Midsummer Melancholy
Sori Brewing in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Collab with: AF BrewPorter - Smoked Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.74
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A prestige collaboration brew with AF Brew. Imperial Baltic Porter brewed with Kenyan coffee and smoked malt - after which the beer is aged on Bourbon vanilla.
People in the north struggle with their emotional roller coaster in the heart of Summer. It is raining cats and dogs anyways, so let's celebrate this melancholy.
People in the north struggle with their emotional roller coaster in the heart of Summer. It is raining cats and dogs anyways, so let's celebrate this melancholy.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle via djoeye. Shared with Finn. A beige bubbly head slowly diminishing over a jet black body. Rich lacing. Nicely roasted, mid-sweet chocolate malts. Powerful taste of grainy cocoa and chocolate on a backbone of lactose. Prolonged finish with a backdrop of dark fruits. Noticeable alcohol. Full bodied. Joyful sipper. (Session at Finn's, Tromsø 06.03.2019).
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2019
at 14:27
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Spandert av Rune. Svart. Middels høyt mokkafarget tett skum. Topp sjokoladearoma. Smaken balansert. Sjokolade & torv. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Tørr avslutning. Melkesjokolade. Toppøl.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2019
at 15:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33cl from Gdansk, 07.2018. Black with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of cocoa, sweet malt, licorice and wooden barrel. Sweet with a warm cocoa and barrel end, oily feeling. Bb 03.2020, #206
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2019
at 21:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Stas. Dark brown. Caramel, cookie, licorice, some fruitiness, chocolate, some roast, sweet, alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2019
at 17:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with late awakening, small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, chocolate sauce, hints of vanilla, some treacle. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, vanilla; lingering, sweet, chocolately and minimally alcoholic finish. Full body, creamy-viscous texture, sticky palate. Slightly too sweet, not overly complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2019
at 22:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beerhawk. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, vanilla on the nose. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, vanilla, some dark fruit. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2018
at 12:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is smoky raisin, tobacco, treacle and liquorice. Taste is smoky throughout. Raisin and treacle on the start, bacon and liquorice on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2018
at 22:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
15.11.2018, tap @ Sori Taproom:
Small light amber fizzy-creamy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, chocolate pudding, minerals, hay, dusty vanilla, dark malts, toast, bark, alcohol, dried dark fruits. Taste is slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, dusty vanilla, bark, dark malts, alcohol, soil, cocoa, grass, hay, bark, minerals, paper, fruit stones, sour coffee. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and harsh sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Boring.
Small light amber fizzy-creamy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, chocolate pudding, minerals, hay, dusty vanilla, dark malts, toast, bark, alcohol, dried dark fruits. Taste is slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, dusty vanilla, bark, dark malts, alcohol, soil, cocoa, grass, hay, bark, minerals, paper, fruit stones, sour coffee. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and harsh sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2018
at 17:40
7/10
Tried
on 03 Nov 2018
at 20:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Home, courtesy of Rasmus40, Thanks! Pours black with a fading brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, light coffee, dark chocolate, light vanilla. Flavor is sweet, rich malty, caramel, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, alcohol. Medium to full body, average carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. 300918
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2018
at 11:49