Bexley Black Prince Vanilla 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
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	08 Feb 2026	A half sufficed the evening before and for me not in the least moreish and so I have let it be!
Philip Pirrip		08 Feb 2026	Poured flat, stayed flat in glass. No life
Hogan Sampling		07 Feb 2026	3rd beer of this visit: Second day on for this porter from Erith in the Bexley borough and a creamy head and lacing lasting. It had all the ingredients a box of chocolates would have felt at home with in its first hit. A syrupy malty dryness rising from its mix of brown, chocolate, black and crystal malts, and a dry caramel hint joining in. Flavourings you would expect in such a flavoured ice-cream emerging from vanilla extracts in on the mix alongside hints of coffee, and lingering as this dark porter made its downwards journey. Not overly bittered but likely to have had a measure of Kentish hop varieties, as is standard practice with Bexley brews, to balance its sweetness best they could. Too cloying for me to have more than a half!
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	12 Jun 2024
Philip Pirrip		09 Jun 2024	Needed a bit more natural carbonation to carry off the vanilla-ing

The Ivy House, Nunhead, Greater London

The Long Pond, Eltham, Greater London