Hilden Molly Malone Porter

Brewed by Hilden
Style: Porter
Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Cask, Burton Fest 05. Dark red/brown with a dense head. Aromas are sweet and earthy roast malts with a light smokiness. Hints of fruit. Flavours are smooth chocolate and earthy roast malts. Sweet and quite fruity. Very dry on the finish. Not the most complex of beers but still enjoyable.

First tasted this in the Hogshead, Paisley in March 1998. Cask, handpump dispense. Ruby black in colour with a thin creamy white head. Slight yeasty bread notes along with roast grain in the short aroma. Thin oily mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give a burnt toast note along with coffee and bitter chocolate. Dusty hop resins give a slight bitter aftertaste. Finish is smooth and mellow with treacle and liquorice notes. A decent session porter.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 5     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : 2   Tropical Fruits : 2   Soap : XX   DMS : 3   Diacetyl : 2 Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 1   Hay : 2   Toasty : 3   Caramel : XX   Nuts : 2   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 3   Spicy : XX   Floral : 1   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 3   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : 1   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 3   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 1   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : 2   Metallic : XX

Comments: Obtrusive vegetal herb character and tart fruitiness that borders vinegar. Gross.

(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug 2007) Black colour with ruby notes, frothy pale brown head. Malty nose with notes of dark fruit, prunes and some citrussy hops. A hint sourish. Malty taste with chocolate, nuts, prunes and raisins. Fairly dry, citrussy (or sourish?) finish. A bit boring for a porter.

Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear dark brown color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, raosted, burnt, sour. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a short duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. Out off balance.

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, hops and some very earthy notes. Flavour is quite exactly the same along with some papery hints. Not very exciting.

Cask-GBBF. Black with a small off-white head. Grass and yeast in the aroma. Sweet and rather thin flavour.

Cask@GBBF07. Sweet coffee and earthy aroma. Very dark brown color, light brown head, fair lace. Sweet, coffee, light earthy, hint of grass. Out of balance.

A Mes rate: Gravicask @ Reading Beer Festival. Lovely black brown colour. Yeasty and roasted malt nose with slight hints of coffee beans. Very roasty flavour with plenty of coffee with a dry and eventually bittering finish.

black in colour,Malty nose, deep slightly chocolately malt, Kingdon of fife fest 06

Half pint pulled at The Rake at London Bridge (London), dark with a bubbly beige head. A bitter roasted aroma with a slight presence of hops. Quite astringent and acidic in the mouth, some roasted malt flavours, but a overbearing sweetness dominates. Falls short for me.