Saturday's Porter
Septem Microbrewery
- From:
- Septem Microbrewery
- Greece
- Style:
- English Porter
Ranked #137 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,834 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 10.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 23, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 08, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain
2.27/5 rDev -36.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.27/5 rDev -36.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
From Labirratorium. In Teku glass. Playing Shantae' Pirate's Curse. Pretty watery, with some coffee and prominent acid notes, like red berries, that wonder ifare intentional or a flaw. 3 months before bb date
Mar 08, 2017
Reviewed by safaricook from Netherlands
4.02/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
nice porter with a aroma and taste more of chocolate than coffee. Easy drinker. Pairs well with chcolate fudge. Another solid offering from this brewery.
Jan 21, 2017
Reviewed by rex_4539 from Greece
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.86/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
L: Dark brown color, one finger brown head, superb lacing, minimal carbonation.
S: Vanilla, coffee, roasted malt. Could smell this one all day long!
T: Coffee, vanilla but very watery. What a shame.
F: Very watery, light bodied.
O: When I smelled this beer I thought it had the potential to be the best porter I have ever tried but was very disappointed from the taste.
Aug 13, 2016S: Vanilla, coffee, roasted malt. Could smell this one all day long!
T: Coffee, vanilla but very watery. What a shame.
F: Very watery, light bodied.
O: When I smelled this beer I thought it had the potential to be the best porter I have ever tried but was very disappointed from the taste.
Reviewed by Jetulio from Spain
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
330 ml. bottle poured into a Pint glass
Appearance.........Black beer with foamy head colour beige of 2 fingers aprox
Aroma............... malt, caramel and vanilla aroma predominance
Taste........ Some caramel notes and then hop , touch of bitterness lasting in mouth without traces of smoke or roasted cereals.
Mouthfeel........... medium/full body and soft carbonation
Overall............ a recomendable black ale.
Sep 19, 2015Appearance.........Black beer with foamy head colour beige of 2 fingers aprox
Aroma............... malt, caramel and vanilla aroma predominance
Taste........ Some caramel notes and then hop , touch of bitterness lasting in mouth without traces of smoke or roasted cereals.
Mouthfeel........... medium/full body and soft carbonation
Overall............ a recomendable black ale.
Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.48/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.48/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Poured from bottle into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a deep-deep brown, nearly black color with a two finger head of cream colored foam. The thick head has a great level of retention, very slowly fading over time to leave a great level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is rather big of a roasted malt and chocolate smell with a strong showing of sweeter aromas as well. The sweet are a nice blend of caramel and vanilla with a hint of molasses in there as well. Some lighter nutty smells and brown bread are there with the rest, giving the brew a rather rich, dark, sweet, and raosty smell overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a slightly toasted malt flavor mixed with a little bit of a caramel and vanilla sweetness. The taste is much less then what was anticipated from the nose, with the flavors being much lighter than the smell. The darker flavors do pick up a bit as the taste advances with some chocolate and more roast coming to the tongue, but still, overall, the roast and dark is rather light for a porter. Some nut and even more caramel and vanilla sweetness come at the end, leaving one with a rather sweet brown ale flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is rather thin and watery with a carbonation level that is on the lower side. The carbonation is good for amplifying the lighter dark flavors of the brew and more the porter style, but a heavier and chewier body would have helped even more giving the brew a rather robust feel.
Overall – The aroma and look were quite fantastic, but unfortunately it was too light in roasty and dark flavors with too thin a body for me to really consider a porter. If it were marketed as a brown ale, then it would be OK, but when expecting a porter, I am expecting something with more umph!
Jul 23, 2015Appearance – The beer pours a deep-deep brown, nearly black color with a two finger head of cream colored foam. The thick head has a great level of retention, very slowly fading over time to leave a great level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is rather big of a roasted malt and chocolate smell with a strong showing of sweeter aromas as well. The sweet are a nice blend of caramel and vanilla with a hint of molasses in there as well. Some lighter nutty smells and brown bread are there with the rest, giving the brew a rather rich, dark, sweet, and raosty smell overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a slightly toasted malt flavor mixed with a little bit of a caramel and vanilla sweetness. The taste is much less then what was anticipated from the nose, with the flavors being much lighter than the smell. The darker flavors do pick up a bit as the taste advances with some chocolate and more roast coming to the tongue, but still, overall, the roast and dark is rather light for a porter. Some nut and even more caramel and vanilla sweetness come at the end, leaving one with a rather sweet brown ale flavor to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is rather thin and watery with a carbonation level that is on the lower side. The carbonation is good for amplifying the lighter dark flavors of the brew and more the porter style, but a heavier and chewier body would have helped even more giving the brew a rather robust feel.
Overall – The aroma and look were quite fantastic, but unfortunately it was too light in roasty and dark flavors with too thin a body for me to really consider a porter. If it were marketed as a brown ale, then it would be OK, but when expecting a porter, I am expecting something with more umph!
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
330 ml bottle purchased and consumed in Greece.
Rich farm malts with spicy hops. Faint coffee and dark chocolate. More spicy hoppy than expected.
O: Recommended, especially amongst Greek beers.
May 18, 2015Rich farm malts with spicy hops. Faint coffee and dark chocolate. More spicy hoppy than expected.
O: Recommended, especially amongst Greek beers.
Reviewed by DoubleJ from Wisconsin
3.51/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Greek porter out of a 330 ml bottle, on to the beer:
Closer to being dark amber colored than the standard dark brown for a porter, a short head is formed on too and does an okay job retaining it. The aroma brings my faith back into where this beer is heading, as it brings sweet molasses and brown sugar, notes commonly found in a porter. A sweeter porter with a little roast, it also brings maple and is also easy to drink. While very light in body, I could see myself drinking this porter in warmer weather.
Nov 30, 2014Closer to being dark amber colored than the standard dark brown for a porter, a short head is formed on too and does an okay job retaining it. The aroma brings my faith back into where this beer is heading, as it brings sweet molasses and brown sugar, notes commonly found in a porter. A sweeter porter with a little roast, it also brings maple and is also easy to drink. While very light in body, I could see myself drinking this porter in warmer weather.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Best before end: 1/25/15.
Pours an almost opaque super dark crimson-brown with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, and slight black licorice aromas. Taste is much the same with burnt toast, cocoa, and char flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a straightforward but solid roast and char presence that is slightly better in the smell to me.
Serving type: bottle.
Oct 27, 2014Pours an almost opaque super dark crimson-brown with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, and slight black licorice aromas. Taste is much the same with burnt toast, cocoa, and char flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer with a straightforward but solid roast and char presence that is slightly better in the smell to me.
Serving type: bottle.
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