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Unplugged Old English Porter
New Glarus Brewing Company
- From:
- New Glarus Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 18.98%
- Reviews:
- 217
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 10, 2009
- Wants:
- 35
- Gots:
- 22
No description / notes.
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Ratings by coldmeat23:
Reviewed by coldmeat23 from Oklahoma
3.73/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
GLASS: Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass
TEMP: Cellared @ approx 55 degrees
Thanks to thehand for sharing this one with me.
This pours up a dark shade of hazelnut brown. It has almost two-fingers of light tan colored foam on top. The retention of the thick and creamy foam is very good and the lacing is full and sticky.
It's not an in-your-face kind of nose, but the malt vinegar aspect is the most prominent. A subtle hint of roasted coffee is noticed, as well.
Very interesting. It's like a really good, modern-day, porter that someone has squeezed a lemon into. Nice presence of roasted coffee beans. Some mid-range presence of dark chocolates and a touch of whole cream. Then there is a crisp and tangy aspect, much like tart lemon juice. There is also a nice hint of smoke, a touch of tobacco and a faint bit of oak. Surprisingly this works very well.
This is medium-bodied and has a nice, medium level of carbonation. It is smooth drinking, yet has a crispness in the finish and a mild touch of creaminess to the body.
As thirst quenching as I think this could be, on a hot summer day, it would also just make you want more each time you drank one. The sourness, which makes this beer what it is, is also it's own undoing.
Feb 04, 2010TEMP: Cellared @ approx 55 degrees
Thanks to thehand for sharing this one with me.
This pours up a dark shade of hazelnut brown. It has almost two-fingers of light tan colored foam on top. The retention of the thick and creamy foam is very good and the lacing is full and sticky.
It's not an in-your-face kind of nose, but the malt vinegar aspect is the most prominent. A subtle hint of roasted coffee is noticed, as well.
Very interesting. It's like a really good, modern-day, porter that someone has squeezed a lemon into. Nice presence of roasted coffee beans. Some mid-range presence of dark chocolates and a touch of whole cream. Then there is a crisp and tangy aspect, much like tart lemon juice. There is also a nice hint of smoke, a touch of tobacco and a faint bit of oak. Surprisingly this works very well.
This is medium-bodied and has a nice, medium level of carbonation. It is smooth drinking, yet has a crispness in the finish and a mild touch of creaminess to the body.
As thirst quenching as I think this could be, on a hot summer day, it would also just make you want more each time you drank one. The sourness, which makes this beer what it is, is also it's own undoing.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
4.21/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
obviously this one is pretty old, we unearthed a dusty bottle from a friends cellar and dug in. amazing how well this has held up, especially considering the low abv. it presents itself now far more as an english old ale or even yorkshire stingo than as a porter. more of a crimson color than a dark brown, and just a thin airy bubble layer on top, dissipating rather abruptly. smells awesome, sour dark fruit notes like are commonly found in a flanders red type, but some nice chocolate malt and sweet toffee notes balancing it out. caramel and oxidation are also present, but its not a flaw here, almost makes it seem like a well aged barleywine, but the abv is so low. the flavor is a lot like the nose, remarkable how sour it is. good lactic development, but still really smooth from all the toasted grain and lack of bubbles. surprisingly, its nothing like any porter ive ever had. i understand the base to be a blend of a sour red type with a porter, which makes a little more sense, but with all the time on it, its evolved into something else entirely. one of my favorite beers from a weekend filled with shiny pennies. if anyone still has a bottle of this laying around their basement someplace, now is the time!
Jan 16, 2016Reviewed by cosmicevan from New York
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle was a booby prize during suitcasejons craft beer nerd blind tasting challenge. Not sure what this beer was intended to be like but right now it is, we'll lets say interesting. Lactic and sour with hints of a chocolate porter on the back end. Grape sour and lacto dominate things but it is drinkable, just unique. Super unique. Soft nail polish remover over cocoa powder. Drank from a new glarus tasting glass.
Mar 15, 2014
Unplugged Old English Porter from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
289 ratings
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