Grain Porter

Brewed by Grain
Style: Porter
Harleston, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Cask - The Plough, Norwich. Poured with a small but lasting creamy light tan head atop a deep, near opaque ruddy brown body. Soft & creamy roast & chocolate profile, some tangy fruits too. Medium body, soft on the palate, dryish with a soft & rounded bitterness. Somewhat lingering tang at the back & a hint of choccy, yeast in there.

Bottle at Scopey’s CBC Tune-Up. Deep brown color with no head. The nose is deep bitter chocolate and roasted malts. Light lactose and sweet brown sugar. The taste is watery dry roasted coffee, rainy field grass. The body’s quite light and bone dry on the finish. Overall, a decent porter. It just lacked any compelling flavor for me.

Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours very dark brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is roasted malt, smoke, bonfire, chocolate and a touch of dark fruit. The taste roasted malt, caramel, wood, charcoal, filter coffee, dark fruit and milk chocolate, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. An all-round good porter.

Cask@The Plough, Norwich. Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, toffee and mild ashes in just about a perfect balance. Flavour is mild roasted notes, some coffee, caramel and mild wooden notes. Really pleasantly balanced. Bartender (the brewer, I think) said there is an 8 % version of this one in the plans...

Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.

Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, licorice, acidic berry notes. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, burnt, ash - peat - smoke notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110428]

Cask (gravity dispense) at Reading Beer Festival on 28 April 2011. Very dark - almost black - with a slightly oily appearance. Some chocolate and a little roastiness in the aroma. More of the same on the palate with some vaguely tart dark fruits. Dry and vaguely powdery / dusty on the palate. Can’t say I picked up any port. Overall, pretty decent and certainly enjoyable.

Bottled A black beer with a lovely frothy coffee head which sadly doesn’t last quite long enough to score a 5. Sour fruity aroma with some oily tyres. The taste is pretty bitter as well as fruity. Verging on harsh, but still skilfully produced.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2009 Bottle.Black with a medium head,aroma of roast coffee and malt,taste is of coffee blackberry dry and roasted malt,finish is a dry red wine like,it’s gorge