Brewster’s Stilton Porter

Brewed by Brewsters (UK)
Style: Porter
Grantham, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Half pint from bar 1 at NWAF, shared with Finn. Deep, rosewood coloured body. Shiny black surface. Aroma of bittersweet malts, hints of anise. Slightly roasted malty taste offset by dark fruity hops. Bitter liquorice to the ending. Easy to drink. Ok porter (Manchester, 24.01.2013).

Cask at NWAF, 2013. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Raisin, chocolate and dates aroma. Dark malt, chocolate, some coffee and sweet spice flavour. Satisfying.

Bottle from Open All Hours Keswick. A black beer with ruby red highlights. The beer has an initial chocolate and fruity sweetness with liquorice notes followed by coffee on the finish.

Cask at Mason & Taylor, London. Pours hazy, darek brown with a small, off-white cream. Dusty cocoa in the nose. Light sweet flavor, dry cocoa, leaves, light grassy bitterness, some burnt wood. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Very, very dry on the finish, more dusty cocoa, some wood, dry grassy bitterness, some leaves. So so.

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 22/10/2011. Near black with reddish undertones and a tight, off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and dark fruits. Flavour had some chunky chocolate, coffee and more fruit, leading to a long, dry finish. Excellent.

Don’t get the Stilton but really nice smoky stout - solid and drinkable with enough complexity to be interesting ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

cask - Pours dark brown with a small head. It smells of roast malt and tastes of dark roast malt and chocolate. It seems light for a porter, but it’s decent.

Cask conditioned at The Cambridge Blue, Cambridge. Black with ruby hue and tan head. Impressive, palate dominating beer, heavily bitter for a porter which really adds to it, the bitterness coming from the darkly roasted, toasted malts. Slugs of licorice notes come next giving a texture to the beer, a very interesting attempt.

Cask gravity at Dover / White Cliffs Fest 2009. A robust and roughly bitter dark ale. The bitterness is off putting.

Cask at the Newshouse, Nottingham. This is really a surprisingly good porter. Rich and smooth, it is very chocolatey and malty with hints of roast and smoke. It has a wonderful bitterness. One of the best dark beers I have had this year.