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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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from The Beerhive. Black body with a thin beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of leather, coffee beans, plum, toasted coconut and blueberries. Flavour of cherries, espresso and hazelnut. Medium body with a smooth, creamy texture. Soft fizz. This is one of the best beers I’ve had this year; it reminds me of BrewDog’s Black Eyed King Imp - but this is more complex. I like the label too, although the 440ml volume stated on the inside label is incorrect. Easy drinking for the ABV.
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2017
at 18:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Keg at ushers.. Dark black... Thin tan lacing... Massive dry coffee roast.... Light chocolate roast malts nose.... Little too cold.. Little too fizzy... Dark chocolate roast malts.. Big coffee.. Long cherry finish... Dark roast malts.... Just getting better and better as it warms... This maybe deserves a little more but the fizz was just too high
Tried
on 24 May 2017
at 10:46
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2017
at 17:42