Craigmill Porridge Stout

Formerly brewed at Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Stout
Alloa, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Cask Handpump at the Beer House, Manchester 01/03/2003 Dark red colour. Poured lively. Lasting slight roast finish.

Tasted this at the Three Judges, Glasgow in February 2003. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull jet black in colour with ruby tints around the edges and a thin buff head. Dusty black malt in the short aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Dark malts give a burnt toast note at the start which then gives way to milky coffee, molasses and dry drinking chocolate powder in a smooth mouthfeel. Dry hoppy bitter prickle noted in the short aftertaste. Finish is dry with a slight liquorice note present. A decent session stout.

Very dark with little to no head. Roasted malts dominate the nose with a yummy hint of coffee bean. Thin and light, this could be the first ’session stout’! Very smooth and enjoyable. At the tasting, I kept saying, ’I haven’t tried that stout yet...’ Luckily someone handed me a full pint to shut me up for a while.