Geary London Porter
A faithful recreation of the industrial workers’ porters of Old London.
This ale is deep mahogany to black, with notes of English toffee, double roasted coffee, and subtle stone fruit in the nose. The restrained yet complex malt body gives way to an off-white head with lasting lace. A pleasing body combines with a low alcohol content for a subtle finish.
ABV 4.2% | SRM 46 | IBU 40
HOPS:
Cascade, Willamette, Golding
MALT:
English 2-row
Note: Formerly Geary's London Porter
This ale is deep mahogany to black, with notes of English toffee, double roasted coffee, and subtle stone fruit in the nose. The restrained yet complex malt body gives way to an off-white head with lasting lace. A pleasing body combines with a low alcohol content for a subtle finish.
ABV 4.2% | SRM 46 | IBU 40
HOPS:
Cascade, Willamette, Golding
MALT:
English 2-row
Note: Formerly Geary's London Porter
3.2
281 reviews
Portland, United States
Community reviews
From the bottle, this poured an opaque dark brown body with a creamy light brown head. It had an aroma of lightly toasted malt, licorice, and chocolate. The flavor added a taste of iced coffee to the mix. Just okay.
12oz bottle poured into a tumbler.
Dark brown with a small dark beige head.
Toasted malt and coffee nose, with green grassy hops.
Black coffee flavor, a bit thin, lo-med bitterness, roasted malts, faint sweetness, dry and lacks some chocolaty depth.
Somewhat over carbonated, light-med body, decent but boring.
Opaque brown-black with a large-bubbled tan head that remains as a good cover, heavy bands of lace. When judging this, let’s remember it is 4.2% abv, which says a lot about how much the brewmaster has accomplished. Taste is bitter malt with a touch of mocha and burnt toast. The flavor is particularly strong on the sides of the tongue along with the buzz from carbonation. I believe this is intended as a session porter, and it succeeds very well.
Appearance:
Deep dark browns bordering on black. Clear. A thin broken film of khaki rests on top.
Nose:
Dark fruits with roast along the sides and chocolate on top. Sweet smoke weaves in and out. Black breads infused with prunes.
Palate:
Medium-light mouthfeel with a clean body. Dark fruits in the middle. Dry bitter and tart tannins of dark fruit skins along the sides. The flavor hits quick and finishes quick with not much of anything hanging around.
Final Thoughts:
For a sessionable English style porter, she was alright but in no way anything special. I have tasted better.
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Draft. Black pour with creme colored head that lingers. Nice malt aroma. Coffee and dark chocolate flavors with no sweetness.
Bottle. Dark brown color. Not much head. Flavor is burnt grains, slight mocha. Aroma is burnt toast. Had much better Porters.
The brew has a roasted chocolate smell to it. The color is a deep, dark brown with a bit of dark red where the light gets through. The head is a medium brown with almost no clinging to the side and dissipated quickly. The carbonation gets in the way of the roasted malt flavor.
From the 12 fl. oz. bottle. The pour is dark brown to nearly black with a lasting mocha foamy head. It looks the way it should. The aroma is powerful with dark malts and coffee and a little smoke. But the finale is not as good as the start. The body is thin to medium. The taste has a butterscotch thing and a low bitterness but it kind of astringent and acidic. It looks and smells good but something is missing in the body and flavor.
12oz bottle 4/13/13 (Binny’s Naperville clearance Rack)-40° in English Pint-Pours dark brown with a small circle for a head. Aroma of rpasted malt, chocolate, and coffee. Taste of the same with a smoke, malt, and coffee. This full bodied brew is well balanced and quite tasty. A bit lighter but still tasty.
Bottle from SH. Pours mahogany brown with a small fizzy off white head that fades. Nose is roast, toast, light metal, and lactic sourness. Flavor is similar, definitely of the Old English style. Not a huge fan.
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a moderate off-white head. Nose is a little bitter from the English hops, but not all that appealing. Toast is a little bitter with some roasting in there. Not all that tasty...
Not a bad porter overall dark smooth and good when you need something refreshing and light
Not what I woudl call a shining exapmle of the style. IT is thin and watery, very light on malt, a lot of yeast.
Earthy, working mans porter I don't enjoy this it is a task...but it is nutty. Great example of malt forward beer
It poured a deep brown, practically black with a tiny tan head. There was minimal lacing. The aroma has a nice full roastiness with some chocolate to it. The taste has a very full-on roasty, somewhat burnt-ness to it. There are some subtle hints of chocolate and nuttiness to help it along. The palate is medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. Overall, this is a good beer, decent for the style.
12oz bottle brought back from Maine. Pours a clear dark brown with a quickly fading head that leaves a small brown ring. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and nuts. Taste is nuts and coffee with some acidity due to a high carbonation. Also gives it a flat taste on the end as well. Acidity does lessen as this beer warms up and you get to more chocolate flavor too.
12oz Bottle. The pour was a very dark brown with a reddish hue and an average (1-2 finger) light brown rocky head that was mostly diminishing, down to a thin puddling and medium collar that produced fair runny lacing.
The aroma was of dark roasted malts and a sweaty leathery yeast with notes of dark chocolate, roasted coffee and a hint of molasses.
The taste was very malty with a touch of bitter chocolate and a hint of sweet molasses in the beginning, and then slowly progressed with a slightly bitter sweet coffee flavor towards the end. The flavor hung around for a short while with the mild bitter coffee taste becoming more dominant as time pasted.
Mouthfeel was a bit below medium in body and rather thin in texture with a somewhat prickly carbonation.
Overall a pretty basic Porter with a good flavor and easy drinkability, I could see myself drinking a few of these...
Roasted coffee aroma with dark chocolate brownies for dipping. Brown to almost black. Bitter mocha flavor not unlike the high test coffer-energy shots you see lately. Body is on the thinner side with the bite and consistency of an English pale. Not Geary’s best beer.
A solid porter, but not too bold. A little "thinner" than your average porter, but still good dark malt and coffee/chocolate notes.
Bottle from singles rack at Binnys. Pours a rich dark brown / almost black. Notes do licorice in the nose. Taste has a bit of an edge of hops to it...along with the possible coffee taste from the roasted malt. Maybe not my favorite porter but I will be back for more...tasty.
Watery, chemical-tasting, nasty concoction. Truly the worst porter I have tried at any price point.
Roasty malt, dark and toasty, yet still light end drinkable. Smooth with a lingering finish.
P. K.
Weaker than I expected. Decent roasted notes and some citric hop bitterness, but the flavor seemed almost watery to me.
This is a decent porter in the English style (more or less). It pours a nice red brown w/ just a ring of head. Malty and a bit chocolatey and a touch acidic, this has most of what you’d expect for the style but is over-carbonated which doesn’t suit it at all and creates a feeling of thinness and cheapness. This feels like it’s a good beer at its core but appropriate attention to detail was not paid.
Aroma is malts and a hint of coffee. The flavor is yeast, mild fruit overtones, malts and a complex malt/acidic finish.
Tampa, FL - Total Wine - 12 oz bottle. Pours a deep dark brown leading to black with a nice off-white head that leaves a bit of lacing. Rich aroma with some nice bittersweet chocolate and coffee notes with a hint of fresh potting soil. Flavor is full bodied and bold. Bittersweet dark chocolate is prominent with some espresso notes and a bit of black potting soil. Nice, thick chalky mouthfeel. Porter definitely worth pounding!
It would be decent for a brown ale but not enough smokiness to justify a porter. Pretty watered down taste. Not bad but not great.
This is one of my favorite porters. It’s got all of the classic english style points. Very roasty and smooth.
Sasparilla black body with Coca-Cola foam head. Roasty nose with feint, but distinct, soot character. Thin body, sweet and sooty all at once, with some power black ash in a dry finish at the back of the palate. Light in alcohol content, rather thin, and ashy--this how I think an early Olde World porter may have tasted.