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Friday, April 21, 2006
Beer Tasting: St. Peter's Old-Style Porter
This is a porter style from St. Peter's Brewery, St. Peter's Hall, Nr. Bungay, Suffolk, UK. This 16.9 fluid ounce bottle was purchased from Total Wine & More in Cherry Hill, NJ. After our experience with this beer (and previously the ale) from St. Peter's we are anxious to try more. So far, if you're keeping score, we liked the ale and loved the porter!
Have you tasted this beer? Let us know what you think. As a suggestion, try to keep the review as brief as possible for each of the following: appearance; smell; taste; mouthfeel; and drinkability.
Appearance
Adam: deep red birch beer, persisting thin head and ring
Bryan: pours smoothly with a 1/2 inch head that hangs around for a while; fairly dark in color
Smell
Adam: raisins & brown sugar, malt
Bryan: bitter dark chocolate for sure
Taste
Adam: like a bread pudding with persisting slight sweetness
Bryan: not quite as big and complex as the nose might suggest; not as much up front but the dry bitterness at the end is noticeable
Mouthfeel
Adam: surprisingly not too heavy
Bryan: not as heavy as you might expect
Drinkability
Adam: again surprisingly drinkable and delicious
Bryan: oh yeah baby! (though, note, colder seems to be better in this case...approximately 50F)
Seconds?
Adam: I'll have another pint
Bryan: Yes
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