Grand Union Honey Porter

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Simple Simon's, Canterbury, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		20 Dec 2007	Not as good as per usual, some dark malts and fruit.
Ian		18 Aug 2007	Magnificent honey and choc. Got better as the evening went on.
Andrew		18 Aug 2007	Sweet tart combination to die for. Sweet honey and roasted malt. Martin's pint a few hours later was even better.
Ian	Not Tried	21 Dec 2006
Brian	Not Tried	18 Dec 2006
Ian		28 Oct 2006	Some molasses, some sweetness, some sourness. Black with tan head. Lots of choc and coffee and roasted malts but that juicy sourness too. Great porter.
Andrew		28 Oct 2006	I liked this a lot. Sweet oysterish like richness followed by lots of roasted dark malts.

The Brewers Arms, Lewes, East Sussex

Red Lion, Snargate, Kent

Catford Beer Festival 2006, Catford, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		09 Jun 2006	Black beer with dark brown edge, no real head. Bit of sourness, some blackberry , some choc. Black cherry on end is good. Not a huge honey presence if any. Good though.

The Yew Tree Inn, Barfrestone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		07 Jan 2006	A slim head on a black body. It had a sweet burnt malt taste with rich deep honey bitter finish. The background flavours reminded me of Rother Valley beers in that they it was quite earthy or peaty.