Beer – #644 – Summer Wine – Teleporter
BeerJerkNZ Beerclub beer! This week another interesting and delightful looking beer, the Summer Wine Teleporter. Two beers one glass, two genres on album, a choice of numbers and choosing your mates.
“Evolutionary beer from Yorkshire“
This is a 330ml bottle that contains 150 calories of a beer that is 5.5% ABV, and 1.3 standard drink units.
Brewed by Summer Wine in the style that is Porter and that happens in Holmfirth, England
Anticipation abounds
A Rich Dark Porter brewed with 10 different malts giving a sweet roast richness that is balanced with just enough hop character. This ale has a surprising drinkability for it’s colour and abv.
Don’t let the sumptuous roast malt fool you, this porter is seriously potent & has the potential to take you to another place!
Imagine standing in an espresso bar sniffing a chocolate selection box then somehow converting the aroma to liquid form and sticking it in a bottle. It would be sort of gross and we’d have no idea where to start anyway with all that state of matter business.
So what could possibly go wrong? These days “porter” and “stout” are used pretty much interchangeably and there is some interesting history in the styles, and it’s explained here.
Aroma on opening is hard to pick, I though that it was more hoppy, then I thought it had a note of roasted malt or chocolate.
Pour is a lovely dark chestnut brown and a fair decent firm and light brown head. Its noisy beer should you take a listen, just like snap crackle and pop.
Initially I though this has a more sour edge, it’s a familiar note, you’d know it. But the na few minutes of warming and some lovely aromas break through, and some soft flavours also begin to shine. I’d say a slow burner but it just needed a moment.
Also it looks great in the glass.
A decent Porter then, but given that they talk it up a bit you could be miffed for it not having a lot more body and oomph in the middle bit, perhaps. I would have though there might have been a bit more depth or a punch. There wasn’t. Not a disaster though since it carries well and drinks well enough without making you gasp in wonderment.
Not sweet, not sour, not dry to finish, no sharp or rough edges to catch you, this is a well crafted drink.
The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as 8 of its things from the thing. Eight being the arbitrary ‘very good’ on the random scale. I like porters and stouts, and so this isn’t a real surprise and it’d have to be really something to get a better or worse. This sits very nicely in the competent and enjoyable field without fuss.
The double dip review
Am I enjoying it? Yes, it’s a pretty beer to look at and an lovely beer to drink.
Would I have another? I would if I had the chance.
Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? I would, this really does pour well and drinks well, I’d have no problems sharing this with the right crowd.
Music for this, odd choice perhaps, in the style of Goth-Pop from ” Cemeteries ” their album ” Barrow” of course on the Spotify player
PORTER
Black or chocolate malt gives the porter its dark brown color. Porters are well hopped and heavily malted. This is a medium-bodied beer. Porters can be sweet. Hoppiness can range from bitter to mild. Porters are often confused with stouts.
A life just as ordinary 