Old Slug Porter - RCH Brewery

GCBrewingCo

North Carolina

3.48/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Dark brown, almost black yet when held up to the light it is brilliantly clear. Little head, low carbonation levels. Roasted chocolate aroma, actually, extremely roasty aroma. Flavor is dry and very slight sour chocolate roast. Then the finish is bone dry roasted. The mouthfeel is spot on, but the dry finish and the roasted nature don't score high drinkability.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2003 00:14:44 | More by GCBrewingCo

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

05-24-2013 13:49:40 | More by Slatetank

zenithberwyn

California

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

04-06-2013 07:35:08 | More by zenithberwyn

jonathaniler

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.6%

02-07-2013 02:30:47 | More by jonathaniler

TwoForty

Florida

5/5  rDev +32.3%

02-07-2013 01:06:23 | More by TwoForty

mdillon86

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +5.8%

01-19-2013 18:30:34 | More by mdillon86

bigred89

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

01-13-2013 03:49:03 | More by bigred89

leinie13

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

01-12-2013 00:48:59 | More by leinie13

GreyGhost4

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -7.4%

01-11-2013 23:25:07 | More by GreyGhost4

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

4.53/5  rDev +19.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Served on cask via hand-pump in the Mad Bishop and Bear in Paddington Station, London.

Pours a great dark, dark, dark brown colour, verging on black. Quite a nice but quickly disappearing head on it.

Smells of dark, roasted and burnt malts.

Tastes pretty much perfect. Served slightly cooler than I've usually had in pubs, but not so cool as to mask any taste. The perfect temperature. In every way, as I drink I think how this is the perfect porter. So dark and malty up front, yet with a great wholesome yet drinkable texture to it. Not much distinctive hoppiness to speak of.

This is my perfect pint. I love it.

Serving type: cask

11-17-2012 23:03:25 | More by CwrwAmByth

sneaks2210

New York

3/5  rDev -20.6%

11-17-2012 17:09:53 | More by sneaks2210

Bouleboubier

Pennsylvania

3.98/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

This is, for me, probably the closest thing I've had to my romantic idea of an ideal English Porter.

That's not to say it's perfect, nor the most quaffable porter I've known.

Dark reddish-brown liquid (you don't even have to hold the glass up to a light to notice) with a slightly sooty-tan head. It just looks like porter.

I don't know whether the lines were overdue for a cleaning or if the keg had gone off a bit, but accompanying its rich chocolate-syrup, doughy, and ohhh-so-delicately roasty malt foundation was a distinct, unique (to me) ester profile that suggested an arguably mellow, almost gueuze-like, sourness. Perhaps centerpiece to its character. It, of course, helps that the body has a lightness to it that, dare I say, makes it totally sessionable.

I'd have to drink a few pints or more in succession to really start to adjust my palate to it, zero in on some points, but what a memorable ale! You gotta try it - you may like it.

Serving type: on-tap

10-08-2012 03:42:26 | More by Bouleboubier

WynnO

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.6%

09-08-2012 06:06:16 | More by WynnO

shand

Florida

3.9/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

16.9 fl. oz bottle into a nonic.

This beer pours deep brown with a large, off-white head. The aroma is strong on cocoa powder and coffee, with a hint of roasty malts. The taste is good, it's got a great effervescent mineral character over roasted malts and chocolate. The mouthfeel is prickly and light, and the drinkability is good. A solid example of a lower ABV porter - the likes of which don't seem to make it over to US shores all that often.

Serving type: bottle

09-03-2012 02:49:12 | More by shand

BlackHaddock

United Kingdom (England)

3.95/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

500ml bottle conditioned: best before Oct 2012, poured into a UK pint sleeve on 1st Aug 2012.

Really dark body: deep brown with a tan coloured foaming head that was huge and lasting.

Intense aromas of burnt/roasted/toasted malts: these turn into coffee and chocolate flavours in the taste. A hop bitterness is never far away and I found this a complex and interesting Porter.

Serving type: bottle

08-01-2012 21:43:03 | More by BlackHaddock

harpus

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev -0.8%

07-24-2012 13:09:09 | More by harpus

OldTime

Georgia

4/5  rDev +5.8%

07-05-2012 00:35:42 | More by OldTime

Zakk

Florida

4/5  rDev +5.8%

06-02-2012 23:50:51 | More by Zakk

FriedGold2112

4.25/5  rDev +12.4%

05-02-2012 03:06:51 | More by FriedGold2112

HamJam

Spain

4/5  rDev +5.8%

04-28-2012 18:39:48 | More by HamJam

JRaburn

4.25/5  rDev +12.4%

04-01-2012 13:10:24 | More by JRaburn

KarlHungus

Minnesota

4.1/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On cask at Town Hall Tap in Minneapolis. This beer arrives a very dark brown color. The head is an inch of solid white foam that stays put leaving tight rings down the sides of the glass until the beer is gone. The aroma is of chocolate, cocoa powder, and roasted malt with hints of cherry. The taste is similar to the aroma, and has nice complexity. The mouthfeel is spot on for a cask beer. Silky in texture, medium bodied, and lightly carbonated. Overall, this is a nice, easy drinking porter that I will certainly drink again if the chance presents itself.

Serving type: cask

02-21-2012 15:05:55 | More by KarlHungus

pin

Australia

4.5/5  rDev +19%

02-10-2012 03:14:44 | More by pin

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.05/5  rDev -19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

On cask at Rustico Alexandria. Served in a nonic pint.

Pours dark brown with a good cask-level light tan head. Good lacing on the way down. The nose carries a strong component of diacetyl, which is thankfully at least partially covered up by roast and chocolate. Flavor isn't quite as bad on that front, though it's still there. Nothing too interesting. Medium body and light carbonation with a bit of roast. Okay.

Serving type: cask

02-03-2012 12:05:42 | More by Thorpe429

ricksrealm

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.6%

01-22-2012 13:03:33 | More by ricksrealm