caramel, licorice, dried fruit and dark chocolate. Dry and fruity flavour with a slightly tart edge. Mild roasted flavour notes. Rather complex and one of the best cask porters I have had

Cask. Black and opaque with a vague reddish hue and a small off-white head. Lightly tart pruney fruit in the nose. Medium-bodied, some roasted malt and again lots of prune. Lightly tart edge and a light mat bitter finish. 190211

pitch dark, small white head. aroma is licorice, roasted stuff flavor is licorice, faint soursh, dry, roasted stuff, winy wood note.