RedWillow Brewery Smokeless

Smokeless

 

RedWillow Brewery in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Smoked Regular
Score
7.07
ABV: 5.7% IBU: - Ticks: 66
Chipotle Smoked Porter. A surprisingly approachable smoked porter, velvet smooth with a robust malt backbone. This is infused with Chipotles to give even more smokiness and a subtle hint of heat, a real winter warmer.
 

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5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at the the Hanging Bat. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of butterscotch, (diacetyl perhaps?), capsicum, green vegetables. Taste is light smoky, faint heat, more veg. Not great.
Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2015 at 10:41

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pint from The White Bear, Tewkesbury. Very deep amber brown colour, with a cream head. Slight smokey aroma with fruit. The taste has a touch more smoke with a mid sweetness.
Tried on 18 Aug 2015 at 12:04

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
At GBBF. Red willow smokeless 5.7% A nice dark brown pour, smooth mouthfeel with a light smokey chocolate aroma. The taste is bitter dark chocolate & light smoke. Solid. 3.5
Tried on 15 Aug 2015 at 05:27

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
At GBBF. Smoked porter with thin and quickly dissolving, pale beige head; very dark burgundy colour with black ’soul’ but translucent on the edges. Aroma of smoked bacon, charcoal, bitter chocolate, coffee grounds, black olives, raisins, bayleaf. Edged fruity onset, dried prunes, very walnutty, smooth and soft malt character, mildly smoked (pipe tobacco accent), toasted, even some roasted bitterness in the end, quite mouth filling, paired with a leafy hop bitterness. Very nice interpretation of the style.
Tried on 14 Aug 2015 at 09:21

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is toasted dark malty. Breadish. Bitter qnd light fruity. Toasted dark malty. Bitter and roasted dark malty finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2015 at 08:52

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Railwaymans Arms, Bridgnorth. Dark brown, only the slightest bit translucent. A decent amount of creamy beige head. Caramel and fudge aroma with edges of lamb gravy, pecan pie and salted liquorice. Gentle and sweetish taste, with enough hop to lead the sip into a bitter/sour finish. Aftertaste of chicory, bitter chocolate and soy sauce. Decent if short of perfect.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2015 at 05:15

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Half at GRAF. Very dark brown with a bubbly but thin off white head. Sweet, smoky aroma. Taste is smoke, coffee and a hit of spice in the finish. Bit thin, but otherwise great
Tried on 25 Jun 2015 at 13:58

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. Dark brown color with a slight deep dark red glare coming through when held into the light, small light brown head. Aroma is malts, some roast, coffee quite strongly. Taste malts, some roast again and also some coffee, light pepper, ash, lightly smoke, caramel, the slightest hint of butter in the distance but it’s too distant to bother and you’ve really got to search for it. Quite good.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 15:07

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Dark brown colour with a light brown head. Smells coffee roasty, toasty, hint of chocolate, nice. Tastes roasty, ash, peppery, coffee, hint of clay. Quite nice roasty bitterness. Lasting taste, thin to medium body, nice crisp carbo.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 15:04

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Euston Tap, Euston NW1. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty weak smoky chocolate aroma. Roasted malty smoky chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with weak smoky hints.
Tried from Cask on 12 Apr 2015 at 11:18