RCH Old Slug Porter

Pours dark with ruby edges and a very intense head. A bit carbonated and thin. Roast and hops in the body, and an unsatisfactory finish. Simplistic, but drinkable.

Cask @ GBBF 2005: Black/brown coloured. Brown head. Is sweet and fruity. Has some chocolatish and coffeish notes. Quite malty and light roasted. Ends on a sweet note. A bit vague in the flavours.

Basic sweet offering. Some chocolate malt aromas lead to a slightly thin mildly roasty chocolate body. OK but not great.

Poured a huge impregnable fortresss of bubbles that verrrrry slowly settled ... after 5 minutes it was still 50% tan foam (like a root beer float) over a black-brown thin liquid. There’s an interesting ashy-smoky aroma. Smooth flavors of medium smoke, roasty malt. Classic porter.

Bottle. Brown in colour. Aroma was of chocolate, some roasted malt and a bit of maple. The flavour was of light chocolate, cold coffee, slightly sweet. The body was on the thin side, medium carbonation. The finishes tails of very quick. Not bad, not great. Rating #900.

VERY dark, not quite black in colour, with a good bead, off white head is thin but lasts well. Rich malty,stout-like nose is typical I suppose. Palate is smooth & richly flavoured, packed with roasted malt and a hint of hops, the finish just goes on & on & on & on...etc,etc. This is fantastic stuff, and was a gift from a secretive customer, so I don’t know where it was bought.

almost black. aroma of maple, roast, coffee and tart dried fruit. flavour starts sweet and mildly chocolatey with notes of roast and tootsie roll. finishes too short.

Pours a deep chocolate brown with a huge, tan wedding cake head and plenty of chunky lacing. Smells of tasty coffee, vanilla bean, and hints of chocolate/mocha. Rich and oily with plenty of dark malt and vanilla taste. A hint of berries late. A bit too flat - would’ve liked more carbonation. Very good overall - would definitely buy again.