Shanco Dubh
Brehon Brewhouse in Monaghan, Monaghan, Ireland 🇮🇪
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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Mansquito (19100) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 3 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Total Wine: pours black with big foamy head. Aroma is dark chocolate and some coffee. Taste is dry and somewhat sweet. Fairly chocolatey. Nice heft. Good.
ShivanDragon (10851) ticked Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
labeerinthum (8508) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 13
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso liquirizia, pane nero e caffè. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera elevata e l'esistenza olfattiva è apprezzabile. Il cappello di schiuma è destinato a vita breve. Il colore è come l'inchiostro nero. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è nella media. La forza gustativa è elevata e la durata è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il finale è un po' rustico. Il retrogusto è intenso. Al gusto vengono donati toni di miele, crosta di pane, cioccolato fondente, caffè, liquirizia, nocciole tostate, frutta secca, un accenno di resinoso, agrumi, affumicato e frutta passita.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Black with a medium tall, creamy tan head. Chocolate, roasted notes, sour milk, dark fruit, black coffee, a touch of molasses in the aroma. Full body without being thick or heavy. Cafe mocha up from with bitter notes, black patent malt, a touch burnt, dark chocolate, and earthy notes. This is a superb beer. Each sip is full of complexity yet comfort. Lovely.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
28/VII/24 - 50cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker), shared @ Ardennes Holiday, BB: II/2025, batch: B646 (2024-626)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, a little stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, good roast, some chlorine, chocolate notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body, creamy texture. Taste: bitter start, very malty, gains, hay, good deep roast, some caramel, chocolate notes. Aftertaste: malty, a bit sourish, pretty bitter, grains, nice, good roast, a hint of chlorine, some alcohol, caramel, sweet touch, more chocolate, very rich, nice complex beer, very pleasant!
mcm1 (3805) ticked Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
3-29-24 HC&B
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Light roast and some caramel. Black pour with some mocha soap bubbles. Light bitter finish with some sweetness. A little booze in the end there too. Tap at Churchkey.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Barrel aged version of an imperial porter I have not even had in its regular form - thanks Craftmember for sharing. Medium sized, moussy, membrane-lacing, pale yellowish beige, relatively stable head on an ink black beer. Aroma of bitter black chocolate, burnt toast, roasted chicory, oak wood but quite low in 'vanilla', cappuccino, hard caramel, whiskey, porcini, deep-fried parsley, bayleaf, salsify, walnut. Sweetish onset but restrainedly so, dried blueberries and dried figs, softish carb, full and oily mouthfeel, light porcini-like umami touch; bitter-chocolatey, toasted-bready and walnutty maltiness with strong bitter roastiness in its tail (black coffee) along with drying woody tannins and warming, whisky-like alcohol, adorned with spicy notes (black pepper, bayleaf) and a leafy hop bitter moment. Roasted, mouth-filling, coffee-like bitterness remains - to that extent that if tasted blind, I would probably have referred to this beer as a stout rather than a porter, but the Irish know best of course and I am aware of the fact that there is hardly a distinction between the two. In any case a very correctly constructed, very Irish strong porter / stout from a specialist in old school Irish stouts - and one that never disappoints, while at the same time remaining very affordable. Cheers to that.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle purchased as part of a delivery from KWM, Kilkeel, some time ago. Dark brown and translucent with a large khaki head. Chocolate fudge, peat and mint in the aroma which is light than I'd expected fora beer of this magnitude. Taste is sweet, more chocolate, molasses, pretzel and yeast extract with a gritty medicinal bitterness in the finish. Heavy carbonation hides the watery body. It's a bit strange but overall an enjoyable beer.
rumore (5447) reviewed Shanco Dubh from Brehon Brewhouse 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours black, with a very fine, homogeneous cream foam. Aroma is chocolate/cocoa. Body is average, slightly on the thin side, with limited carbonation. Taste is on the roasty bitter side, but more like dark chocolate/cocoa. Final is pretty long, with some induced salivation.