Butts Blackguard Porter

Brewed by Butts
Style: Porter
Hungerford, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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500ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Poured a rich, deep ruby colour with a well retained creamy, one-finger & lacing beige to light tan head. Red fruits with a toasty, gently roasted edge & a soft liquorice note in the aroma. Juicy red fruits underpin a delicately roasted malt upfront character flavour-wise. Some nutty & dark bready malts on the tongue too. Light to medium body, quite soft & smooth in terms of mouthfeel with a lingering dryish malt finish. A solid but subtle standard porter that conditioned well in the bottle.

On handpump at the Grape and Grain Spring Beer Festival 2012, Crystal Palace. Dark reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Roast toffee malt aroma. Dry. Chocolate and coffee flavour. Dry roast finish.

Cask @ Nag Head. Pours black with a small tanned head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, roasted malts, ashy, a bit coffee and acidy. Thin body, flavor is roasted, slightly sweet, coffee, fruity a bit and bitter. Finishes bitter and roasted.

In bottle thanks to Craig. Take care when pouring because there is a fair bit of yeast in the bottom of the bottle. Pours a very dark reddish brown colour with a fair, light tan head. Aroma of caramel, coffee, chocolate and liquorice. Flavours of roasty malt, coffee and bitter chocolate. Nice and chewy with mild carbonation and CO2 prickle. Nicely bitter

Pours ruby brown with a fluffy off-white head and aroma of old leather, blackcurrants and a hint of washed rind cheese. Very fruity subsiding into a tartness that calls for another sip. Medium bodied with gentle carbonation.

Cask at Reading beerfest. Deep reddish/brown ale with a small head. Caramel, chocolate and malt, very pleasant and an easy drinker.

500ml bottle from Waitrose, Andover. Deep reddish brown with a film of cream head; aroma of peppery hops and earthy malts; creamy texture with milk chocolate and fruity malt flavours, slightly sour; very sweet and sugary finish with some coffee.

Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Dark brown with red tinges. Roasted malt aroma with some hints of coffee. Coffee in the taste with roasted malt and chocolate.

On gravity at the Portcullis, Bristol 11/12/08. Near black with a slight tan head. Rich aroma of creamy chocolate, roasted malts and spice. Flavour was light and sweet, with plenty of chocolate, coffee and a decent bitter finish. Very good.

Bottle, 4.5%. Slightly smokey aroma. Clear very dark brown colour. Very small head. Dusty flavour, mild roastedness with a touch of smoke. A well-rounded porter.