Mad Squirrel Dark Tides

Dark Tides

 

Mad Squirrel in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Baltic Regular
Score
7.09
ABV: 5.6% IBU: 28 Ticks: 3
Dark Tides is a rich Baltic porter brewed with Bramling Cross hops. Dark malt character delivers smooth layers of chocolate, caramel, and roasted coffee. Bold yet refined, smooth and full-bodied, Dark Tides captures the depth of tradition while offering a modern edge, perfect for savouring on cool, dark nights.

BEER STYLE - Baltic Porter • HOPS - Herkules, Bramling X • ABV - 5.6% • IBU - 28 • CONTAINS GLUTEN? - YES • VEGAN FRIENDLY? - YES
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Keg from the Mad Squirrel, Wycombe, during the town's Christmas light switch on event. Black with a beige head. Rich sweetish chocolate up front, a little toffee, and a roasted malt bitterness to finish that becomes slightly more charred in the aftertaste. A little simple maybe, but certainly effective and well balanced. Decent stuff.

Tried from Draft at Brewery Shop Emporium High Wycombe (Mad Squirrel) on 15 Nov 2025 at 18:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at Mad Squirrel, HWY, 03/11/2025.
Black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is roast malts, charr, chocolate, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises dark malts, ashen nip, charr, chocolate biscuit, toffee, dark fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy flavoursome porter.

Tried on 03 Nov 2025 at 10:10


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at mad Squirrel watford. A dark black brown coloured pour with a a lasting light fine khaki head. Aroma is nice robust roast, dark chocolatey roast, cakey, dried fruit, fig., light tangy fruit. Flavour is semi sweet, dark chocolate, mellow roast, fruit and nut, some tangy fruit in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, crisp pinch of tart,moderate carbonation. Robust Porter. Nice.

Tried on 01 Nov 2025 at 21:39