http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/tasting-notes-meantime-coffee-porter/ A blog about folk(ish) music and real ale / craft beer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.folkale.com/blogobeer-archive/tasting-notes-meantime-coffee-porter/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Ed Ashby Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.blogobeer.com/?p=144#comment-160 As luck would have it the Belfast Wetherspoons happened to have this on tap when I popped in today, so of course I had to try a pint. And quite wonderful it was too. Coffee in the nose, coffee in the taste, it really does seem more like coffee than beer. The toffee aspect isn't as pronounced in the cask version, and a slightly acid bitterness comes through towards the end. As porters go it's surprisingly light and quaffable. As luck would have it the Belfast Wetherspoons happened to have this on tap when I popped in today, so of course I had to try a pint. And quite wonderful it was too. Coffee in the nose, coffee in the taste, it really does seem more like coffee than beer. The toffee aspect isn’t as pronounced in the cask version, and a slightly acid bitterness comes through towards the end. As porters go it’s surprisingly light and quaffable.

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