Elland 1872 Porter

Half at the Bodega, I’m generally not a fan of porters but this was drinkable enough, thick dark pour, viscous mouthfeel. Smell is alcoholic and toasted malts. Taste is sweet toffee and burnt malts, a little hops and quite a strong coffee flavour. Fairly warm alcoholic finish. Decent enough.

Half pint, hand-pulled cask at GBBF. Appealing, dark-ruby body. Missing head. Coffee malt to the nose. More taste of coffee in flavour supported by anise and silky chocolate. Underlying alcohol hints. Quite well made porter with a pleasant palate (shared with Geir, 08.08.2008).

Handbottle @ [ Tasting by Maria ].
Unclear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, coffee, licorice, peat notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to ’medium to full’, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170608)

Cask@GBBF2008. Deep amber colour, small creamy brown head. Aroma is coffee, smoked wood, some roasted malts, vanilla and mild alcohol. Flavour is roasted malts, dark fruits, smoked wood and peat. All in an excellent balance.

Courtesy of Cgarvieuk. Handbottled. It’s a hazy black-brown porter with a red hue and in spite of the handbottling also a small, creamy head. The aroma has notes of licorice and a little coffee. The mouthfeel is rather oily. The flavour has notes of licorice, bitter coffee, light peat-smoke, a light sweetness and the finish has hints of salty licorice. It’s a very nice porter.

Many thanks to Craig for the handbottle! Poured clear deeper brown with a nice cap of beige head. The aroma found darker chocolate with a bit of licorice.. pine and fresh coffee grounds accented.. everything came together remarkably well! The flavor had a dark chocolate, coffee, and sticky miscellaneous black malt base accented by a nice blend of darker spices.. the sides were laced with greener pine and herbal bitterness.. tasty! Medium-bodied and well-balanced on the palate.. roasty with lower carbonation.. very good!

Handbottle shared by Jason. The beer pours to a dark brown body with a thin creamy white head. The aroma is rich and malty with strong chocolate and sweet milky components. Brownies. The flavor is chocolate and black licorice with a creosote like component. Roasty black patent. The palate is roasty and charred with a dry medium body.

Thanks to Jason and cgarvieuk for this treat from over the pond. Nice roasted aroma, creamy mouthfeel. Well done porter. Very drinkable. Mineral feel to the water which compliments the roasted grains nicely.