Hammerpot Bottle Wreck Porter

Brewed by Hammerpot
Style: Porter
Arundel, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Cask conditioned @ Guide Dog, Soton. Sweet roasted malts, chocolatey coffee. Dryer in the mouth than aroma would suggest but with the flavours continuing. Slightly empty mouthfeel. Nice flavours but not very satisfying.

Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Black with cream head. Fruity porter with a coffee note in the background, roasted husk notes, some rusk too. Rounded and fruity sweet. Pretty decent.

Cask at Mytchett Beer Festival 2012. Pours a very dark brown colour with a thin tan head, the aroma has roasted malts some winter fruit, and a hint of coffee, the taste is light malts with a soft dry finish.

Cask at NWAF, 2012. Black pour with a beige head. Coffee, licorice and vanilla nose. Coffee and dark chocolate flavour with a little smoke. Dry roast finish.

Cask - The Harp, London. Fine & creamy beige to light tan lasting head on an opaque dark brown body. Roasted malt, coffee & dark berries on the nose. Good dark fruit body with supplementary earthy coffee tones, a touch of smoke & a vague nuttiness beneath in the finish. Medium-ish body, soft & smooth on the palate with a decent length lingering finish. A pleasant, well conditioned juicy porter that took the December chill off.

Cask at The Bow Bar. Pours dark brown to black with thin tan head. Lots of roast and coffee/chocolate notes. Bitter and that. Pretty textbook.

Bottle. A heavy robust porter with lots of coffee and dark chocolate and charcole from the more and well roasted malts. A really memorable, rich porter.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2012 Cask at Twickenham beer festival. Black with brown hints, chocolate and a touch of tart fruit on nose, rich medium bodied with mocha and roast malt on palate. Very nice gentle Porter. Re-rate on cask at the Magpie in Brentford, as before but also a little roast coffee on the nose, and a dry faintly burnt-bitter finish. Excellent.

Cask Stillage at The Venue, Miles Platting 22/01/2011 Fruit and hop aromas. Black a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol with fruity orange and bubble gum flavours. A hint of dryness in a bitter burnt roast finish.

Pint at Hobgoblin in Reading. Dark as night with little head. Mild porter aroma, nice but takes a bit of getting used to. Easy to taste but a bit watery. Has the usual slight porter coffee chocolate aftertaste. Its a reasonable but ultimately average porter.

Cask at The Harp. Pours a deep brown/cola, with a small beige head. Roasted malt, light smoke, toffee, quite thick in the mouth. Enjoyed this one.