Fallen Angel Hickory Switch Porter

Brewed by Fallen Angel
Style: Porter
Lewes, England

Bottle. Up to the usual standard for this brewery IE not very good. Brown and murky.Acidic with no carbonation. Probably quite reasonable in cask form but from the bottle it is pretty rough.

Bottle. Pours a mid-brown with an enormous head. aromas of caramels and general sweet fruitiness. smoky flavour with some sourness.

Bottle at home ... Deep brown / red ... Rich smokey fruity malt ... bit over fizzy ... quite cherry fruity woody and sweet. odd touch of bbq sause ! ... Nice rounded and smooth ... Im a fan of this brewery with everything ive tried being pretty decent and intersting. I think this beer is definitly better than than its current average (2.74) Wife says taste more like a sause than beer but quite likes it and i tend to aggree with description that it would be great in a Chilli. WIsh i had another.

Bottle picked up from the Dodgy Deli’. Cowley Road, Oxford. Poured dark brown, bit murky, bit smoky in aroma, some yeast, malty but a touch thin and loose, sort of homemadeish feel about it, but drinkable.

Bottle. Muddy dark brown with a small head. Aromas are cocoa powder with earthy light roast malts. Some smokiness. Flavours are smoky in a stale cigarette sense. Chocolate malts with some citrus and herbal notes. Dry and a bit rough on the finish.

500ml bottle from Middle Farm in East Sussex. Brewed July 06, drunk June 07. Pours a hazy very dark brown, with a tan head that subsides. Aroma is of roasted malt, which is carried on in the taste, along with a decent smoky flavour. I think it definitely benefited from more time in the bottle because the smokiness was certainly apparent (compared to other peoples’ comments). The palate is rather thin but I can see this going well with BBQ food.

Bottle at the London Gathering, November 2005. Murky dark brown colour. Indistinct aroma, with a little roasty malt and maybe a hint of licorice. Rather thin in the mouth with a distinct bitterness and a smidgen of sharp fruit. Nothing unpleasant about this but it didn’t really have much depth of flavour and was, overall, short of impact.

Bottle. Cool label i have to say! This is a thin porter, with only a touch of roasty chocolate, and fruity acidity. I was hoping for a lot more in the body, flavour and aroma departments. Dissapointing.