Churchill's Finest Hour
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.12
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2011 Vintage: Silver Wax 11%
2012 Vintage: Copper Wax 11%
2013 Vintage: Dark Brown Wax 12%
2014 Vintage: Blue Wax 14%
2015 Vintage: Red Wax 14.5%
2016 Vintage: Yellow Wax 14%
2017 Vintage: Purple Wax 13.5%
2018 Vintage: Green Wax 13.5%
2019 Vintage: White Wax, black label 11%
2020 Vintage: 14%
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
18th December 2017
T42 Christmas Bottleshare. Thanks to all. Opaque dark brown beer, good tan head. Light palate, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Dry dark malts with good fruity dark chocolate. Mild alcohol spice. Light dry finish. Flavoursome but dry.
Fergus (31537) reviewed Churchill's Finest Hour from Port Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared on Level 42, Christmas tasting 18/12/2017. Many thanks! A jet black opaque coloured pour with a lasting tan head. ARoma is sweet vanilla, oak, woody bourbon, cakey vanilla, oak, brown sugars, marshmallow., Flavour is semi sweet, brown roast, boozy bourbon, oak, vanilla, oak, grainy, fresh barrel. Palate si medium full barrel, medium sweet, boozy, . Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Dave for sourcing. Pours oily brown-black with a frothy, tan head. A little age on the snout, moderate roast, cocoa, dried berries. Medium to big sweet flavour with lots of rounded berries, cocoa, light roast, burnt toffee, toasted marshmallow. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish with some woody dryness, more dried berries, torched marshmallows, raisins, baking cocoa. Great stuff overall. Perhaps a little aggressive, but the depth is nice.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Churchill's Finest Hour from Port Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at L42. Purple wax. It pours opaque black with a small light tan head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, oily, rocky road, vanilla, toasted cake, oak, toasted vanilla, glacé cherry and liquorice. The taste is slick, rich roasted malt, charred wood, oily, burnt toffee, toasted brown sugars, booze, peppery spice, coffee grounds, booze, toffee and fruit cakewith a warming and toasty finish. Full body and fine, foamy carbonation. Big and boosty. Good fun.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle split at the L42 Xmas Boost Up '17, team share - thanks to Wingman for the pick up, 18/12/17. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is molasses, big roast, spice, chocolate, charr, toffee fudge. Taste comprises molasses, spice, chocolate cup cakes, brown sugar, mellow roast, light coffee bean, mellow barrel. Full body, fine and fairly lively carbonation, semi drying close with a light boost. Solid well balanced impy stoot.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
At tasting. Aroma of chocolate, oak, dusty mocha, caramel fudge and licorice. Taste of chocolate, mocha, caramel fudge, milky cream, bourbon vanilla and a long rich finish. Really delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, shared at Cloudwater. Purple coloured wax? Black as night. Ring of tan head. Slow moving. Nose has salted caramel. Soy sauce. Bourbon. Chocolate. Wet leather. Taste is salty and sweet. Boozy, woody bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel. Some slight burn. Rich, salty and woody finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Barrel aged 'impy' by Lost Abbey, big thanks to Nelson for sharing! Thick and dense, creamy, greyish beige, lasting head over a jet black beer. Aroma of hazelnut shells on a dry forest floor, old black coffee remnants, fig juice, touch of balsamic vinegar somewhere, old wet oak, cigars (and not just because of the association with Winston Churchill), dried elderberries, vague vanilla, burnt toast. Sweetish onset, old raisins and dried figs, with an underlying tartness not unlike old red wine, so in all less sweet than I am used to from these modern American style imperial stouts; medium carbo, thick and oily mouthfeel. Deeply 'walnutty' maltiness with a thin but 'natural' metallic edge to it, sweeter butterscotch notes, evolving into a wave of bitter chocolate; drying tannins in the end, roasted coffee bitter, remaining on the astringent side especially when an afterglow of gin-like alcohol shows up. A tad too tart for its own good, to my personal taste at least, but well-padded and generous in its overall make-up - interesting, but probably better young.
Maakun (16718) reviewed Churchill's Finest Hour from Port Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at THT. Black with light brown head. Fudge, strong sweet bourbon, thick molasses, blackberries, sweet chocolate, caramel. Very thick and toasty with lots of sugars left, thick bourbon and dried fruits. Quite sweet and medium bitter. Full bodied with thick syrupy feel. Very nice but thick and boozy.