OHanlons Original Port Stout

Brewed by OHanlons
Style: Stout
Whimple, England

Bouteille de 500 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de café et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un moyen col beige légèrement crémeux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café et de chêne. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de torréfaction en arrière goût. (Rating #582)

An overall fine brew. Roasted barley with a floral hint in the nose, pours rich and red with an aggressive head. Tastes of roasted barley with an undertaste of coffee, a tad of hops, and, unsuprisingly, a smooth wash of port across the tongue. So smooth that one doesn’t notice the alcohol, which is a good thing if one is drinking this with a meal.

Bottle from a new supplier. It poured with a huge head and had the right stout flovors. I found it average what ever that means. In other words nothing grat but not bad.

Bottle. Dark brown. Even with a pretty aggressive pour, just a wisp of light head. The aroma feels very faint. What’s there is nice--a pleasant creamy toffee, a touch of espresso. It just could really use some more. Strikingly thin palate. Weak coffee flavor and a little chalky sweetness. Overall just oddly weak. If I hadn’t poured this myself, I would have sworn someone watered it down.

Bottle brewed august 2003 BB sep 2005. Courtesy Niles Jørgen at Wintercoat. Creamy off-white fully lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. Powerfull malty roasted aroma. Too strong coffeenotes. Average finish. Watery palate. Caskversion:8-4-8-4-15 Very dry woody flavor. Long licoricefinish. Great stuff.

Tasted 30/06/2006. 500ml, bottle-conditioned, from Island Bay New World. Black, ruby hints, with a light tan head. Plenty of yeast knocking about in the glass, and the bottom of the bottle. Big plummy nose, quite stony almond hints also, port later. Very dry in the mouth, no malt sweetness, with loads of roast barley astringency. More almond. No noticeable hop profile. A touch lightweight in feel, due to the prickly carbonation. Some plummy notes linger. Lacked balance and freshness to really get me going.

Malty, dark chocolate aroma. Nice dark appearance, ruby with a light tan head. Flavour is initially of mouthwash! Then creamy malt, chocolate, alcohol, oak. Palate is oaky, bitter, more alcohol here. Needs more port!

The beer pours from 500ml brown body a soot black with a tinge of ruby, the head forms a light chocolate brown semi-creamy crown to top the great body, as it vanishes, the resultant lace forms a thick obscuring skirt to surround the glass. Nose has a bittersweet chocolate aroma, back up by the sweet port, fresh and clean, start is sweet with a delightful grain presence, and the top is rich and full to the palate. Finish has a perfect acidity, the hops supported by the port, which gives you a nice warming sensation, dry and lingering aftertaste, after sampling I went out and got a couple more of this most delightful bottle conditioned beer.