Brewsters Stilton Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

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 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 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.

UPDATED: NOV 9, 2010 1)Cask, Leicester Fest ’08 (Thurs afternoon session). Intense fat roast, loose tan head, ruby tints, unfolding chocolate behind the bitterness, leather, Bovril, big hoppy IBUs. Dark and complex. Solid beer to open the festival with... 2) Cask, The Struggler’s Inn, Lincoln. Faint ashy plum aroma . Blackberry and cocoa hints, actually ganja quite strongly as it heats . Mahogany with ruby glints and yellow-tan drapes. Slight soapiness, fag ash flicks; herbaceous and a bit tedious with a sliver of choc orange. Where’s the cheese? About as good as it’s gonna get in Lincoln today. 636313

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark brown with a beige head. Dusty, ashy malt aroma. Medium chocolate taste. Very mild finish. Just the ticket.

Cask@Leicester Beer Festival 2007. Dark beer with a light head. The aroma is deeply dry and the flavour is dry, not cheesey and slightly thick. Overall a reasonable beer.