Siren Craft Brew Draugen

Draugen

 

Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Dugges Bryggeri
  Porter - Smoked Regular
Score
7.34
ABV: 11.1% IBU: 65 Ticks: 66
The inspiration for this dark and mysterious collaboration with Dugges is an old Gothenburg Porter; our recipe is loosely based on historical malt bills. There’s also a modern touch, with a hint of peated malt and a nice alcohol backbone to really layer up the roasty flavours. In Scandinavian folklore, Draugen is the ghost of a sailor, now often associated with anything dark or mysterious about the sea.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at TCBW 2019. Pours dark brown-black. Aroma and flavor are sweet, bitter, chocolate, malt. Overall: ok.

Tried from Draft on 06 May 2019 at 19:21


5

Roast, cocoa, dusty,

Tried on 03 May 2019 at 21:26


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 33 cl. Pours black with an orange hue and a small, rough, beige head. Sweet roasted, tarry nose with a hint of smoke. Not much more than a medium body, strong British licorice and a sharp and not overly pleasant roastiness - not so welcoming. The peat is there but it's kinda welcoming. More rough and challenging than expected. 030118

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2019 at 15:33


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle bought at the Siren Tap Yard. Liquorice, coffee, peat and booze: an aroma with impact. Inky. Let down by a beige head that bubbles briefly before receding to the rim. Light bitter with sugary sweetness that gains strength. Otherwise it mirrors the aroma, which is no bad thing. Medium bodied. Creamy. Average carbonation. Long finish. A tad astringent. Great stuff. Bitter, smoky and sugary but doesn't overdo things.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2018 at 20:25


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Zagreb Beer Week 2017. Black with an off-white head. Roasty, burnt, ash and some caramel in aroma. Smoke flavour, intense, wood and ham. Medium to full body, sticky texture, moderate carbonation. Liked it.

Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2018 at 20:30


8

Backlog

Tried on 06 Sep 2018 at 10:34


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks Tom L. Black, not opaque. Licorice, roast, caramel, hops, some ash, sweetish, strong bitterness, boozy, medium-bodied. Not my cup of stout.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2018 at 18:43


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma is roasty, dark malts, dark chocolate, very subtle peat and smoke. Taste of dark malts, roast, dark chocolate, molasses, liquorice, again the peat and smokiness is very subtle but enough to add some flavour, medium sweet with a roasty bitterness, a little warming alcohol. Full bodied, smooth, soft carbonation. Great imperial porter which is super drinkable considering the strength.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2018 at 22:41


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft - Smoke and some sticky molasses dark malts. Jet brown with a decent beige head. Bitter, smoke and dark sticky roast. Not to much smoke, which I am thouroghly against, but still nice. Boozy finish.

Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2018 at 13:05


7

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2018 at 21:33