Stout and Porter – 2023

BreweryBeerABVTown / CountryTasting NotesLocationDietary
Beerblefish1820 Porter6.6%Walthamstow - Greater LondonBrett nose with dark roast and black treacle. The latter is also in the smooth, sweet palate balanced by roasty chocolate and raisins. Finish starts spicy fading in the dry slightly bitter finish with some sweetness.HP3
BexleyBakewell Tart Stout5.3%Erith - Greater LondonCherry Bakewell flavoured pastry stout.A31Vegan Unfined
BexleyVanilla Porter4.6%Erith - Greater LondonDark, rich Porter infused with Vanilla.A34Vegan Unfined
Bond BrewsRailway Porter4.5%Wokingham - BerkshireA brown-coloured porter with a roast, malt and fruit aromas. In the taste, bitterness and hops come through to dominate, but in the aftertaste, slight pepper and earthy flavours appear that gives way to a bitter chocolate finish.A39
Brass CastleSweet Tooth5.3%Malton - North YorkshireCaramel porter – decadent, dark and sticky sweet.A43Vegan Gluten Free Unfined
BrockleyStouter5.0%Brockley - Greater LondonVelvety body and a thick, creamy head. Flavours of chocolate and roasted coffee. Dry finish.A58Vegan
CloudwaterDusk4.6%Manchester - Greater ManchesterSmooth stout with cacao beans and vanilla pods.A60Vegan
Cwrw IâlCrank Young, Gifted and Welsh4.0%Eryrys - North-East WalesToasted, smooth and dry finish. This is beer for those dark beer fans!.A69
Five PointsRailway Porter4.8%Hackney - Greater LondonSmoky Jet black porter with raisins, roasty dark chocolate and a touch of marmalade and dark stone fruits. Finish is bitter roasty dry and lingering. Smoky dark chocolate and sweet caramelised fruit aromas.HP9Vegan
HammertonPenton Oatmeal Stout5.3%Barnsbury - Greater LondonJet black stout with sweet treacle and dark chocolate on the nose. Similar notes on the rich palate with a developing dry bitter finish that lingers long and sweet.B21
INNformalINNDeep5.0%Hungerford - BerkshireFull-bodied, rich Stout , roasted barley and Chocolate malt ;East Kent Goldings.B41
KentSacred Grounds5.1%Birling - KentStout brewed with a blend of fresh roast coffee and a shot of chocolate. B66
London Brewing100 Oysters Stout4.6%North Finchley - Greater LondonSweet chocolaty treacle and soft dark fruit on this smooth stout. Finish is long, dry roast with a little bitterness.HP13
MarbleStout5.7%Salford - Greater ManchesterRich aroma of coffee and chocolate. Complex, bittersweet, roasted flavour with fruit and caramel. Smooth mouthfeel, with a drying finish.C3Vegan
NavigationEclipse4.1%Nottingham - NottinghamshireThe malt bill, including 11 different malts, is influenced by cereals from breakfast and American Stouts creating complexity and a smooth drink. The beer has the balance of being quaffable and rich at 4.1%, a great session stout that can be enjoyed all year round.C15
Northern AlchemyConcept Of Space (Raspberry edition)5.7%Byker - Tyne and WearRich chocolate flavour with hints of raspberry.C21
OakhamBlack Magic5.0%Peterborough - CambridgeshireFlavoured with Cocoa and hopped with Centennial, Citra, Chinook and Amarillo on top of a complex base of no less than 8 different malts. A sumptuous cask aged chocolate porter, robust and rich, dark and decadent and supernaturally smooth. A clean bitterness and smooth mouthfeel complete the picture. C35
RCH (Nuttycombe)Old Slug Porter4.5%Wiveliscombe - SomersetFull bodied porter, plenty of roasted malt coupled with dark stone fruit flavours and a slight hop bitterness before a long bittersweet finish.C74
RedemptionFellowship Porter5.1%Tottenham - Greater LondonDark brown sweetish smooth porter with a mix of liquorice, treacle, damsons, raisins and roast coffee and chocolate notes. A pleasant burnt roast gives dry bitter overtones that balances the sweetness. Roasted malt on nose with a trace of hops and a little black treacle. Bittersweet aftertaste overlaid with faint spicy hops.Hops: Bramling Cross, WGV.HP18
Sambrook'sPowerhouse Porter4.9%Wandsworth - Greater LondonDark brown porter with a pleasant roasted malt nose. Flavour is of coffee, sweet milk chocolate, currants, spice and a hint of liquorice with an underlying roasty bitterness. These flavours are also present in the dry finish.HP22
SettleOld Smithy Porter4.7%Settle - North YorkshireRoasty porter with coffee and dark fruits. Hints of liquorice and plums in the aroma. The finish is bitter & roasty.D4
Sherfield VillagePioneer Stout5.0%Sherfield on Loddon - HampshireA black stout, packed with chocolate malt and Pioneer hops, and a hint of vanilla.D8
SouthwarkPotters' Fields Porter4.0%Bermondsey - Greater LondonA traditional session London Porter based on an old recipe using English Pale, Crystal and Chocolate Malts, Fuggles and Goldings Hops. These produce a dark beer with malty body and bitterness balanced with a hint of coffee and liquorice.D21
SpartanCerberus6.2%Bermondsey - Greater LondonRich, smooth, creamy black Porter with aromas of sweet treacle, dark chocolate, coffee and dried fruits. These flavours continue into the palate with a hint of smoke and some dark red fruit. The long finish is roasty bitter overlaid with an increasing dryness and a trace of warming spice.Hops: East Kent Goldings. Malts: Maris Otter, Crystal, Chocolate and Black.HP27
StardustJust Stout4.2%White Waltham - BerkshireA dry Irish Stout. Very easy drinking with a clean finish.D28
ThornbridgeLucaria6.0%Bakewell - DerbyshireTruly decadent ice cream porter, pitch black, rich mouthfeel; chocolate & vanilla flavours.D49
ThornbridgeMarket Cat Export Porter 7.0%Bakewell - DerbyshireA special version of Market Porter, brewed to celebrate the opening of The Market Cat on Jubbergate, York. Brewed to ‘Export Strength’, this beer is a nod to the strong porters that were exported to the Baltic ports, India and the Caribbean throughout the 1800s. Strong, black and chocolatey, this beer is hopped with both traditional Fuggles and the more potent Ernest to give a rounded bitterness and smooth finish.D51
ThornbridgePica Pica4.8%Bakewell - DerbyshireA cask beer from the Thornbridge archives. It pours a rich, deep black and white in colour, and so it named Pica Pica, the scientific name for a Magpie. Expect a balanced sweetness throughout with notes of roasted nuts and coffee.D52
Tiny RebelKev4.9%Newport - GwentBreakfast stout, with coffee and Chocolate notes, the result of the annual 'Clwb House' Tiny Rebel employee celebration.D62
ValeBlack Beauty4.4%Brill - BuckinghamshireIntense dark roasted malts give way to wonderful hop flavours.D85
XTXT84.5%Long Crendon - BuckinghamshireA smooth rich dark porter beer brewed with a careful blend of four malts, along with a cocktail of hops to give a complex taste. Deep dark beer with roasty coffee flavours.D102