Stormy Port
Galway Bay Brewery
- From:
- Galway Bay Brewery
- Ireland
- Style:
- English Porter
Ranked #107 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #28,077 - Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 13.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 12, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 12
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
This rich and complex beer boasts its roasted coffee notes and hides certain sweetness and chocolate flavours in the background.
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
2.94/5 rDev -22%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
2.94/5 rDev -22%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
440ml can from Centra, Enniskillen (€3.65):
Opaque black & opaque with a thick looking creamy head just under half a cm tall but holding well. The nose is quite dark with chocolate malts & a smoked aroma similar to a rauchbier with some ham/smoked sausage notes that I wasn't expecting or appreciative of. There was a some roasted notes & earthy malts too but I wasn't a fan. The taste is similar to the nose, not quite as smoky though but some of the ham flavours do come through - it dark & medium to full bodied with some earthy, roasted malts & hints of chocolate but it's closer to a rauchbier for me & not at all what I'd expected sadly.
Sep 12, 2022Opaque black & opaque with a thick looking creamy head just under half a cm tall but holding well. The nose is quite dark with chocolate malts & a smoked aroma similar to a rauchbier with some ham/smoked sausage notes that I wasn't expecting or appreciative of. There was a some roasted notes & earthy malts too but I wasn't a fan. The taste is similar to the nose, not quite as smoky though but some of the ham flavours do come through - it dark & medium to full bodied with some earthy, roasted malts & hints of chocolate but it's closer to a rauchbier for me & not at all what I'd expected sadly.
Reviewed by misteil from Ireland
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: giant tan coloured head with very good retention, beer is jet black, no light bleeding through.
smell: light but nice aroma, milk and dark chocolate, espresso, coffee beans, smokey, toffee, caramel, hint of some sweet dark fruits.
taste: really smokey and earthy, dark chocolate, meaty, cigar smoke, ash, oaky, nutty, only lightly sweet, lot of espresso, serious bitterness on the finish, smokey flavours linger.
feel: medium bodied, light to medium carbonation, quite smooth, lingering bitterness on the back of the tongue.
overall: a pretty interesting porter, this can has a good few months on it, would like to try it fresher, but not bad at all
Apr 15, 2021smell: light but nice aroma, milk and dark chocolate, espresso, coffee beans, smokey, toffee, caramel, hint of some sweet dark fruits.
taste: really smokey and earthy, dark chocolate, meaty, cigar smoke, ash, oaky, nutty, only lightly sweet, lot of espresso, serious bitterness on the finish, smokey flavours linger.
feel: medium bodied, light to medium carbonation, quite smooth, lingering bitterness on the back of the tongue.
overall: a pretty interesting porter, this can has a good few months on it, would like to try it fresher, but not bad at all
Rated by Truegent2004 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid Irish Porter all the way around. Galway Bay Brewery know what they're doing.
Dec 27, 2020
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