Fermentum - Engenharia das Fermentações, LDA (Cerveja Letra) Nanquim

Nanquim

 

Fermentum - Engenharia das Fermentações, LDA (Cerveja Letra) in Vila Verde, Braga, Portugal 🇵🇹

Collab with: Cevada Pura
  Stout - Imperial Special
Score
7.28
ABV: 12.1% IBU: 80 Ticks: 13
Nanquim is the first collaboration between a portuguese and a brazilian brewery (LETRA-PT and CEVADA PURA-BR). This Imperial Stout was fermented with cachaça yeast from Brazil, and later added Cocoa seeds from Bahia. Aged for 10 months in Port casks after a earlier stage in casks of a portuguese wine spirit, Nanquim reveals it's a deep black color beer, with a unique sensory complexity. Brewed with water, malts, hops, cachaça yeast and cocoa seeds.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Fugacidade. Jet black pour, almost no head. Nose is spirit-like booze, port and faint coffee. Taste is red wine, booze, low woody notes, faint coffee and earthy character. Closes with long sweet, sweet and boozy finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, drinks below the ABV. The base could be a bit stronger, but I dig the additions by the yeast and the barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:04



7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0.33l, more than three years aged. Black, opaque. AROMA- Port wine, sour cherry, dark chocolate, cocoa, pleasant alcohol. FLAVOR- neutral, lightly sour, moderately bitter, creamy, dark chocolate, sour cherry in chocolate, Port wine, wood. Fuller to full bodied. A bit sourish, still tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2022 at 18:48


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Danny. Pours deep brown with a foamy, tan head. Not bad overall, some cocoa, light plastic, some earthy notes, tangy berries. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming finish. Alright.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2020 at 21:17


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

Bottle split at L6, thanks to Danny, 'Farewell New Ken' tasting 18/09/19. Light black with a moderate tan cap that dissipates edgeward. Nose is chocolate, toffee, dried fruits, light spice. Taste comprises tangy fruit rinds, liquorice, cocoa powder, roast malts, light black peppery spice, chocolate dipped raisins. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light boost offered. Not bad … drinks easy for 12%!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2020 at 10:01


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ Smag på øllet tasting, Hørning Bibliotek. Pours very dark brown, no head, some light lacings. Aroma of sweet roasted malt, caramel, light vanilla, sweet dried fruit, dates, wood, port. Flavor is sweet, light tart, malty, caramel, wet wood, tart oak, tannins, sweet dried fruit, Port, some alcohol. Medium body, avergae carbonation, sweet and light tart finish with warming alcohol. 271119

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2019 at 08:14


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

Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 18/09/2019. Many thanks! A oily brown coloured pour witha halo tan head. Aroma is waxy, white grape, cinnaon. Flavour is composed of zexy , waxy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, alchol, solvent, black forsest, waxy, waxy jacket, oily. Palate is semi sweet, ok, tangy, whute grape, ok.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2019 at 21:28


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

18th September 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Thanks to Dan. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts harbour slightly tangy dark chocolate. Sometimes akin to lime peel with Port Wine berries. Spicy wood underneath. A light and tangy finish. Pretty drinkable for the abv and unusual with it.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Oct 2019 at 14:57



8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

04/09/2019 - draught 25cl glass @Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Countrytick! Black colour, creamy light tanned head. Nose is port, roast, alcohol, I suppose from the spirit barrel. Medium creamy. Taste is roast, bit dark chocolate, port, bit dark fruits, bit barrel, alcohol from the spirit. Nice.

Tried on 05 Sep 2019 at 09:02