Northern Star - Mocha Porter
Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.16
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Brewed in collaboration with North Star Coffee Roasters. Smooth, creamy and rich. Let us be your guide.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Opaque dark brown colour, Tall loose fizzy tan head that quickly completely disappears, light patchy lacing. Strong mocha coffee aroma, coffee liquor, light liquorice, spicy notes. Taste is light heavy sweet and medium bitter, roasted, coffee, toffee, with long duration, mild sweetbitter finish, coffee continues as well as roastiness. Light to medium body, watery to oily texture, soft carbonation, well-balanced and pleasant mild Porter but could use a bit more body.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2016
at 15:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0,33l can at home from trade with rich182, big thanks. BB 26.12.2015. bit of a gusher this one. black color, rather big dark coffee-colored head. smells of earthy, licorice, light smoke, coffee, light notes of bitter herbs, light ash, coffee grounds. nice smell. medium to full body, very bubbly carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of licorice, earthy, some sweetness, bit cola like, caramel, rather light coffee notes, spices, sweet herbs, lightly soapy. finishes a bit bitter / sweet with light roast notes and notes of licorice, earthy notes and spices. enjoyable beer, rather on the sweet side though. the sweetness gets a bit annoying after a while though, especially once it starts warming up.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2016
at 11:01
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
33cl can. Brune, col crémeux café au lait-moka. Arôme centré sur les malts, grillés, cara, pointe chocolat avec un café très plaisant. Palais est onctueux, chargé en malts, avec encore de bonnes bases de café, grillé, moka léger, trouve une petite note amer venant des houblons, ces derniers apportent une touche citronné. Café perdure en fin de bouche pour une effervescence moyenne-haute.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2016
at 07:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Northern Monk Northern Star Mocha Porter (by Northern Monk Brew Co.):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
26/I/16 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 14/II/16 (2016-66)
Clear dark brown beer, big irregular creamy beige head, little stable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive. Aroma: lactose, grains, hay, cow fodder, some coffee, bit dusty, charcoal, burned. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: rather sweet, lactose, caramel, hay, mocha, bit sourish, little bitter. Aftertaste: pretty hoppy, mocha, caramel, coffee, dark chocolate, almost medicinal bitterness.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
26/I/16 - 33cl can from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: 14/II/16 (2016-66)
Clear dark brown beer, big irregular creamy beige head, little stable, falls down quickly, bit adhesive. Aroma: lactose, grains, hay, cow fodder, some coffee, bit dusty, charcoal, burned. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to light body. Taste: rather sweet, lactose, caramel, hay, mocha, bit sourish, little bitter. Aftertaste: pretty hoppy, mocha, caramel, coffee, dark chocolate, almost medicinal bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2016
at 15:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Old Shambles Tavern in York. Appearance - opaque black with a thin fawn head. Nose - coffee and dark chocolate. Taste - more of the same. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly balanced finish. Overall - it’s very well made but I’m not a fan of a beer where the addition of a non- core ingredients makes the beer somewhat dominated by that extra ingredient. This is such an example though it is well made.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2016
at 14:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of coffee, treacle and chocolate cake. Flavour of brown sugar, stewed berries and hazelnut. Thin to medium body with a creamy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Rich and full flavoured. A bit too sweet for me though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2015
at 16:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
keg at tap east. During the Yorkshire open brew house beer fest. Attractive black / dark brown silky pour with a lasting mid ran head. Aroma is spicy jallepanio , roast coffee, fresh coffee grounds,. Flavour is composed of milky choc, coffee roast, spicy coffee bean, little vanilla sweetness. Palate is airy, little drying in the finish, velvety, lingering powdered choc and dark roast.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2015
at 15:16