James Squire Porter - Malt Shovel Brewery

ColSanders123

Georgia

3.75/5  rDev +5.6%

02-11-2013 20:15:57 | More by ColSanders123

magpieken

Australia

3.75/5  rDev +5.6%

04-08-2013 16:34:35 | More by magpieken

magnusdave

New York

4.25/5  rDev +19.7%

02-26-2013 01:49:40 | More by magnusdave

BILF

Israel

3/5  rDev -15.5%

01-28-2013 19:03:01 | More by BILF

mungus

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

01-23-2013 14:05:47 | More by mungus

Booza

Australia

3.25/5  rDev -8.5%

12-27-2012 05:44:08 | More by Booza

t0rin0

California

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

11-22-2012 02:32:34 | More by t0rin0

hopnerd

Australia

3.25/5  rDev -8.5%

11-02-2012 06:33:38 | More by hopnerd

Jake321

4.5/5  rDev +26.8%

10-21-2012 01:15:44 | More by Jake321

pin

Australia

3/5  rDev -15.5%

08-27-2012 03:24:31 | More by pin

soju6

Missouri

3.73/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at the Portland Brewhouse.

A: Served a mahogany color with a good tan head that fades slowly to nice lacing.

S: Aroma of roasted malt, some chocolate with a bit of coffee and a trace.

T: Tatse of roasted malt, dark chocolate with a bit of coffee. Nice bitterness and a dry finish.

F: Medium body, smooth and quite creamy. Nice balance.

O: Very drinkable beer. Nice take on the style.

Serving type: on-tap

08-13-2012 10:29:22 | More by soju6

Morningstorm

Netherlands

3.75/5  rDev +5.6%

03-25-2012 20:26:43 | More by Morningstorm

tbeckett

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

03-14-2012 02:14:33 | More by tbeckett

dmorgan310

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

02-05-2012 04:37:58 | More by dmorgan310

heygeebee

Australia

3.63/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a two finger black n tan. Fine head, which fades too quickly to a film. Little lacing.

Restrained aromas of leather, wood shavings, and chocolate, a little coffee.

Taste is malt - not too roasted - and dark chocolate well integrated. Smooth finish. Quite a moderatley bitter porter rather than the sweeter style to go with higher ABVs.

Mouthfeel is nice and creamy, carbonation a little high for style.

Overall a solid English style porter. Moderate flavour overall, doesn't build, doesn't overtake itself. Good beer-drinkers beer. Not the worst of the JS offerings either.

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2012 09:25:44 | More by heygeebee

DrNo

Australia

3.5/5  rDev -1.4%

01-12-2012 22:30:33 | More by DrNo

MrKennedy

Australia

3.08/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

16oz cylindrical James Squire glass at 30 knots bar.

Poured with minimal off-white foam. Dark brown to black appearance with a hint of red on the outskirts of this. The foam dispersed quickly to leave a little crown around the edge of the glass.

Smell was a little restrained, partly due to the cool serving temperature. Some light coffee grounds are there with dark chocolate.

Taste has a modest amount of chocolate there, with the barest trace of the coffee.

Mouthfeel is pretty full for the size of the beer. The finish is made full with the chocolate flavour. Not a lot of bitterness, but it doesn't really need it with the gentle flavour.

A pretty average porter. Nothing there to offend, but not much to get hyped up about. Pretty modest, dependable and reasonably sessionable.

Serving type: on-tap

01-06-2012 11:36:57 | More by MrKennedy

cdwil

Texas

3/5  rDev -15.5%

12-29-2011 20:27:13 | More by cdwil

MenInVen

Australia

3/5  rDev -15.5%

12-28-2011 09:30:29 | More by MenInVen

dansmcd

Australia

3.45/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On tap at the Generous Squire in Perth. Very dark body with a reasonably dense head. Aromas of roasted malt and chocolate. The coffee flavour hits first, followed by toast and dark bitter chocolate. Not bad. Mouthful is a touch thin and fizzy. One of the better offerings from Malt Shovel.

Serving type: on-tap

12-03-2011 03:56:05 | More by dansmcd

Raebies

Australia

2.68/5  rDev -24.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Lightly carbonated dark beer with little to no head.. perhaps because I poured it straight from the fridge. Smells metallic and minerally. Nice smoky burnt caramel flavours, hint of chocolate and strong coffee aftertaste. Somewhat sour on the tongue and not very sweet, I feel it lacks the complexity of other beers in the James Squire range.

Serving type: bottle

11-25-2011 10:57:21 | More by Raebies

aeolianshredhead

Australia

2.6/5  rDev -26.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

A- Pours a deep ruby red with a brown frothy cappacino-esque 2 finger head which dissipates quickly. Nice.

S- Raisin and coffee. Not detecting much in the way of chocolate on the nose.. Frankly, a little flat if anything.

T- Well, I am a little disappointed here. All this beer really consists of is roasted malts with little robustness. Ok, there is a nice, lingering bitter aftertaste but that's about it. Even the dark fruit aroma is barely present.. It's not actually unpleasant, I just expected a whole lot more from this brewery.

M- The first thing that strikes me is that this Porter is way too carbonated. Next, I found this to have little in the way of body.. Definitely not what I was expecting.

O- For such flashy advertising, I find this beer fails to deliver the goods. Mainly, the level of robustness was hugely lacking as was the mouthfeel in relation to the style. It wasn't a disaster or anything, just a bit underwhelming.

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2011 13:14:05 | More by aeolianshredhead

Stew41

Australia

2.58/5  rDev -27.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Pours chunky. Nice medium chocolate brown. Stout like on the nose with roasted notes. Flavours promised on the nose don’t really translate but still drinks ok. A touch too fizzy for my liking. JS should have done better IMHO. Won't be back for this.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2011 13:02:56 | More by Stew41

JohnnyBarman

Ontario (Canada)

3.6/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Single bottle picked up at a Canberra supermarket. Handsome bottle, something very turn-of-the-century to it.

Poured into a tumbler for lack of any better glassware around. A dark chocolate ruby hue, about a half inch of off-white head with a bit of lacing. Dissolves into a thin ring. Carbonation is visible - looks like a root beer in some respects.

Nose is quite pleasant - bread, yeast, caramel, chocolate, mild coffee, cream, sugar. A bit of sherry as well.

A nice little porter, certainly a welcome change from some of the pale lagers I've been having. Similar flavors as in the nose, but finishes tart and slightly bitter. Not as full flavored as I would have liked - this brew certainly could have been more assertive, but nevertheless it's quite nice.

Thin bodied, zippy carbonation, a bit like cola.

A brew that has a lot going for it, but also could have done a lot more. The flavors are very nice, but are a bit muted and the mouthfeel is off. Still, a fine little porter and an easy drinker. Would certainly have another.

Serving type: bottle

04-22-2011 08:12:35 | More by JohnnyBarman

burnheartsMKE

Wisconsin

3.28/5  rDev -7.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

On the nose I got toasty wheat bread.

A too thin, almost watery mouth-feel immediately disappointed me, but as it moved toward my throat I pleasantly approved of it's nice slow-burn bitterness. I don't know if it's because I'm in Australia, but something in this really reminded me of Vegemite on wheat toast with butter that was rescued from the toaster on the verge of being burnt. Scraped black crusty-bits being wiped from a dirty counter-top with a rag that had been used to absorb a coffee spilled earlier.

Overall, decent, but I prefer a fuller bodied porter with less carbonation. I think perhaps Australia's warm weather accounts for the thinner, bubblier variation on this type of porter, or perhaps, I'm just giving a mediocre beer too much credit

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2011 07:12:19 | More by burnheartsMKE