Meantime London Porter

old rating: 6/3/7/4/15 - 3.5 pour is a brownish with a ruby tint, large beige head, and some lacing. smell of roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, some dark fruit, toffee, nuts, and brown sugar. taste is sweet chocolate, sour malt, prunes, figs, some smoke, weak coffee, and creamy caramel.

Well, smelled great. This probably the best Porter that I have ever had, but that being said, it is not a favoured style. The nose was really great and in general, the thing went down well enough. Lacked the ashy-ness that I associated with most porters.

A very average porter. Pours a reddish brown with fizzy light tan head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, and a bit of chocolate. Flavors are pretty much the same. A little creamy, but over not a very interesting porter.

Tap@Brewwharf. Loads of coffee and licorice in the aroma. Black color, light brown head, fair lace. Sweet, coffee, no strong flavors, but nice. Soft mouthfeel.

Nice nose on this one, a buttery caramel, with mild roast and milk chocolate, and just a hint of grassy hops. Deep ruby garnet color with medium khaki head. Mmm, rich rounded chocolate caramel flavors, encircled with just a touch of roastiness leading into a semi-dry finish that left just a touch of residual hop bitterness. One flaw: a touch metallic on the lips and tip of the tongue after swallowing. Otherwise an excellent combination of rich character and easy drinkability. Just what a great porter ought to be.

Bottle. Corked and caged 750mL. Pours dark brown to near black. Small fading tan head. Nose is roasty with dark chocolate and some burnt caramel. Soft coffee as well. Very mild. Taste is equally mild. Light dark chocolate flavors, some coffee, and roasted malts. Very subtle and not very robust like many porters. Not sure of the vintage but perhaps that has affected it. Body is lighter (light-medium, really) with moderate, creamy carbonation. Ends with more chocolate, light caramel, roasted malts, coffee and mild hops. Not bad at all!

Dark brown with a lasting tan head. Lots of roast notes in the aroma, caramel, chocolate and coffee dominates, with a hint of smoke and licorice. Rich and full flavour with caramel sweetness and roast dryness

750ml bottle. Pleasant, malty aroma of dark chocolate, toffee and cream along with lighter suggestions of dark fruits, nuttiness and earthiness, some very faint smoke and floral hints detected, as well. Clear dark brown in color with a lasting, creamy, off-white head. Flavor is roasty and sweet to start, dark bready notes combine with brown sugar, thereafter seeing rich chocolate contribute in some degree to the profile, along with sultanas and buttery toffee, and finishing with a very light dosage of bitterness, licorice and floral hop character, melding with the lingering cocoa and and toasty malts. Very smoothly effervescent on the palate with a medium-full body. Tasty.