RCH Old Slug Porter

Brewed by RCH
Style: Porter
Weston-super-Mare, England

Bottle brought by Turd. Near-black pour with creamy head. Sweet slightly smoky malt. Easy to drink. Oddly, I got strong notes of jalepeno flavor (without the spicy heat). Some chocolate and slight licorice notes. Solid.

Bottle picked up at Sam’s. I thought this looked interesting. It was. It’s been a while since I’ve had a traditional english porter done well. This is just that. Easy drinking and loaded with flavor while remaining low in alcohol. Well balanced and tasty.

Pours dark brown with a nice tan head. Smells of roasted malt and peppery. Tastes rich and layered with lots of sweet malt at the forefront. Nice!

Bottle shared by Turdferguson - thanks, Sam! Crisp pour, well carbonated, this porter strikes me as half-way to a milk stout. There’s some slight spice and some bitter roasts in there, but as it warms it mellows out with some nicely bitter dark chocolate notes. Pleasantly full mouthfeel too.

P00tz says...this is a mad wicked bottle. Not only does it contain more than a normal bottle....its got this slug with a monocle on it. So I grab it off the shelf and chuckle yet again to myself, thinking ’’’’What will the chums say when they see this absurdity?’’’’ I then proceeded directly to the checkout counter finding my entire appetite for new and exciting craft beer to be satiated by this one intriguing bottle. I engage the store clerk in conversation and inquire of him as to whether or not he feels that this will be a quality product. Despite all of my efforts I never managed to coax more than an ’’’’I dunno man’’’’ from the oaf. As it turns out the beer poured a dark brown with many dark malt characteristics and mild levels of diacetyl. Now I can tell that store clerk what to think...

Thanks turdferguson for picking this one out. Pours a dark brown that allows some light. Has a frothy fizzy light tan head. The nose was sweet, had some caramel, coffee, chocolate, malty, an earthy character, mild hop background. The flavor was bitter chocolate and coffee, malty, mild hop backbone, not bad for 4.5%.

Poured from a 550ml bottle into dimpled mug. Dark brown, nearly black in color with red tinges. 1 finger creamy tan head. Aroma of dark malt, chocolate, coffee, and cherries. Tastes of black malt with notes of chocolate, black cherries, and coffee. Full mouthfeel, nicely carbonated, with a medium finish. Delicious aftertaste of cherries and chocolate. This is a very tasty porter. Well worth trying.

Aqueous doesn’t even begin to describe this beer. It was flatter than a dead raccoon on the pour Looked ok. There was a nice deep brown color to it, but no carbonation to speak of. Flavor was non-existent. Aroma wasn’t really there either. Bad bottle?