St Peters Old Style Porter

Brewed by St Peters (UK)
Style: Porter
Bungay, England

Good Porter! Poured very dark with no head. If fact I thought the bottle was flat. But upon tasting discovered that it had a very good flavor. Chocolate, carmel, coffee, and dark malt flavors all came through with a good finish at the end. I also like the bottles design and color. I enjoyed this beer with some very good Bison. To me a first rate Porter.

Bottled. Dark and impenetrable mahogany color, nearly black one. Compact hazel foam, medium adhesion and duration. Rather light scent with light notes of braced caramel, dry/thirsty wood and ash. Decidedly more pleasant taste with good fizz, sturdy and balanced body. Notes of bitter chocolate, coffee, resin, dry wood and roast cereals. Bitter end with good alcoholic tone.

Hard to rate this one. Pours clear dark brown with no head. Aroma is heavily coffee and leather. The taste is weak. Good coffee, malt, and some bitter hops, all with an earthy feel. Watery mouthfeel. Finished like an ESB. Overall, this was good, I just wanted more.

Actually not bad. Porter is not my favorite style, but this is pretty much what I would expect from a middle of the road porter. Dark with a small head. Medium oily mouth feel, perhaps a bit thin for the type. Good intensity given the low alcohol ... coffee and dark malt, sweet malt, and a long bitter finish, better hop intensity than I expected. Again, thin for a porter, well hopped, and a nice beer.

Dark stout like pour. Nose is strong on concord grapes. Sweet roast and choclate malts. Palate is very dry on the finish. tounge is a standard sweet porter, but with concord grape notes, not offence, but personally I would it a bit sweet.

Bottle. Very dark brown with red tints and a large rocky beige head. Aromas are roast coffee malts with sweet, earthy peat. Hints of chocolate with sweet and sour fruitiness. Flavours are light, earth roast malts with smooth chocolate. Sweet and sour in its fruitiness. Some sweet Ovaltine maltiness. Everything is well balanced. Dry and slightly metallic on the finish. St Peters should be applauded for their tradional approach to porter brewing.

Deep amber-brown with a tiny beige head. Malty-molasses with a bit of mocha aroma. Coffee-malt with a molasses hint in the flavor.

Coffee, licorice and brown sugar in both aroma and flavor. Sweetish, medium bodied. Bitter walnut aftertaste. Tasty, but the licorice character is somewhat exaggerated. Nevertheless a fine beer.