Asda Whitechapel Porter

Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Porter
Faversham, England

pours dark from the bottle, foamy tan head. half-hearted attempt at a porter ends up being more similar to a mann’s. hints of chocolate and cherry. malt flavour. ashy texture with metallic edge was tasting too much alcohol at first but it balanced out into a decent, if underwhelming beer.

Lovely spicy dark full bodied bitter. So close to that perfect northern ale, Icannot believe it’s an ASDA bottle. Well done asda and well done WHitechapel

Dark, toasty malt, bitter. oatmeal coloured head dissipates in seconds. liquorice and cinder toffee aroma and predominant flavours, finish quite short but pleasantly spicy. not bad at all.

I am not a huge fan of Porters and, having sampled Shepherd Neame’s winter 2006/7 Porter, I did not have high hopes for this little number. However, I was amazed in that I loved this little beauty. Guinness black in colour, malty and bitter in taste (but lacks the sweetness of other Porters, which suits me). A good effort for a cheap, ale from Asda.

From bottle. Deep dark ruby red. Good frothy off white head. Roasted malt and liquorice aroma. Hint of coffee. Bitter flavour. Quite tart with a thin texture. Roasted malt, chocolate.

Poured a dark mahogany colour with a thick caramel coloured head; typical chocolate malt aroma; sweet at first but balanced with a bittterness like that found in dark chocolate or cinder toffee. Satisfying but not outstanding.

Bottle 500ml. Dark brown with slight hint of red, off white head some dark chocolate aromas which also were in the flavour some roastiness there with malts prevalent, this was’nt bad just nothing earth shattering.

Dark deep red with a thin off-white head, taste is of faint chocolate and red fruits but in saying that nothing to write home about an average beer.