Patrons Project 1.04 // Morello Cherry & Peruvian Coffee Imperial Porter // Tom Joy // Leeds Lurking // Other Half
Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Other Half BrewingPorter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.73
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Morello Cherry & Peruvian Coffee imperial Porter.
After inviting Sam and Antony of Other Half, New York, for a brew day during Hop City it would have been easy to dive straight into planning an IPA, given they're amongst the world leaders in this area. But you'll be hard pushed to find any trace of hops in what we created.
We've taken the best of our first Patrons series with Tom Joy and put together an almighty 10% Imperial Porter. The grist prominently features Chocolate malt, with some Roasted Barley underneath for a hint of toastiness. Four variants of crystal malt contribute toffee, liquorice and plum. Our coffee of choice from North Star Roasters was a Peruvian Nehemias Flores - Big and bold with notes of milk chocolate, sweet cherry and peach. As per previous, we looked to accentuate these flavours which meant Lactose to enhance the flavours of the chocolate malt and 500kg of Morello Cherries in conditioning for three weeks post-fermentation.
After inviting Sam and Antony of Other Half, New York, for a brew day during Hop City it would have been easy to dive straight into planning an IPA, given they're amongst the world leaders in this area. But you'll be hard pushed to find any trace of hops in what we created.
We've taken the best of our first Patrons series with Tom Joy and put together an almighty 10% Imperial Porter. The grist prominently features Chocolate malt, with some Roasted Barley underneath for a hint of toastiness. Four variants of crystal malt contribute toffee, liquorice and plum. Our coffee of choice from North Star Roasters was a Peruvian Nehemias Flores - Big and bold with notes of milk chocolate, sweet cherry and peach. As per previous, we looked to accentuate these flavours which meant Lactose to enhance the flavours of the chocolate malt and 500kg of Morello Cherries in conditioning for three weeks post-fermentation.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Black, thick light tan head. Roasted aroma, coffee and chocolate. Sweet flavour, cocoa, coffee and some juicy cherries. Lactose sweetness. Very sweet actually, barely balanced by the bitterness. Light alc warmth in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2017
at 10:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can from Kihoskh. Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, coffee, espresso, mocha, hints of cherries and berry notes. Taste is smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with some ashy notes, espresso, mocha, coffee and hints of cherry juice. Finish is roasty, ashy and sweetish with some coffee, berries and hints of cherry notes. A bit unbalanced.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2017
at 15:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Trafalgar Wines, Brighton. Black pour with a beige head. Coffee, cocoa, blackberry jam, black cherry and chocolate aroma. Flavours of dark chocolate, black cherry, more blackberry jam, chocolate, caramel. Lots of warming alcohol goodness. Long sweet malty finish. Very tasty indeed.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2017
at 15:27
7/10
Tried
on 13 Aug 2017
at 01:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned. Thanks Tomi. Drank straight from the can. Loaded with mocha and coffee in aroma. Coffee, roastedness, mocha and tobacco. Some sweetness in finish. If you like coffee, this is your brew. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2017
at 10:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Warpigs British Invasion TTO, Copenhagen (01/08/2017) - black pour with brown head. Roasted and sweet with coffee prominence, some chocolate, caramel, with a touch of cherry into the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2017
at 05:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried at BrewDog Liverpool. Aroma has roasted malt coffee and chocolate. The cherries are subtle until the hit in the taste. Initial fruity fruit backed up with the roast coffee and chocolate, slight sourness at the finish. Full body.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2017
at 14:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours pitch black with a small tan to brown head. Aroma is roasted malty, coffee. Dark breadish and roasted malty. Bitter, dark roasted, coffee. Dry and coffee. Lingering coffee and dark malty.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2017
at 08:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg @ Vocation & Co, Hebden Bridge, as Northern Monk Leeds Lurking. Black with an off-white head. Has very stated coffee notes in both aroma and taste, hiding its own strength. Smoothish texture.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2017
at 13:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can courtesy of Chrisv10. Black with a big an lasting brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and heavy coffee. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. Oily. 200717
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2017
at 14:55