Five Points Derailed 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.

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	23 Oct 2025
Hogan Sampling		23 Oct 2025	Now its fifth night on and not so smiley is this porter from Hackney, East London. Head and lacing, barely, and lasting, not a chance. Still a dry bitter first bite. A hoppy note from its Goldings hops. A malty kick and bitterness getting the better of you. Its dark fruits veering up at you. A dry bitterness drifting out with the odd red berry or two. Tired as you would expect on its fifth night. All good porters have their day!
Hogan Sampling		21 Oct 2025	On its third night and still smiling in every way was this porter from Hackney, East London. Great head and lacing and lasting to the end. A dry bitter first bite. A moreish hoppiness rising from its Goldings hops. A malty bitterness winning over with a good infusion of dark fruits veering up including its red berries undoubtedly starring! A dry bitterness descending with a lovely moreish maltiness to boot.
Philip Pirrip		20 Oct 2025	Holding up nicely
Philip Pirrip		19 Oct 2025	Tasty and very lively
Hogan Sampling		19 Oct 2025	Despite being fresh on this porter from East London's Hackney did actually chuff into the station with very good head and lacing and lasting on its whole journey over the points. Whilst the beer itself was not making a rhythmic sound as in chuffing, the barman on was let loose on this micro's sound system with some encouragement from the custom in. Back to the porter, it presented a malty bitterness as it clattered over the tracks and climbed the odd gradient. This porter is said to be an extra special version of the brewer's Railway Porter and aged on wild yeast for a minimum of nine months. It was definitely a wild night for the micro's jukebox! The porter made its final journey for me before shunting into the sidings with a good spurt of dark fruits and red berries steaming out of its funnel.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	29 Apr 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	28 Apr 2022
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	27 Apr 2022
Philip Pirrip		26 Apr 2022	Staring to get flatter
Philip Pirrip		25 Apr 2022	Spot on
Philip Pirrip		24 Apr 2022	Aged porter and full bodied to boot
Philip Pirrip		12 Dec 2021
Philip Pirrip		10 Dec 2021	18 months aged