Mariestads Porter

Brewed by Spendrups Bryggeri
Style: Porter
Grängesberg, Sweden

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Thin, light chocolate head. Clear dark reddish-brown colored body. Modest caramellish malt aroma. Medium sweet, lightly roasted malt taste. Vague bitterness, Caramel, coffee and fruit tones. Feels dry and quite crisp in the mouth. Mild bitter finish. (Bottle @ RBNAG’07)

UPDATED: DEC 13, 2007 Sample from bottle, at Porterfestivalen in Gothenburg 071110. Reddish brown and a beige head. Light aroma of roasted sweet malt, coffee, caramel and some sourness. Tastes is roasted and sweet with notes of coffee, caramel, dark bread and some floral and sourish hints. Quite thin and not that good.

Arôme discret. Goût torréfié/caramel léger. Pointe d’acidité. Légère amertume en arrière goût. Porter correct, sans plus.

Sampled bottle, RBNAG 2007 in Grimstad. Vintage 2007, ABV was 5.9%. Dark reddish brown colour, nearly black. Moderately malty aroma with mild roasty notes, hints of liquorice. Is this really a top fermented porter, or is it bottom fermented (technically more of a "Baltic" porter)? Very little fruitiness in the flavour. Malty with loads of caramel, some roasty bitterness, hints of liquorice.

33 cl bottle. Dark brown color, nice brown head. Bitter. DArk/roasted malt, caramell, some fruit. Not very balanced, but good. (RBNAG’07 in Grimstad Nov. 3th.)

Medium yellowish beige head. Dark brown body with light carbonation. Papery roasty malty aroma, a bit thin, with caramelly buttery notes. Dry papery roasty caramelly taste with buttery notes. Sharpish mouthfeel. Not very exciting, but OK. (0.33l bottle at RBNAG’07.)

Bottle 33cl. Nice apperance with solid head and red colour. Tastes some chocolate and a little bit coffe and carmel. Sweet in the beginning, more bitter at the end. Body is to thin in my opinion. OK porter, but nothing special.

Bottled
Deep mahogany red. Dense head. Smooth toffee and liquorice aroma. Well balanced roastiness with notes of coffee and cocoa. Long and bitter finish.

(Bottle) Pours deep reddish brown. Quite complex malt aroma of chocolate, cookie, dark syrupy bread and caramel up front but also hints of coffee powder and cocoa. Undertones of milk, dark fruit like raisins and earth, and grassy hops. Maybe a touch of compost that brings the aroma down a bit. Roasted and malty flavour with notes of coffee, liquorice, dark bread, syrup and some cocoa. Light sour, light salty and light to medium bitter. Ok and clean mouthfeel. Roasted and light dry finish. Light to medium bodied. Sorry P.D.A but this is better than the latest Carnegie brew.

Bottled. Ruby/brown. Beige head. Toffee, chocolate and sweet fruits in the aroma. Toasted flavour with chocolate, licorice and fruits.