RCH Old Slug Porter

Brewed by RCH
Style: Porter
Weston-super-Mare, England

Bottle conditioned. Nice aroma of baking chocolate, hints of red and black fruits. The flavor is quite nice, very much old-fashioned-English and not fancied-up new world style. Supremely sessionable.

Black with no head. Smell of chocolate malt, some roast, not strong. Some vine too. Taste slightly bitter chocolate, nuts with some chewy wood flavour. No coffee that I can tell but well balanced. Not very distinctive, and a little thin. Finishes dry and tasty. A decent porter.

Bottle: Deep amber coloured with ruby sparks, presumably hazy, extremely firm and persistent tanned head, lively carbonation; roasted malt, honey and dried fruits in the nose; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, soft MF, light to medium bodied; some hidden sweetness and hoppiness in the mainly dry roasty and bitter-chocolatey finish. What a delicious stuff.........

16.9 ounce bottle from Once Upon a Vine in Richmond, VA. Pours a dark brown color appearing pitch black in the glass. Thin head with poor head retention and decent laicng. Aroma of roasted malts, light smoke and light fruity notes. Taste is bitter coffee, chocolate, molasses, dark roasted malts and faint fruity notes. A faint hint of plastic. Medium bodied and fairly smooth.

Cask @ GBBF 2009. A black colored beer, with a small beige head. The aroma of chocolate with notes of coffee. A little burned malt. The taste is watery, coffee like. dry and some bitter. The aftertaste is bitter with a little sweet. 7/10 - 2/5 - 6/10 - 2/5 - 14/20 Bottle. An almost black colored beer, with a thick beige head. The aroma of smoked and roasted malts. There is coffee with some fruits. The taste is roasted malts with coffee and some sweetness of fruits. Then dry with some bitterness. The aftertaste is bitter with some sweet. 7/10 - 3/5 - 7/10 - 3/5 - 14/20

Bottle. Very little head, dark pour. Chocolate aroma but not much else. Medium-thin mouth feel with average carbonation. Coffee flavor with a touch of chocolate. Not super flavorful, but pleasant. Over, a nice, though not inspiring beer. Good session porter.

Dark brown pour, small head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. Flavor is watery, with chocolate, cold coffee, and some vegetable notes. Thin mouthfeel.

Murky dark brown, almost black with almost no head, just some bubble around the rim of the glass. Aroma of chocolate, molasses and roasted malt. Flavor is some chocolate, sweet roasted malt, and a little dark fruit but kind of weak overall. Mouth feel is pretty thin and watery with no carbonation to speak of.