Meantime London Porter

Brewed by Meantime
Style: Porter
London, England

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.

Bottle. Black color with a average frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, mild coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter (malt / coffee bitter) with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily / creamy, carbonation is soft. Okay Porter, but simple.

Pours close to black with a reddish hue and a small tannish head. The aroma has moderately roasted malt and an off fruit flavor for the style. Medium / thick body with quite a bit of sharp carbonation. The flavor starts with dark fruits and roasted malt and a bit of sweetness. The finish has some hop presence and some soapiness. An okay porter.

Dark brown with a red hew & a solid brown head. aroma is of nuts, caramel , chocolate & slight roast coffee. Body is filling - smooth & softly carbonated. Milky Light sweetness before a nice hoppy end. Very simple - but pleasant!

On tap at the PIB 2007. Pours dark brown with faint red around the edges. Smooth and chocolaty porter. Faint coffee flavors in the finish. Had a bit more body then most English porters available here and a good depth of malt flavors. Very nice porter without being over the top.

Bottle from BevMo. Pours a dark brownish color. Small tan head. Rich roasted coffee aromas with some chocolate in there as well. Roasty flavors right up front with some sweet, sugary chocotate. Full flavored, yet mild at the same time. good stuff.

750 mL bottle. Clear ruby brown with big creamy light tan head. Sweet malty aroma with berry and leather notes. Smooth silky palate. Initial taste subdued and slightly malty transitioning to a chocolate taste with hints of dried fruit and finishing with a bitter chocolate and richly smokey taste. I agree this would pair well the BBQ.

75cl bottle. Malty aroma but little else. Pours ruby colour with tan head. Compared with other ales I have tasted recently, this one was disappiointing in the flavour department. Hints of prunes and coffee; not particularly complex. Quite thin and dull on the palate. The bottle says "Our Porter is based on a recipe from 1750", well, fortunately for me, other ales have moved on since then.