OHanlons Original Port Stout

Bottle 500ml. Pours a good dark stout colour with a medium beige head, which seemed disappear in no time. Has a sweet aroma, reminiscent of sweet dark fruits, but nothing special. The taste, however, is completely different. The flavour starts, rather oddly, with hints of cod liver oil - what’s that all about? It then settles down to something resembling dark roast coffee beans, with a backup sweetness. It then leaves you with a dry bitterness to finish. This one was quite thin, not at all what I had expected and not, as it says on the bottle, “superbly smooth”. Thumbs down for this one.

Really think I’ve had a bad batch. Pours oily brown with no head. Aroma slightly sweet chocolate. Very thin on the palate with a mild chocolate, bread body with port evident. I expected a much richer flavour.

Aroma is mild and roasted with a odd sweetness. Color is black with good carbonation and a huge head that keeps growing. Taste is twangy. Starting with a medium body that goes down sharp. Finish is a sweet taste that turns sour quickly, this sour taste is odd and has a wine like quality to it. It ends bitter with a dry feel. Reminds me of a novices homebrew. Not a good Stout.

Bottle. This pours a brown so dark it almost appears black, but not quite. The head on this is a rather fine, beige colour that quickly disperses. Aromas of smoked/roasted malts and a hint of liquorice-like sweetness. A nicely dry, roasted flavour compliments the aromas and the port is subtle yet noticeable on the front of the tongue. Very smooth and fairly thick on the palate with a lasting dry bitter finish. A rather impressive stout.

bottle the cave- pours nearly black with a beige head that has dispersed quite fast. strong malty taste, burnt toast very rich. thick like a milk shake. also lots of bitter chocolate. smells burnt toast and chocolate. with accents of cherries. pretty good.

Super smooth and very little roasted taste or bitterness- almost not even a beer! Very enjoyable, but lack of complexity

Dark brown with a red hue. The aroma has notes of coffee and licorice. It’s a nice stout with a lot of flavour and personality. It has bite and yet it’s smooth and mellow, and the finish is nice and dry. I’m not sure I can find the port wine, but I do get notes of licorice, smoke and briefly also bitter chocolate.

Bottle: Very deep ruby-amber coloured, mid-sized, stable creamy tanned head, dry roasted malt, dark malt and a subtle fruitiness in the nose; solid dry bitter flavour, light to medium bodied; dry, light bitter, roastmalty and coffeeish finish. A goody, well balanced.......