St Peters Old Style Porter

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

I like this one rather more than St. Peter’s stout. True to style, its a little lighter and smoother. But it also lacks the strange off notes that the stout has. More of a chocolate and dried fruit taste. More complex then the stout as well, in my opinion. I keep coming back to this one.

Bottle acquired in trade with beerhugger (thanks!). Poured a dark reddish-brown with almost no head. Aromas of very faint chocolate and light caramel. Very sour tasting. I had to take a second sip to see if my mind was playing tricks on me. Same. I’ll have to assume this one was a bad bottle. I’ll rate as is and one day may get another bottle...

Bottle (dig the flask!). Pours a rich, dark brown, darker than the green bottle made it look. Lots of dark malts and roasted aromas-- toffee, caramel, toast, coffee, roast, etc. Also various fruit aromas arise as the beer warms-- raisins, prunes, plums. Medium body. Fruits come across first in the flavor, followed by a sweet, round malt middle, and finishing with a pleasant, almost unexpected, hop bitterness. Slight bittersweet tacky aftertaste/texture. Pleasant bubbly mouthfeel. Very enjoyable.

Bottled. Clear brown pour and a deep mohogany color in the glass. Head is creamy and light tan, blanketing the glass. Lacing decreases with time, becoming more spread out and creating a neat effect. Aroma is molasses, prunes, maybe a hint of soy, yeasty dough, chocolatey notes and coffee beomes stronger as it warms up. Roasted oats, apple, caramel. Body is around light/medium with interesting carb! It’s very soft, foamy and the bubbles remain suspended in the mouth--unbroken and gradually popping, even after you swallow--leaving behind a solidly dry finish. Finish becomes somewhat watery as beer warms. Flavor is unbalanced from front to finish--hops all the way, but still moderately bitter. Fruity notes, plumb, prune, apple skin, touch of caramel--the malty undertones. Bitter is woody, coffee, lightly roasted, touch of grapefruit rind, some baker’s chocolate, some milk chocolate, some oats. Altogether the "old ale" part of this is very noticable: dark fruits, pale malts, lightly malted. Now I want a nice oat stout (lots of oat character). Pleasant and drinkable, but not what I really expect from a porter. Body is pretty light. Old Ale + Oat Stout.

Pours nearly black with a one-finger off-white head. Strong coffee aroma. Light coffee flavor with some chocolate and an intrusive bitterness at the end. Very creamy, but that bitterness is a turn-off.

Pour is black with some dark brown and ruby to it with a nice dense tan head...smell is roasty coffee and cocoa...delicious aroma...taste is roasty and rich for a porter with cocoa and coffee all through it...quick clean finish with no lingering bitterness...extra palate point for that, as that is the thing I dislike most about Porters and Stouts...it is difficult to move on to a lighter style of beer afterwards...this was good, but far from great...

Pours opaque dark brown with very little head. The aroma is smokey malts. Has a stragely thin mouthfeel, but a wonderful toasty, smokey, sweet and bitter flavor. Good amount of hop presence. Better earthy/smokey/coffee finish.

bottle, poured dark and clear, tan head. Yeast and chocolate aroma. Flvaor was sweet , candy and chcolate. Bit thin.