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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Third, served from tap in a fine drinking temperature at the brewpub. Decent tan-coloured head blanketing the glass. Jet black body. Roasted aroma of coffee beans. Wood, ash, dark chocolate and coffee to the taste buds. Roasted bitterness to the ending. Fine bodied. Good drinking (Holbeck Leeds 07.07.2015).
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jul 2015
at 14:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat... Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Soft deep chocolate roast.. Dark mocha nose... Soft chocolate roast.. Light dry chocolate roast.. Dark malts... Soft chocolate roast.. Light coffee vanilla roast
Tried
on 25 Jun 2015
at 10:44
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Craft Beer Co, Covent Garden on 21st June 2015. Sepia black with thin pale brown foam. Rich roasty aroma with nuttiness. Coffee, dark chocolate and a hint of sweet cherry harmonise in-mouth, with a lush chocolate and cherry finish. Full-bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jun 2015
at 11:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at CBC Holborn, 20/04/15. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is coffee, roast, toffee fudge, cocoa powder. Taste comprises coffee cake icing, sweet licks, chocolate, coffee cake, light roasted medley. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent coffee porter if a touch sweet, would have preferred a little more roastiness to balance it out.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2015
at 07:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Cloisters. Pours opaque dark brown, thin tan head. Strong coffee aromas, light fruit. Taste is more roasted coffee, chocolate, more dark fruits at the back. Creamy texture, balanced chocolate finish
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2015
at 08:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Islington, London, 30 Nov 2014) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of freshly ground coffee, roasted malt and chocolate. Malty, roasted taste with loads of coffee, chocolate, dark bread and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Loads of fresh coffee, possibly a bit one-dimensional, but for me this works fine. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2015
at 15:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Evening Star, Brighton. It pours near black with a decent tan head. The nose is roasted malt, freshly ground coffee, chocolate, mocha and a touch of spice. The taste is bitter-sweet, earthy roast, dark fruits, coffee, milk chocolate, toasty brown sugar, touch of tangy malts and some liquorice with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Smooth and well rounded. Nice stuff.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2015
at 09:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
8th December 2014
Craft Islington. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, few pale tan bubbles not being a head. Palate is smooth and slightly viscous. Just modest fine carbonation. Tangy dark malts. Mild earthy coffee. Finishes tangy and dry. Rich but the tang and dryness start to grate.
Craft Islington. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, few pale tan bubbles not being a head. Palate is smooth and slightly viscous. Just modest fine carbonation. Tangy dark malts. Mild earthy coffee. Finishes tangy and dry. Rich but the tang and dryness start to grate.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2014
at 06:58