Salopian Entire Butt
Mainly available bottled. Has been seen on tap.
Historically the term used to describe a porter blended from a variety of ales, entire butt uses 14 different malts and 3 hops to recreate this forgotten style of porter. The beer is black/brown with a crisp white head and is distinctly vinuous. It has little hop character as essentially the flavour is derived from the malts. Malts used: pale Maris Otter, lager, wheat, pale crystal, dark crystal, dark chocolate, pale chocolate, black, roasted barley, caramalt, torrified wheat, amber malt, brown malt and malted oats.
Historically the term used to describe a porter blended from a variety of ales, entire butt uses 14 different malts and 3 hops to recreate this forgotten style of porter. The beer is black/brown with a crisp white head and is distinctly vinuous. It has little hop character as essentially the flavour is derived from the malts. Malts used: pale Maris Otter, lager, wheat, pale crystal, dark crystal, dark chocolate, pale chocolate, black, roasted barley, caramalt, torrified wheat, amber malt, brown malt and malted oats.
3.4
425 reviews
Hadnall, England
Community reviews
Deep dark brown, nearly black, with a thin light beige head. Nutty chocolaty English aroma. Crisp and medium flavor with a lot of bitter cocoa and roasted black biscuit malt. Lots of roast. Aftertaste has a bit of bittersweet dark chocolate and a touch of coffee. The middle also has a certain mineraliness you usually find in English ales.
Bottle. Deceptively hoppy/beer aroma, but delightful sweet porter. Very flavorful with light chocolate and malt flavors. Just goes to show you don’t have to follow the current trend of mega ABV to create a very satisfying, tasty beer.
bottle. clear brown with a large, creamy, tan head. nutty caramel aroma. lots of caramel, toast, nuts, milk chocolate, cola flavors. a hint of ash and tobacco. no hops left. not really as vinuous as it claims.
The sampler, brooklyn bottle: pour blackish with a beige head. Aroma is lihhtly roasted malt with hints of chocolate and more malt and more. Taste is, as others noted, all over the place. Not really roasty. Not really chocolatey. Not really coffee. Not really fruity. Kind of minerally. Not bad.
Pours deep amber-brown from 12 oz. Malty aroma, some caramel and plums. Toasty flavor, vinous, with bitter finish. Full bodied low carbonation. Good beer, a bit of mish mash with no defining characteristics, but overall drinkable.
Pours a very dark brown with red highlights and a large off-white head. Aroma has some mild roastiness, mild chocolate, and a bit of fruit. Taste is similar-- some roastiness, some chocolate and fruit. Thin bodied and somewhat watery.
bottle from Sloth. dark brown body looks like the water when cleaning the nozzles on coke dispenser. lasting khaki head. slightly dusty nose with a bit of white pepper and very light toffee. thin body with a watered down marshmallow flavor and some light caramel. seems like it is just a bit past, but still enjoyable.
Smell of licorice, tar. Very dark brown colour, beige head. Aroma of tar, rubber, roasted malt. Bitter, soft and plentiful carbon.
Creamy texture, a full-bodied, dark taste of malts, chocolate and coffee. A little bit roasted, very much enjoyed this one. Smooth to drink but not without some character to it.
Dark cola-colored beer with a thin fizzy eggshell head. Somewhat peculiar nose of toffee, raisins, and chocolate cake. Flavor is wonderfully malty with slightly toasted nuts, semi-sweet coffee, cocoa, licorice, and black strap molasses all coming through. A little wisp of bitterness finishes it. Despite all the nuances, it is still rather mild for a porter. A different and enjoyable porter.
black color, small white head. tastes of malt, light chocolate and smoke aroma. light body, fizzy on the tongue, light coffee bitterness, good texture.
Bottle 4,6 from Prisma Kaari. Cocacola colour with lasting medium head. Malty mellow porridge aroma with chocolate. Some bitterness.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
A pretty good porter, but light than I was expecting. Has some roasted appeal, but the sweetness, some caramel and chocolate, dominates.
Bottle from backlog notes 07. Pours a dark cola brown color with a small beige head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malt, bakers chocolate, some dark fruit character that has a slight tart note, thin compared to most porters, but the flavor is still there, this was one of the first English porters I had and not something I would revisit.
Bottle from one of the supermarkets. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, red berry fruit, creamy caramel. The flavour is medium bitter with a light malt hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
500ml bottle, 4.5 % abv, thanks to Finn for sharing. Tightly packed fawn-coloured head with fair retention. Clear rosewood coloured body. Attractive taste of bacon and dark malts. Chocolate malts to the fore of the taste profile with hints of bacon. Mid-dry, malt bitterness to the ending. Medium bodied. Decent version of the style (at Finns, Tromsø 27.05.2014).
Flaske 0,5l fra Kilpishalli. Delt med Rune under rateseanse på Nerstranda 27 Mai 14. Ekstremt mørk amber. Lavt, litt farget skum. OK lacing. God aroma & smak av bacon, røyk & røstet malt. Veldig bra ut fra styrken.
Bottle from local market, Vantaa. Originally rated 12042012. Colour is dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Chocolate, some coffee and roasted malts.
Bottle at home. High creamy and long lasting off-white head. Clear very dark brown body. Sweet and mild roasted malt caramel nuts cocoa aroma. Mild and sweet roasted malt liquorice flavor with little hops bitternes, low carbonation and a long sweet finish. A bit on the watery side.
Backlog. On tap at Green Lion Inn. Dominated by chocolate, vanilla, some coffee and dried fruits.
Aroma; roasted malts, fruits, hints of leather sole.
Beige half finger head, dark brown body, some dots inside the mug and a curtain half way down there.
Taste; roasted malts, chocolate,
To palate slightly watery, mealy, but easy enough.
Finishes on the chocolate malt side. Overall it was okay.
0,5L brown bottle 4.6% b@supermarket in Finland, tasted@home Norway.
Bottle 50 cl. Black with a lightbrown head. Aroma of malt, chocolate and yes butter. Light bittersweet with a short chocolate end.
Huge peat roast malt aroma with smoke and coffee. Finishes with coffee bean bitterness. Pours dark brown with OK head and lacing. First beer on tap at Church key. Won’t be the last.
Bottle. Pours dark brown color, beige head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate. Taste is coffee, cappuccino, dark chocolate, roasted malt, hints of caramel.
Caramel, cereal, toast, smoke, woody aroma replicato in taste
nice bere for winter
500ml bottle.
Courtesy of Sohny-Euro Santa 2013.
In short: an spicy peculiar dark ale.
Pours hazy dark amber-copper, with nice tan head, cremy. Some head retention and lacing. Caramel, toffe, nutmeg, liquorice and some roasty aromas. Medium body, silky texture, soft carbonation. Taste is sweet, roasty, some wine/tart character, chocolate, liquorice. Balanced and pleasant.
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a beige head that gone in a moment leaving some lace. Aroma is burnt malts, caramel, molasses, bitter chocolate and burnt coffee. Flavor is much the same with medium bitterness, lightly sweet, medium body, creamy to sticky texture, average to lively carbonation and an average bitter finish.
Pours a lovely clear dark brown with a tan head. Has a very robust chocolate and coffee aroma. Taste is straight coffee chocolate and malt. Has a nice nice bitter after taste.
Lovely dark ale colur and bubbling head. Mild chocolate and coffee tones and not too sweet. Very nice.
Bottle from Kokkens Vinhus. Black with a beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, caramel, licorice, hops and dried fruit.