Fuller’s London Porter (Bottle/Keg)

Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Porter
London, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle. Dark brown, tan head. Chocolate, roasted malts, vanilla, slight coffee, smells delicious basically. Taste follows nose but isn’t as dimensional. Pleasantly surprised by this.

Bottle 500ml. Pour very dark red/brown, with good beige head. Good lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt and chocolate. Taste is of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Somewhat bitter, nice balance. Good porter.

Surprised that this is my first time rating this beer. I think the last times had it it was on nitro and I LOVED it. Still great on CO2 but it loses a little bit of the rich body. Reddish brown pour in the glass with a dense cream colored head. The head coasts the glass exceptionally well. Coffee roast nose. Taste is similar. Sweet coffee, vanilla bean, and medium-dark char. Full flavored for the low ABV. The best porter out there? It’s definitely in the conversation.

A: Pours a very dark red body with a one-finger, mocha colored head that features decent retention and lacing. S: Some roast, caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, and toffee. This smells amazing, to be honest. T: Very roasty up front, featuring caramel and coffee sneaking up on the back end. I will say, the coffee finish is a little disagreeable with me, but otherwise, it’s fantastic tasting. M: Nicely creamy, medium bodied, yet it features high carbonation, as well. Good combination. The finish isn’t that dry, which helps keep the bitter aftertaste in check. O: One of my favorite porters out there; it’s not perfect, but it’s easy to drink, complex, balanced, and bold all at the same time. Amazing.

UPDATED: MAY 17, 2012 Pours a deep opaque ebony topped by a thick mantle of frothy brown cream. Delectable fragrances of molasses, caramel and chocolate waft above the crown. Very creamy on the palate. The taste is chock full of dark roasted barley, coffee, chocolate and a little molasses to finish sweet. Excellent porter - one of the best I’ve ever had. Try it with read meat dishes or with burger/brats off the grill.

Almost black body, beige head. Nice mild roasted aroma, butter milk and lost of chocolate. But a dry hop character as well. Medium bitter flavour, dry ending. Especially good nose. This is not my favourite style but it’s drinkable and flavourful. At only 5,4% not an easy feat. Quality brew. (50cl bottle, reasonably priced)

Bottle (500ml, Sainsburys):
Strong, rich malts to begin with and some nice chocolate notes. Light sugar with some figs and a touch of coffee. Light alcohol towards the end but overall this is pretty well balanced.
Mahogany with a light brown and bubbly head that eventually settles to a small head a couple of millimetres tall after about two minutes. Retention is good.
Dark chocolate and figs kick things off here along with the faintest bit of coffee and alcohol. There is some rich malts and some burnt sugar.
Medium bodied and quite smooth, it is mildly carbonated but a little lighter than I was expecting although not thin at all. The taste is a rich some and with a moderately bitter finish.

Very rich with strong chocolate and roasted malts making up the majority of the taste. It was a well balanced and complex porter that I fairly enjoy and would most likely have again. For a porter it was surprisingly refreshing and went down well.

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Bottle from the local Mitra. Almost black brownish colour with a small dense offwhite head. Flat. Aroma full of coffee, mocca and cacao. Tastes full, bitter, somewhat sweetish, with again coffee and cacao. Reasonable long finish, with some liquorice in it. Very nice, every sip is a feast for the papils.

0,33l bottle from British Store, Budapest. Clear, deep ruby color with medium, short-life, light brown head. Sweet odor with much coffee, liqueur and spices. Intensive aroma with roasted malt, coffee, caramel and smoke. Dry, light bitter taste because of the roasted malt. Medium body with creamy textureand average carbonation. Intensive, roasted malty and coffee finish. Very good and delicious beer with intensive malty aroma. It’s silky, mature and well-balanced.

I thought this was damn good, and had a ton of flavor for a low alcohol beer. Pours dark but translucent with minimal head and lacing. Nose is slight roast and chocolate. Lots of flavor in the palate...chocolate, roast, hazelnutt, and a slight hopiness. Finish is very crisp, a huge plus and rare for this sort for beer. Super drinkable yet super flavorful.