Nearly black with a creamy head and a nose reminiscent of dry stout, our Old English Porter has a full, rich flavour.
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by Phil B from Gatineau, Canada who has tried this beer once. (8/28/2008 11:57:58 AM)
"Bottle courtesy of mgermani: Poured a clear black color porter with a huge light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light dry coffee with some black chocolate is lighter then I was expecting. Taste is also a nice enough mix between some black chocolate notes with some more subtle traces of dry coffee. Body is just way too thin for the style, which was a big letdown but great carbonation and no apparent alcohol were enjoyed. At the end of the day thought, this beer has not enough of a full body for the style and could use some more character."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by BigBry from Calgary, Canada who has tried this beer once. (5/6/2007 2:53:59 PM)
"341 ml bottle, label as pictured above, no date on label. Pours quite dark brown with a small, off white head. When held up to the light, you can see some slight amber reddish hilights. Roasted dark malts, with dark fruity (plum, prune) smells. Taste is dominated by roasted malt flavor, also a bit of dark sugar sweetness. Some alcohol come through as well. Smooth, almost creamy mouthfeel result from the restrained carbonation. Lots of flavor and high alcohol make it a sipping beer. I bet it would age nicely."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.8)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 341ml @ $1.68 Unit Cost: $2.33 per Pint
[3] Review by beercronic from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada who has tried this beer many times. (12/13/2006 3:54:30 PM)
"Poured out into the glass with a small ammount of off-white head that sat on top of the dark brown beer. Simmered quickly to no more than a ring and leaving minimal tiny spotty lacing. Way too much alcohol hits the nose. It's gotta be hid a little better than that. Toasted malts and some chocolate can also be obviously noted. Slightly sweet flavoured, the toasted malts and coffee tastes are blended decently enough with the taste of alcohol. Fairly creamy and really smooth, which suprised me considering the 8.5% and my dissapointment up to this paoint. Full bodied. Slight tingles hit the tongue and a slight bitter finish with a big chunk of alcohol finishes you off. The alcohol content did not ruin the mouthfeel. Despite the abudance of alc, this is still an enjoyable beer."
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.1)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 341ml @ $1.7 Unit Cost: $2.36 per Pint
[4] Review by mmmmBeer from Edmonton, Canada who has tried this beer once. (10/18/2006 11:40:09 PM)
"This brew pours very black, and produced a good quarter inch of thick tan head that didn’t last to long though, just the faintest hints of red show through when held up to the light. Smells so good, overall very sweet, coffee and black liquorish make up the bulk of the aroma, the sent is relatively mild but not too difficult to detect. Tangy flavor, starts off of with the black liquorish hitting your tongue then morphs into a sweet artificial coffee syrup, you can really taste the high alcohol in this, it works for the beer but I’m not sure if I’m a fan of this taste. Mouth feel is to thin for a porter and maybe a touch too much tingly carbonation for my liking. The after taste is a very subtle chalky bitter that lasts longer then the energizer bunny. There is a strawberry like flavor hiding under all the intense flavors of this brew, I’m both enjoy and dislike this beer at the same time can’t explain it. I would recommend any one to try it; it’s a very complex interesting brew. "
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
4/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.2)
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure Compared to this brewer's other beers: Not Sure
[5] Review by beercronicshero from Edmonton, Canada who has tried this beer once. (8/6/2006 7:06:02 PM)
"pours a dark brown/ almost black except for the slight ocloring around the sides of the glass poured a nice creamy tan head that vanished after a minute or 2... 0 lacing...from the opening of the bottle i smelled a lite banana... and a toffeish smell... not quite coffee not quite chocolate... the taste of roasted malts and chocolate is pretty damn appearent. the mouthfeel is amazing on this... i love it.... thick as hell... i just noticed it has 8.5% coulda fooled me!! this is pretty damn good i must say... diffently try this again!!"
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.7)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 341ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
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