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Dark Star Porter

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9494
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Porter
Horsham, England

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unknown

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available

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RATINGS: 59   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.54   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Seasonal - October to December.
Formerly known as City Porter.
Dark Star Porter uses an old established recipe of fully roasted barley malts and robust Target hops to produce a most traditional and full flavoured beer.


most recent ratings

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
WeissGary (166) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - MAY 13, 2013
Cask at Inn Deep, Glasgow Scotland. Enjoyable, medium bodied porter, quite a light malt aroma, pasteurised milky taste with a light, crisp burnt chocolate finish. Nice session beer.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
TickerTerryDJ (635) - Redditch, Worcestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 27, 2013
Cask,hand pulled at The Craft,Clerkenwell.19th february.Dark brown pour with small off white head.Nice aroma of chocolate,malt and coffee.Chocolate,roast malt and coffee flavour too with a little nuttiness in the background making a very drinkable and tasty porter.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
SaintMatty (3615) - Uppsala, SWEDEN - FEB 20, 2013
Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Dark brown in colour. Chocolate, malt, roasted nuts and coffee in the aroma. Smooth and delightful taste with notes of smooth milk chocolate, coffee and roasted malt standing out. Superb.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
imdownthepub (8470) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - FEB 2, 2013
Cask conditioned at The New Inn, Witney, Oxon. Black with off white head. Darkly roasted malts, bitterness, coffee with a dry black chocolate flavour. Plenty of mouthfeel and depth on the palate. Very decent.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Yves (1831) - Turnhout, BELGIUM - AUG 1, 2012
Dark brown coloured beer with small brownish head and no carbonation. Roasted port hinted aroma. Medium sparkling palate. Finish is roasted bit sweet ending dry.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Bart (2916) - Brussels, BELGIUM - JUN 10, 2012
Draught @ Craft Beer Co. London. Black coloured beer with a small off white head and no carbonation. Smouth roasted coffee malty hinted aroma. Full palate. Finish is strangly bitter hinted with some sweet malty fruity and caramel hinted touches. Very good porter.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
beergodd1 (400) - Conneaut, Ohio, USA - JAN 22, 2012
Extremely dark brown with next to no head. Roasty aroma with some dark chocolate, liquorice and molasses. Flavor started slightly sweet, with some coffee, more chocolate and long, dry finish. Light to Medium body.BBC is not on my favorite Brewery list from the 2 brews I had from them. The beer is drinkable, just not very memorable.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JK54B (1535) - Helsinki, FINLAND - FEB 18, 2011
Cask Real Ale at Urhos. Pale head large bubbles. Dark reddish black colour. Mild nose.Fullfilled malty slightly sweet and bitter taste. Some coffeyness.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TBone (9999) - Pori, FINLAND - FEB 17, 2011
Cask (gravity)@St. Urho’s Pub
Dark nut brown color, small beige head. Coffeish, ashy nose. Medium-bodied. Sticky front. Harsh, coffeish, some tar and tobacco ash. Lingering roasty maltyness in the finish. Ok real porter, but I prefer cask porters, which are soft.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
dynamiteninja (1113) - Richmond, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND - DEC 8, 2010
Cask. The Pub, Leicester. Medium off-white head, very dark brown body. Weak grassy hop, weak chocolate, weak coffee, some roastiness, berry fruits, blackcurrant, sulphur, burnt toffee. Good dose of bitterness. Dry finish. Soft mouhtfeel.


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