Sambrooks Powerhouse Porter

Brewed by Sambrooks
Style: Porter
London, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle. Dark brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, coffee, roasted malt. Flavour is hop, coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, caramel. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

0.5l bottle. This is a clear deep dark brown colored one with a medium sized quite bubbly beige head that sticks to the sides of the glass. Nice light roasted aroma with thin coffee, some clear chocolate paper, slightly earthy and it has a candy sweetness. Not utterly complex and epic, but it smells quite nice, especially considering what kind of caliber this thing is shooting with. It has a soft thing kinda gliding oily mouthfeel with a soft to medium carbonation level. More roasted flavors. It had a good chocolate sweetness and the coffee is also present. Fudge like sweetness, the hops comes through, it has a good amount of dark fruits, and the finish is slightly buttery and almost a bit slimy. Really light drinkable. Some traces of licorice in the aftertaste. Absolutely approved. 18.03.2013

500 ml bottle. BB 19/Nov/13. Kuikka, Helsinki, Finland. Black colour with a light tan head. Liquorice, malt, roastiness, dryness and hops in the aroma. The flavour is roasted malt, liquorice, dryness, graininess and mildly bitter hops. Very tasty. Nice. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

A moderately strong dark beer with subtle aroma of roasted malts. Plenty of tan coloured head and a smoky malt flavour with a minor chocolate finish and after taste. A pleasant drink and classic style porter with not much adaptation which is refreshing as some brewers have adapted this style too much, it is nice to go back to basics.

Bottle at home from ales by mail
very attractive deep ruby garnet with fluffy crema head. Toasted coffee malts and sweet biscuit on the nose. Slight malt astringency at first develops into a long red berry finish with a touch of leather. Medium in body and low carbonation. It makes the right noises and hints at greatness but falls short of the mark in the complexity stakes of the best porters. Nonetheless enjoyed

500 ml bottle. Dark amber body with a small tan head. Aroma of caramel malt, toffee and some dark chocolate. Flavor is mild malty, slightly roasted with hint of dry fruit and chocolate, not very bitter. Medium body and moderate in aftertaste. Decent, but a bit plain.

Tosi katkera loppua kohti alkaa vähän painostamaan jopa. tumma, kirkas, vaalea beige vaahto. Poltettua sokeria, pirusti humalaa eri lajikkeita. Erikoinen.. Laktoosi myös tuntuu maistuvan aika paljon.

Medium beige head. Clear dark brown body with light carbonation. Roasty syrupy plastic aroma with chocolatey soy sauce notes. Dry-sweet earthy roasty honey taste with plastic notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish earthy roasty plastic aftertaste with syrupy honeyish notes. Nice, drinkable, unusual, harmonic. (0.5l bottle, wine monopoly, web order.)

500 ml bottle.
Pours a dark brown colour with a white foamy head. Aroma of roasted malts, lactose and some sourness. Flavour of roasted malts, sour berries, lactose, grassy hops, leather, bubblegum, bitter chocolate and some bitterness. Medium bodied and rough mouthfeel. Carbonation is high at first, but it settles down. Weird stuff I must say.

Bottle. Pours brown with an off-white head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, caramel and grains. Flavor is sweet and malty with some coffee and roasted grains. Medium body, average carbonation.