RCH Old Slug Porter

A soft bottle-conditioned English porter from the sweeter end of the scale. Quite a subtle, well-balanced beer. Lovely-looking - teak with a fat shaving-cream head that laced extravagantly. Regrettably, the beer showed some sign of the spoilage that seems to have marred a recent delivery of British beers to Australia. This is the fourth beer from four different brewers in the last month that has exhibited a nasty rubber car-mat off-note. Can’t be the brewers (all different), so it must be a problem with transport or storage. Won’t hold that against the beer, but it’s hard to ignore, particularly with a subtle aroma like this. There’s dry cocoa powder and faint milky coffee.The soft bottle-conditioned carbonation complements the style. Sweet and smooth. This is probably a better beer than this rating reflects. (500ml bottle from Randwick Village Cellars. BB Jan 09)

Bottled 50cl. It pours a ruby beer with ruby reflects. Small creamy beige head. Good retention. The nose is of roasted malt, milk chocolate, lemon peel, cork and mint - very smooth and pleasant with quite a lot of candy. Smooth taste of roasted malt with hints of chocolate, mint, cress, quite a lot of cherries, tar and cork. Slightly vinous. Woody and faintly smoky. Sweet. Some candy floss and lemon peel sneaking in - which I really like. Complex. Light to medium bodied. Nice lacework. Pleasant mouthfeel. Decent bitterness. The finish is dry with hints of coffee, lemon peel, mineral water, snow!? and vanilla. Excellent. Thanks a lot Bov for this wonderful beer!

Near black pour, small cream colored head. Roasty aroma, malt, coffee, dusty. Taste has nice roast malts, slight coffee and dark chocolate. Pretty medium bodied, finish with a little coffee bitter, clean, drinkable. Good version of the standard Engligh porter.

pours a black with a red tint when held up to the light, small foamy tan head, very good lacing.
smell is of bakers chocolate, coffee grounds, touch of vanilla, some roasted malts in the back.
taste is bakers chocolate, old coffee, malt in the back, slightly bitter in the end.

Dark brown, red-tinted, fizzy beige head. Light coffee and cocoa powder nose. Light, quaff-friendly mouthfeel. Tastes better than it smells like an enhanced version of the aromas including coffee and chocolate. Refreshing and robust.

Bottle from Beer Geek. Pours very dark brown with a multifinger beige head. Aroma is rather cola, with chocolate and coffee. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is primarily chocolate, backed by toasted malt and coffee. Suggestions of darker fruits. Finish is fairly dry, and there is a dried dark fruit aspect - but not sweet - just fruit. Mouthsmackingly tasty. Bitter in the finish, but from hop or toast?

Bottle. Bitter, malt and liquor aroma. Black in colour, Decent frothy, crispy off white head. Smoked flavour with a little bit of coffee. Little thin than I would have preferred.

Dark brown with an off white head. Had a sweet honey smell. Tasted of sweet malt, treacle, and coffee. There was lacing on the glass and was quite an enjoyable drink much nicer than i expected.