Dockside Dark
Gloucester Brewery

Dockside DarkDockside Dark
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From:
Gloucester Brewery
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5.4%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 3.39%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
4
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 18, 2020
Added:
Aug 23, 2012
Wants:
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Gots:
  2
A cross between a porter and a stout, Dockside Dark features a depth of malt flavour with complex roasted notes of black coffee and smooth dark chocolate.

Rich and dark in colour, with a velvety subtle sweetness – a satisfyingly, gloriously, delicious dark ale.

75 IBU
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Reviewed by vinicole from England

3.69/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Bottle. Almost black with a lasting creamy head.
Smells initially of chocolate followed by charred bread and then latte coffee.
Flavour is similar. Quite bitter.
Medium to full bodied. Smooth at first but is spoilt by the jarring malt bitterness.
Did not meet initial expectation.
Sep 18, 2020
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Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England

3.76/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
L- Held up to the window it's black; against a halogen lamp it's a deeeep ruby/chestnut. Clear, pours with 2mm pale tan head.
S- Toasty, with a hint of charring and cold log embers.
T- Chocolate for sure, that mixes with dry hops to give a sense of 'dry' (unsweetened) cocoa. There's a touch of smoke and coffee too but for me they're milder than the cocoa.
F- It is quite dry... doesn't feel like just hops, it feels like it's from the cocoa too. It's quite intense too without a heavy body/feel. The 5.2% ABV just about manages to compliment and support the impactful taste, ie the body doesn't come over as thin (vs taste), that said I'd be interested in trying a say 7% version of this :)
O- through the 70s-00s I rarely if ever touched stout and porters were more of less unknown then. Stout was available in just about only one neutered factory version of what it could and should be. That beer, via advertising mostly, and zero competition has HUGE kudos. Anyway long/short, when proper stouts and porters became available it was an epiphany, and I began to explore them, confident that they wouldn't taste like Irish swill. This is an example of a beer I'd have happily drunk in my youth if it were available. Nice, I'd happily buy this again.
Bought from BeerOfEurope/UK for home delivery. 500ml bottle BB: 04/21
Jun 08, 2020
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Reviewed by jonb5 from England

4.02/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pint at the Crosse Keys JDW.

A: Dark black with a ruby tinge, medium head, well retained, didn’t leave a whole lot of lacing.

S: Smoked meat, dark chocolate and a big hit of smoke.

T: Dark chocolate, quite meaty, burnt charcoal, decent bitterness, smoke.

M: Light body, decent amount of carbonation, went down well.

O: Reminiscent of Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen not easy to classify, but very drinkable.
Nov 05, 2015
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Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England

3.88/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
36th CAMRA Cotswold beer festival (July 2012) in the lovely 15th century Tithe Barn was the setting for my tasting of this beer.

Gravity poured pint: dark amber/brown body with a tan coloured head of foam.

The nose was semi-sweet molasses: chocolate and toffee esters mostly.

The taste was also semi-sweet with the dark chocolate and toffee from the aroma coming through again, add some liquorice and caramel into the flavour stakes and a smooth body feel and you’ve got a very drinkable Porter in your hands. This was my last beer at the festival and although my taste buds were most likely not at their best: this beer certainly was.
Aug 23, 2012
Dockside Dark from Gloucester Brewery
Beer rating: 3.84 out of 5 with 4 ratings