Nib Smuggler
Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.33
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This is the finest, purest black cocoa straight from the source: the rugged mountains of Brazil, where chocolate is life. We smuggled these beans back to our brewhouse, where they were blended with creamy milk porter and fragrant Madagascar vanilla beans. Get cocoa'd up.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draught at CBC 2014. Opaque black liquid with a medium tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, raw sugar, wood and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of chocolate and vanilla. Medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Really chocolatey. Nice.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2014
at 15:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at CBC 2014. Beer in the glass deep black, nice head. Malty aroma. Starts malty-soft, some chocolate notes, light sweet notes. Also some notes of cacao. Finish soft-malty. Warming. Nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2014
at 06:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014, green session. 03/05/2014. Aroma is sweet coco, nutty peanut butter, toasted coconut. Dark brown clear coloured por with a cream coloured head. Flavour is sweet brown dugar, peanuts, some mapel syrup. Palate is sweet, light spice and moderate carbonation. Tasty brew.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 14:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ CBC 2014 [ Green Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2014, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark [ As Funky Buddha Nib Smuggler Chocolate Porter ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet chocolate - milk chocolate, butterscotch, soured milk, vanilla. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, sweet milk chocolate, chocolate, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20140503]
Tried
on 23 Jun 2014
at 09:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
CBC. Clear dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate and heavy cocoa. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 030514
Tried
on 17 Jun 2014
at 11:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
3rd May 2014
CBC Session 4. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is light and dry with fine minerally carbonation. Chocolate powder accentuated dark malts, mildly sweet. Not much else going on here. Light dry finish. Pleasant enough.
CBC Session 4. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is light and dry with fine minerally carbonation. Chocolate powder accentuated dark malts, mildly sweet. Not much else going on here. Light dry finish. Pleasant enough.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 07:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ CBC, 14. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, strong chocolate and cocoa. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, little mlink chocolate, cocoa and a little bitter.5
Tried
from Draft
on 31 May 2014
at 00:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[5/3/14] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. 4th session. Dark brown with a beige head. Milky aroma with chocolate and a cookie note. Sweetish flavor with milk chocolate, vanilla and a slightly drier finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 16 May 2014
at 03:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ CBC 2014. Pours slightly hazy dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, sweet caramel, buttery notes, chocolate. Flavor is malt, caramel, nuts, light wood, chocolate. Thin to medium body, average carbonation. 030514
Tried
on 08 May 2014
at 09:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at CBC 2014. Black with a small tan head. Sweet with chocolate, coconut, milk, vanilla and some coffee. The body was light and the mouthfeel creamy.
Tried
on 08 May 2014
at 03:32