Spy Raspberry Porter
Tree Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.18
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A variation of the Tree Spy Porter with "raspberry undertones" added for Doc Willoughby’s in Kelowna. Formerly Tree Steamship Raspberry Porter.
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4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 4
Almost no head, dark amber-black body. Aroma of leather, oak, barley. Flavour is mostly barley with a bit of a sweet finish. Very watery palate. I don’t know how BC brewers get away with such watery products - they’d be beaten senseless in other parts of the world!
Tried
on 22 Jan 2011
at 19:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled (shared by brunnsbe, thanks!). Very deep amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is mild ashes, some toasted notes raspberries and also some strange sweetish notes. Flavor is raspberries, ashes, some roasted malts, mild red berries as well as some slight toffeeish notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2010
at 05:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Putty and raspberry aroma, light porter roast. Deep red chestnut, creamy layer. Initial light chocolate roast, metallic in the finish. Raspberries float on top. Medium to light body, sparkly mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2010
at 19:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours a dark amber brown. Light raspberry and roasted malt on the nose and palate. Quite uncomplex, but not too bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2010
at 01:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown, thin head. Chocolate and raspberries...sweet and malty and dessert-like. The body has this character...a bit thin but otherwise fruity and chocolatey...not bad but just needs a bit more residual sugar to pump up the body.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2010
at 17:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear medium brown color ale with a small fizzy head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of raspberry with light roasted notes. Taste of somewhat tart raspberry with some light roasted notes with no apparent hops. Carbonation is way too fizzy for the style with a thin body. Not bad overall but not something I would wish to have very often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2009
at 22:11
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Deep dark brown body almost completely opaque with a thick nice deep brown finish. Aroma of roasted malt, cream, caramel and a bit of raspberries, not much though. Medium-bodied; Strong milky and lactic tastes up front with roasted malt and some sweetness following. Aftertaste shows a bit of raspberries, but more malt than anything else. This one tastes more like a sweet milk stout than a fruit flavoured porter. Overall, a decent beer - but not really worth getting. I sampled this just because it was one of the only few in the store. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased today, 28-December-2008 at Willow Park Liquors in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2008
at 01:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
I have trouble believing this is a version of the Spy Porter. There is no roastiness whatsoever. This comes off more as a brown ale. Black, lasting tan head.Nose of fruit and sugary dark malts. Palate is slight vinous, lightly fruit,light sweet malt. Pleasant and easy drinking
Tried
on 30 Nov 2008
at 15:27