Portobello Star

Brewed by Portobello
Style: Bitter
Kensington, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask @ Sunninghill Hotel, Elgin [040513]
Orange, hazy, thin white head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet tangerine orange malts, light soft citrus fruits
Taste of soft sweet tangerine malts, soft tropical citrus fruit hops, orange fruits, well balanced
Palate - Medium body, quite oily, soft bitter palate, sweet fruity malts. Finish as main flavour, nice soft orange, fruity finish
Overall - Soft and easy, pretty decent beer

(Cask at King William IV, Leyton, London, 25 Apr 2013) Golden amber colour with brief, white head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of toffee, caramel and toasty malt. Malty taste with nuts, toffee, toast and a slightly earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. Quite enjoyable.

Cask/GD at the 14th Egham Beer Festival at the EUSC, 28/03/13. Very lightly hazed golden/amber with a decent looking frothy off white head. Nose is floral hops, toffee, grain, rye. Taste comprises caramel malt, fruits, touch of orange, bready dough, rye. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish with a touch of bitterness. Decent enough bitter, above average!

Cask @ Calthorpe Arms, London. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Light dry and moderate bitter finish. 270413

Cask at the Barley Mow W1. Brownish bitter, thin head. Quite a pleasant quaffable hoppy bitter, ever so slightly funky hop finish, bit like rustic English hoppy bitters used to be. Tasty and enjoyable, maybe not quite fully balanced.

Amber, keeping some of its head. Very sweet, bready, butterscotch, malt, slightly cloying but still a nice beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Cask at The Friend at Hand in London. Pours golden amber with a white head. Light flora and caramel aromas. Med body. It’s nicely bitter. Flavor seems floral with somewhat spicy malt. Or vice versa. Or coffee? Bit complicated in the end. Nice for a break.

cask at egham... copper brown ...small white head ... soft fruit nose ... dull soft fruits ... light dry toffee malts ... light bitter

[cask at the 2013 London Drinker Festival] Clear golden amber beer with a thin, white, head. Reduces quickly to a lacing. Sweet, bready aroma. Starts quite sweet on the flavour too, but has a bitter tang to it afterwards. Quite caramelly. Tastes like a Caley beer, to my Edinburgh palate [07032013]

Cask conditioned at The Gunmakers, Clerkenwell, London. Amber with slight head. Heavily caramelised beer, butterscotch, dry and bitter, really pretty disappointed with this.