London Porter
Fuller's

Poured from a 500ml bottle.
Poured a deep red , almost black with a tight bubbled chocolate head . The smell is coffee and then chocolate and the tastes follows exactly, with bitter notes and a slight sweetness.
The mouthfeel is good, coats the tongue, fizzy , spot on really. Overall a really good beer , deep, rich and satisfying as they come .

 

 

 

 

Pours a deep, dark mahogany coloration with a ruby sheen when held up the light and a medium, creamy head. Smells of bready, roasted malt and chocolate, with just a hint of herbal hops as well. Taste is a great balance of roasted, slightly caramelly malt, milk chocolate, much lighter dark/red fruit, with notes of raisin and cranberry and just a hint of coffee, licorice and earthy, herbal hops. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some roasted malt, chocolate and licorice lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation.

This makes for a very nice English Porter with distinct notes of roasted malt and chocolate and a great balance of sweet, roasted and bitter notes, with the roasted and bitter notes clearly dominating, just like I like it. Hints of drak/red fruit, coffee and licorice add a certain depth while earthy, herbal hops provide that certain bitterness to this. It's just a very well-balanced, easy drinking yet flavorfull example of the style with a good body and mouthfeel for the style as well.

 

 

Quite simply the best porter ever made. Still the G.O.A.T. After all these years.

 

11.2 oz bottle poured into a nonic pint glass. Pours a dark brown, slight darker than cola, with some ruby highlights. Thin tan head falls quickly to some whisps of foam. Smell is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and a bit of hops. Taste starts with coffee and chocolate up front, then a bit of bitterness and roasted malt. Finishes with a bit of earthiness and a long, coffee/chocolate aftertaste. Feel is smooth and easy drinking. Medium-light mouthful with nice carbonation that remains present yet soft. Overall, I am enjoying this beer a lot. Easy to drink, flavorful, manageable ABV when having more than one or two. Will buy again especially if I can find it relatively fresh for an English import.

L: Very dark chestnut colour, good head and lacing
S: Chocolate, toffee, roastiness,
T: Toast, chocolate, dark fruit
S: Quite well-bodied, balanced carbonation

O: 4.25

 

12 oz bottle that states best before 6/1/21, poured into a tulip glass at approx 55 degrees F:
L - dark as coal with a caramel head that quickly disappeared
S - roasted malt, coffee, toffee
T - roasted malt flavor, toffee, coffee and a bit of nuttiness
F - silky smooth with minimal carbonation
O - very very robust flavor, this is a classic porter

 

Cola colored with a hint of red and an 1/8 of an inch of tan head that disappears quickly. Very subdued nose that has roasted malts, some cocoa, and coffee. The taste follows the nose but expansive. More of the roasted malt, cocoa, and coffee with a bitter coffee finish. It's a little thin but fine. This beer is easy to drink and enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

Fuller’s London Porter from Griffith. On room temperature shelf at Total Wine, Selma, TX. $2.70 (Including tax)/11.2 oz bottle ($ 0.241/oz). Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 12/6/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottle stamped “01 OCT 21 2162 13:06” on back label. Served at 52.8 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 56.3 degrees.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Deep Amber (SRM 15), clear.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. When rear-lite, translucent ruby.
Head – Large (Maximum four cm, aggressive center pour), almond, high density with rocks, average retention, diminishing to a four to seven mm crown, and a rocky complete cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.5 – Mild dark fruit and weak roasted malt and weak chocolate, no hops, no yeast.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins mildly sweet with a generic dark fruitiness, no hops, no yeast, and no ethanol (5.4 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma. None of the chocolate from the nose appears nor does the advertised coffee, until the aftertaste. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Seems a bit drier than the typical porter.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 Very nice English porter, mildly chocolatey and dry.

 

 

Drinking this at home.
Poured from a 11.2 ounce bottle into a pint glass.
Drink by date 01 OCT 21
Today 5-14-21
Looks dark brown with a tannish foamy head that dropped quickly to a thin cap and moderate lacing.
Smells malty, sweet chocolate, coffee, and a bit of pepper.
Taste follows the nose nicely with enough spiciness to keep my interest.
Mouth feel is medium for the style with a nice creamy finish.
Overall a nice Porter that I would definitely drink again.
Cheers!

bottle into a pint glass

Pours a cola brown in the glass, ruby when held to light, crystal clear, small light tan head with good retention and a small bit of lacing. Aroma is caramel malt, some sweet chocolate, subtle roast and a bit herbaceous. Taste is roasty, very herbaceous, subtle black coffee which is mostly bitterness. Earthy hops rounds it out. Mouthfeel is lighter side of medium bodied, average drinkability. Overall, a good beer and certainly one of the standards of the style, but not something I’d likely to revisit often.

4.25/4.25/4/3.75/4

 

Pours a clear brown with reddish tint. Thick creamy tan head that falls away leaving spotty lacing. Aroma is mild, roasted malts, hints of chocolate and smoke. Flavor follows the nose. Feel is medium bodied and creamy. Overall a fine beer.

11.2 ounce bottle poured into a Duvel tulip glass.

L---Impenetrable brown color. Soapy, white head that faded quickly to a ring and left good lacing.

S---Roasted malts, dark chocolate and a touch of coffee.

T---Flavorful. Follows the nose. Toasty malts. bitter chocolate and very light coffee.

F---Medium bodied.

O---A top-flight example of the style. And they get all of those notes without two tons of adjuncts. World Class.

 

 

 

Best by 10/1/21

Well, I've only had one English Porter up until now, and it was the second highest rated of the style, Taddy Porter. Now, I'm moving up to the highest rated! I thoroughly enjoyed Taddy, so I'm guessing I'll like this too. Let's jump right in

Pours a clear dark drown with ruby highlights and 2 fingers of creamy tan head that slowly fades to a thin cap and leaves decent lacing

The nose here is quite soft, but by no means is it dull or boring. I'm picking up on aromas of milk chocolate, sweet toffee, creamy vanilla, toast, raisin, and a hint of earthy hops

Unfortunately, the flavor is mostly dull in comparison to the aroma, just not very exciting but still solid. On the front end of the sip I'm tasting red grape, charred toast, and floral hops. The swallow brings notes of chocolate malt, sweet toffee, earthy hops, and light toast

A medium body pairs with gentle (almost nonexistent) carbonation, resulting in a smooth yet light beer. Finishes mostly dry with a lingering bitterness and roast

While this wasn't a bad beer by any means, it's far from exciting, even for a classic style. I enjoyed Taddy Porter far better