Unplugged Old English Porter
New Glarus Brewing Company

Unplugged Old English PorterUnplugged Old English Porter
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From:
New Glarus Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 18.98%
Reviews:
217
Ratings:
289
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 28, 2019
Added:
Aug 10, 2009
Wants:
  35
Gots:
  22
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Ratings by biker30x:
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Reviewed by biker30x from Illinois

3.34/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 2.5
When I think of Porter, this isn't what I was thinking. New Glarus is brewing a historical sour porter and you know it the moment you open the bottle. The pour fills the room with a winey / cherry scent that's only a half-step from wet cardboard. A satisfying brown in the glass, with a light ring of quickly fading foam, the scent continues to rise out of the glass to hammer home the idea that New Glarus continues to march to its own drummer.

SOUR. Dried cherry, cranberry, brett, malt and that hint of wet cardboard...my first impulse is immediate drain-pour. Pressing on, the complexities challenge and entice. Each component of the deliberate souring New Glarus has used to re-incarnate a long gone style of porter begins to assert itself. This is not Sean Thornton's "black beer" enjoyed by all in Innisfree and I was ready to dismiss it for that.

Continuing to sip as the beer warms, the sour never goes away. The two main profiles are the malty sweetness and the massive sour of the brett. I can appreciate the dried cherry and roasted malt flavors and how they play off each other, but this will never N-E-V-E-R be my session beer.

Once again NG has demanded that I re-think what I thought I knew about beer, and I'm a better BA for it.
Nov 13, 2009
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.21 by mattreitz49 from Florida

Sep 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4.26 by ZombPumpkin from Illinois

Aug 25, 2017
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.21/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
obviously this one is pretty old, we unearthed a dusty bottle from a friends cellar and dug in. amazing how well this has held up, especially considering the low abv. it presents itself now far more as an english old ale or even yorkshire stingo than as a porter. more of a crimson color than a dark brown, and just a thin airy bubble layer on top, dissipating rather abruptly. smells awesome, sour dark fruit notes like are commonly found in a flanders red type, but some nice chocolate malt and sweet toffee notes balancing it out. caramel and oxidation are also present, but its not a flaw here, almost makes it seem like a well aged barleywine, but the abv is so low. the flavor is a lot like the nose, remarkable how sour it is. good lactic development, but still really smooth from all the toasted grain and lack of bubbles. surprisingly, its nothing like any porter ive ever had. i understand the base to be a blend of a sour red type with a porter, which makes a little more sense, but with all the time on it, its evolved into something else entirely. one of my favorite beers from a weekend filled with shiny pennies. if anyone still has a bottle of this laying around their basement someplace, now is the time!
Jan 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.3 by iRun2Beer from Minnesota

Sep 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by madtowndmb1 from Wisconsin

Aug 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by chcfan from California

Nov 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by jarrgal from North Dakota

Oct 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by PG2G from California

Sep 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by KAF from Iowa

Jul 24, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by IowaBiertrinker from Iowa

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by GClarkage from California

Jul 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by TATURBO from Illinois

Jun 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by zestar from California

May 05, 2014
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Reviewed by cosmicevan from New York

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle was a booby prize during suitcasejons craft beer nerd blind tasting challenge. Not sure what this beer was intended to be like but right now it is, we'll lets say interesting. Lactic and sour with hints of a chocolate porter on the back end. Grape sour and lacto dominate things but it is drinkable, just unique. Super unique. Soft nail polish remover over cocoa powder. Drank from a new glarus tasting glass.
Mar 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by tectactoe from Michigan

Jan 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by brewskis4drewski from Iowa

Nov 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by jdkitchi from Wisconsin

Oct 12, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by cadaugherty from Illinois

Aug 20, 2013
Unplugged Old English Porter from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 289 ratings