Gearys London Porter

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Acquired via trade with Chopz. Pours an average size frothy brownish head and has a fairly dark brown appearance. Lacing is ok. Aromas of sweet, toffee and nutty malts. Also some light chocolate. Flavours are mainly roasted malts, coffee, some notes of chocolate and toffee but fairly subtle. Has somewhat of a watery mouthfeel. Light bodied and ok retention.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Purchased a mix pack on my trip to Maine. Pours a real dark brown colour with a beige foamy head and good lacing. Aromas of roasted malts with hints of nuts and coffee. Taste of yeast candy, mild roasted malts and good grassy hops. Mouthfeel is slightly dry, but overall a refreshing porter.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Was expecting this to be better than it was, based on my other samples from Gearys. Not one of the better porters out there. Appearance is good....dark black, semi-thick, and creamy texture. Has a weird flavor at the start, but finishes with some decent roasted chocolate malt. Can't really see myself buying this again, with so many other directions to go.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A beer of the month club entry for Oct-Nov 2010. Pours a dark coco brown, fairly impressive toasty flavor, but a few harsh notes that come through at the end of a sip. Not a fast slurp down, but works well to sip slowly and ponder life with.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Sweet nose, choclate, prunes, brown sugar, a touch of hoppy pine. Frothy carmel colored head sits on top of opaque black body (with hints of ruby at the edges)and leaves moderate lace. Motuhfeel is medium bodied and a bit slick and maybe just a bit too fizzy. There is a lot of flavor in ths porter pretty solid malt backbone (i am guessing both toasted and crystal)starts bitter but hits chocolate and coffee pretty fast then goes almost baked grapefruit with cimamon and brown sugar, finishes much dryer than expected. A touch of alcohol in the aftertaste. NIcely down, although its the first porter I have drunk in perhaps 10 years, used to drink em up in Canada summers at a camp, but thats another story, remeber them being less hoppy than this.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

12 oz brown bottle with a twist off cap, slightly more stubby than norm. Smelly hints of roasty porter, chocolates. Pours almost opaque but I do see some orange peeking thru, mahogany woodgrain. Hazy by no means. Good charge of sudden bitter that fades pleasantly. Almost roasted bitter dark chocolate initial flavor. Perhaps some blunt black coffee qualities. Good carbonation, pleasing to the back of the tongue. Some back of throat burntness but acceptable. Finish quite nice with some short time side of tongue bitter qualities. Overall, a good dark beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

another middle of the pack porter. maybe i'm being a little generous. the standards are there- roasted flavor, coffee taste. dry finish. some bitterness to it- hops or roasted malt, i'm not sure. if i want a porter and nothing else is available, i'd get it again.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

08.18.04 12oz bottle. Dark brown pour with minimal head. Aromas are roasty, maple, licorice, berry. Odd flavor up front. Very acidic/sour. Roasted middle and aftertaste. End is somewhat vegetal and off. I was really let down by this beer and don’t get the high ratings. Bad quality control?

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours with a dark brown body topped by a medium thick quickly disappearing tan head with a good amount of lace left behind. Slightly roasted malt aroma with a slightly sweet hoppiness and a touch of coffee. Roasted malt flavor with coffee accents and a touch of sweetness. A roasted coffee falvor fills the finish. Full bodied and slightly dry.