Rageing Elephant Porter
Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier in Maldegem, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.06
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fles 33cl thuis. 8%. Koffie, redelijk bitter, vrij droog, wat liquorice, roasted malts, carameltonen, licht vanille, licht medicinaal. (28-7-2023).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
17 August 2019. At Gents Bierfestival X. Cheers to Anke, Kevin & the crew! Hazy dark brown with a lasting, small, foamy, tan head. Aroma of walnut shell, roasted chestnut, tree bark, hard caramel candy, raisin, dried orange peel, tobacco, toast. Taste is medium malty sweet, hinting at caramel, biscuit, bittersweet mocha, quite nutty & a bit toasty, spices & a herbal effect, some sourish dark fruits underneath. Dry, earthy hoppy finish, lingering toast, nuts & coffee ground, verging on powdery. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Has a genuine & artisan character; I was surprised to see it's Belgian. From Maldegem, of all places.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy dark brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour are plentiful with dark roasted malts. A little spicy from the cinnamon.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Atelier Rageing Elephant Porter (by Hobbybrouwerij 't Atelier):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
18/VIII/19 - 75cl bottle @ Gents Bierfestival, BB: n/a - (2019-1301)
Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very malty, soft roast, caramel, bit sweet impression, yeast, some banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: soft roast, malty, pretty bitter, metallic touch, quite some chlorine. Aftertaste: malty, bitter touch, soft roast, coffee, alcohol, dried fruits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Porter flavoured with vanilla beans and Costa Rican coffee, sampled at Maldegems Bierfestival from a two year old bottle. Creamy, dense, papery lacing, thick, mocha-beige coloured head, black robe with hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of dry coffee grounds and coffee filters, black chocolate bars, cigar tobacco, leather, dry old liquorish, toasted walnuts, indeed vanilla but subtle, a whiff of damp kitchen cloth somewhere. Dried fruits in the onset (fig, raisin) but the fruitiness remains clean and restrained as it ought to be in a porter, softish carb, light sourish accent; smooth but powdery body, nut shells, toast and ‘fondant’ chocolate maltiness, quite rich, dryish with roasty bitterness being stronger than caramelly sweetness – to the point where this could just as well be regarded as a stout. The added coffee accentuates the roasted bitterness but also provides a lovely, warming, aromatic and unmistakable coffee flavour retronasally, while the vanilla remains in the background; cinnamon and liquorish notes as well, all blending in perfectly. Dry, powdery, spicy finish with a good dosage of peppery hoppiness, well rounded. Progressive, very Anglo-Saxon, not Belgian in style or make-up at all and well executed: this is clearly the best of the few Atelier beers I had so far, even if the vanilla component has obviously faded after all this time in the bottle. Very well done, Mathias!