Stranger Than Fiction
Collective Arts Brewing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Porter Regular|
Score
7.18
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Stranger Than Fiction is a full-bodied porter with plenty of roast flavour with hints of molasses. Ridiculous amounts of chocolate and pale ale malts make this porter a smooth and creamy brew.
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7/10
473ml can. A dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of mid sweet dark roasted malt, nuts. Taste of dark roasted malt, nuts, chocolate, cookies.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2021
at 17:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a minor roasted malt and some molasses. Flavor is some burnt sugar and molasses. Finish is a bit sweet but there is a little chocolate left on the tongue. Not a world beater but a decent enough porter to check out.
Tried
on 29 May 2021
at 23:36
7/10
Tried
on 28 May 2021
at 23:14
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Black with a huge foamy brown head. Roasty and bitter with anise, floral hops and chocolate. Very long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 22 May 2021
at 01:54
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2021
at 21:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
pitch black colour, one inch of dense and long lasting beige head; aroma and taste of heavy roasted sunflower seeds and nuts, almost burnt toasted rye bread, ash, some dark berries and licorice notes; correct one
Tried
on 15 Apr 2021
at 21:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473ml can at the Battle of Bull, Cheras, Selangor, Malaysia. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a thin broken off white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is roasty malt, light ashtray. The flavour is moderate to light liqourice bitter, with a rich, slightly oily, roasty, liqourice, dry ashtray, light sweet chocolate palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
at
Battle of Bull
on 13 Mar 2021
at 13:33
7/10
Tried
on 06 Mar 2021
at 18:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice two to three centimetre tall tan head that fades very quickly. Aroma of roasted malt, oatmeal, grain, caramelised sugars and a big dose of nuts and earthiness towards the end with a burnt molasses and chocolate scent. Medium-bodied; Strong rich earthiness noticeable up front with a lot of grainy malts showing some oatmeal and molasses notes along with a big hit of chocolate and a bit of cherries along with a slight dose of acidity, but this one really shows the lactose and creamy notes, especially at the end. Aftertaste shows some earthiness, a touch of hazlenuts along with more of the peanut and almond flavoured nuts along with some earthiness and a solid breadth of sweetness from caramelised sugars to toffee and molasses. Overall, a nice and dry porter with a lot of oats and graininess showing through with malts stronger than any sugars or lactose, but a solid robust profile that is still fairly easy-drinking and deep. I sampled this sixteen ounce can, purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia on 06-May-2020 for US$3,29 sampled at my house here in Washington on 16-February-2021.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2021
at 07:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Aita, can: pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is coffee and some chocolate. Taste is lightly bitter, coffee, some semisweet chocolatey notes. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2021
at 19:27