Comments on: Tasting Notes: Boggart Rum Porter

By: Duppi

Duppi — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:56:35 +0000

sorry darren just saw your post

By: Duppi

Duppi — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:55:48 +0000

i dont know if any one els has mentioned this but thay sell it in the micro bar in the arndail market rum porter at any rate the others might be there in bottels i didnt get ferther than the pumps

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:19:14 +0000

Hi PJ – Yeah, I’ve had the Rum Porter on draught myself, at the Boggart-run Micro-Bar in Manchester’s Arndale Market and it was definitely better than the bottle, but still too sugary-sweet for me. Thing is, I think if it had a higher ABV and a richer mouth-feel – if it was a rum-spiced Old Ale, something like that – then I’d probably enjoy it more. I just seem to like my stouts drier and my strong ales sweeter.

Haven’t encountered the Downton choc-orange yet, and I don’t think I’ve had the Saltaire’s choc stout either. One to watch out for is the Titanic Chocolate Vanilla Stout. Bit of a gamble though: when it’s on good form it tastes like high-quality milk chocolate with a coffee edge. When it’s not, it tastes like the cheap foreign sweets you find at holiday airports… all depends on whether they get the vanilla-balance right or not.

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:33:32 +0000

Maybe it’s not so good in the bottle. I had a pint of this at the Jolly Butcher in Stoke Newington this evening and it was excellent. I preferred Saltaire’s Chocolate Stout actually, and the Downton Orange Chocolate Stout, both of which I’ve drunk at the Snooty Fox in Canonbury are also somewhat better. But Boggarts are still in my top ten of stouts and porters.

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:12:31 +0000

Hi there, and welcome to the frankly rather wonderful world of real ale, real-ale-in-a-bottle, cask ale, craft ale, microbrewed beer… whatever the brewers are calling it.

Boggart are quite local to me as well (I live in Prestwich) and I’m a fan of a couple of their other brews (particularly the Chocolat Noir), I just wasn’t blown away by the rum finish. Then again, I wasn’t hugely impressed by Innis & Gunn’s rum finish beer when I sampled one the other week (tasting notes to follow) so perhaps it’s just that I’m not too keen on the flavour profile…

Anyhow, do stick around and share your impression of any other Boggart beers you try, or point us in the direction of anything else you come across that’s particularly tasty – all suggestions most welcome!

By: I Marsh

I Marsh — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:31:29 +0000

I collected a 12 bottle mix yesterday for me and my two brother in laws to try this weekend in Scotland, the Rum Porter being one of the four brews bought. I found them no problem (only a couple of miles from my place of work), but the brewery is moving premises as I type to Oldham Road.

Unlike my in-laws, I’m new to the ‘real ale’ experience having had my tastebuds numbed on a diet of lager and cider for the last 19 legal years, so will only be able to say like or dislike, but I’m pleased to have found a small local brewery.

The move must be a reflection on their success!

By: Darren Turpin

Darren Turpin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:32:33 +0000

Cheers Tim, good to hear it holds its own in draught form. I’ll have to keep my eye out and give it a second go.

By: Tim Nutt

Tim Nutt — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:52:46 +0000

I very much enjoyed a pint of this Rum Porter in my local Wetherspoon the other day. It was beautifully balanced, with the rum being very much in the fore without overpowering the creaminess of the porter.

I can indeed imagine it being spoilt by carbonation.

By: Tandleman

Tandleman — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:59:17 +0000

“I’d happily try a few of their other brews”. Well good luck with THAT quest. If you really want to find Boggart beers, get out into the pubs man. The free trade is awash with them.