Fuller's London Porter (Cask)
Cask: Seasonal - Winter and Spring.
Smooth and satisfying, this example of an historic style of beer derives its rich, chocolatey character from a blend of Brown and Chocolate malts in the brew. Its notable coffee notes and creamy finish make it a wonderful accompaniment to many sweet foods – especially chocolate pudding. 5.4% ABV.
NOTE: Most Fuller’s beer in the US is served by handpump kegs and not a cask. Ask your server.
Smooth and satisfying, this example of an historic style of beer derives its rich, chocolatey character from a blend of Brown and Chocolate malts in the brew. Its notable coffee notes and creamy finish make it a wonderful accompaniment to many sweet foods – especially chocolate pudding. 5.4% ABV.
NOTE: Most Fuller’s beer in the US is served by handpump kegs and not a cask. Ask your server.
3.8
206 reviews
Chiswick, England
Community reviews
Cask @ Bishops Arms, Hornsgatan. Close to black in the pint glass, with a small tanned head. Roasted chocolate aroma and sweet fudge. Really silky and smooth mouthfeel, low carbonated. Really clean and pleasant chocolate/cocoa taste, mild rosted notes, leather, fudge, tobacco and coffee. Hard to beat!
Cask. Beautiful. Dark brown. Thick sticky head. Nutty. Flat. Creamy. Kinda tart at the end.
Gorgeous dark volume. Chocolatey and refreshing. Gorgeous malty aromas. This is very very drinkable.
Dark black/reddish color with a thick beige head. Caramel and coffee in the aroma. Well blended flavor with dark malt, coffee, chocolate and some fruity notes. Whenever in England, I run for this one :-D
Lovely ale.
[On tap @ Barrowboy & Banker - London Bridge in London, England]
Dark reddish brown colour with firm light brown head. Smell of roasted coffee and malts malts, with some caramel notes, coffee, toffee, chocolate notes, dark and dried fruit like esters. Flavor is similar with moderate carbonation and medium bitternes.
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Dark clear reddish-brown with a thick creamy off-white head. Full bodied with a light chocolate flavour. Not much aroma found.
Cask. Amagerbro Ølfest. No head. Pitch black body. Mild coffee liquorice roasted malt caramel aroma and flawoer. Low carbonation. Long sweet finish. Lovely smooth, creamy and pretty tasty for a beer with such low alcohol contents.
Sample from cask, Amagerbro Beerfestival 2015. Pitch black with tanned bubbles around the edge of the glass. Sweet, roasted aroma with caramel, chocolate, coffee, roasted and fruity notes. Taste is sweet/roasted. Very delicious. Medium body with a smooth, silky mouth feel. Correct temperature and carbonation. Long lasting roasted finish with coffee and chocolate. Excellent, smooth Porter. Only my second rating of a cask ale - much seek this out more.
Cask @ O’Haras. Pours clear dark ruby red, no head. Chocolate, malts aroma. Smooth, chocolate, wood , malty flavor.
Handpull@Grove Huddersfield. 2.90 a pint. Wanted to try this one for a while. Nice porter with a bonfire toffee treacle taste followed by hoppy roastiness with a small creamy mellowness. Bitterness on the end that tastes like raw instant coffee. Distinct ’porter taste’ that I can’t put my finger on, kind of roast dry umami at the back of the tongue. Bit lighter bodied than I expected. Flavours really improved as beer warmed - initially served cool from cellar. Rare treat this one.
Backlog. Fuller’s beers are always iconic and the cask-version of london porter should stand as an example to all other beers in this category.
NWAF 25 Jan 13. Ekstremt mørkebrun / svart. Lavt film-skum. Innholdsrik aroma. Svisker. Mørke plommer. Smaken er tunge, mørke frukter. Litt sherrypreg. Antydning til røyk som et bakteppe. Tørr avslutning.
Cask at the Basketmaker’s Arms, Brighton on 16th September 2013. Black with brown disappearing foam and no lacing. Roast malt aromas. Complex malt in mouth with coffee and caramel. Sweetish roast caramel finish, rather short duration. Fair body and smooth yet engaging mouthfeel.
Classic British beer. Creamy and sweetish, with some chocolate in the body. Nice.
Cask @ Black Sheep, Dublin [141113]
Black, thin tan head
Aroma of smooth dark rich malts, some toasted malts
Taste of dark chocolate, rich smooth dark malts, soft roast, rich chocolate, touch of coffee, complex malts, really nice
Palate - Medium body, really smooth, good mouthfeel. Finish - soft dark chcolate, smooth, yummy rich dark malts, soft roast, some more coffee roast in the finish
Overall - On cask, this is a really superb porter. Waited for ages to try this on cask......
Cask at Old Joint Stock; dark brown pour with velvety tan head, roasted malt aroma, roasted malt taste along with coffee a hint of vanilla some sweetness, excellently slick mouthfeel, reputation deserved.
Pours with nice tan head and with aroma of toasted malts and coffee. Thick oily mouth feel with tastes of chocolate and coffee. Slightly bitter finish. Nice beer.
Cask at Kittys, Helsinki. Originally rated 15012012. Colour is black with small brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, chocolate and roasted malts. Great.
Pours dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, light coffee and light liquorish. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, light malt acidic and light coffee.
Rich roasted aroma, beautiful black body with rich creamy head. Light but tastefull. A must!
Cask, pours black with creamy head. Aroma is roasted and toffee. Flavour is roasted malt, little sweetness dry finish. Very nice
Mar 2012 - Draught at the Ship Richmond - decent and drinkable porter.
Dec 2012 - draught on Fleet St. Tastes like sweet filter coffee or a floater coffee. Quite nice.
Dark black color, decent head, surprised I haven’t reviewed this before. Maybe I’ve never had it? Aroma was malty, decent. Flavor was malty with slight bits of cocoa and coffee as promised by the label. Overall, a decent porter and something I might pick up if the price happened to be right.
Serving type: bottle
02-09-2013 21:03:34
Cask at The Antelope, Sloane Sq. It pours very dark brown with a small beige head. The nose is coffee, light roast, caramel and cooking chocolate. The taste is roasted malt, coffee, nut, toast, plain chocolate, touch of dark fruit with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A solid porter, but nothing particularly special.
Cask at the moon under water JDW. Dark ruby red brown small beige head. Big choc dry coffee aroma. Soft coronation and full bodied. Flavour is more choc and coffee. Some earthy hop bitterness in the finish. Nice lingering coffee flavour. Very good porter.
Poured dark black with no head. Aroma of dark chocolate malt. Medium body, flavour similar to the aroma with a lingering dry, roasted aftertaste. Possibly a bit on the cold side for all the flavours to develop
(cask) pours a very dark ruby colour with no head. aroma of coffee beans and raisins, vanilla, caramel, quite earthy, with a hint of cardboard. flavour is mostly the same, coffee and toasted malts, raisins, no sweetness, with a semi-dry roasted-bitter finish. light-bodied with soft carbonation.
Cask@’in de Wildeman’ Head: almost none. Color: dark brown. Aroma: hops,flowery, chocolate, roasted malt. Taste: bitter, chocolate. Palate: no CO2, bitter, medium bitter finish. Overall: nice trying
Hand pump draught. Black. Slightly sweet chocolate, roasted malts, dqrk fruits on the nose. Body is med, some sweetness, silky. A touch of nuttiness, yeast. A very drinkable and balanced porter. Probably the best one I’ve had(tm). Chocolate pudding, slight roasted notes, malts. This is really enjoyable.
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Cask sample at In de Wildeman, thanks Simon! Almost black colour, no head. Aroma was of buttery toffee, hard roasted malts, coffee, some dark fruits. Flavour hard roasted malts, coffee and cream, toffee, berries, light chocolate, light bitter finish. Light-bodied. Although nice, I expected a bit more of this.