Charlies Cool Porter
Hornbeer in Kirke Hyllinge, Region Zealand, Denmark 🇩🇰
Porter Regular|
Score
7.01
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Charlies Cool Porter is an organic porter at 5.9% ABV. Porter takes its name from the politically incorrect tradition that took place in the English ports in olden days. The harbour workers, the porters, had a beer or two in the morning before they had to start the hard work in the harbour. Charlie Chaplin was also politically incorrect in the thirties as were the brave Frenchmen, who established the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in the seventies. They made a lot of fun of self-importance, with institutions, religions as well as with those in power. No one escaped satire and there was an equal split out to the right and left. But it came to a tragic end by a cowardly attack which cost 17 people their lives. The consequence of this must not be that there is less room for satire and making fun of fools and rulers. Try this beer to heavy stews.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, touch of liquorice and dark chocolate. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Body is medium. Nice and light easy Porter with a good roasty coffee character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2025
at 15:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample @ Voldby Ølfestival 2016. Pours see through black with a small brown head. Notes of toasted bread, subtle roast, dust, dark fruits, chocolate, caramel.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with coffee and licorice. Flavour: Roasted malt and fruity sweetness. Note of licorice. Colour: Black with a tan head. From: Bottle @ Voldby Købmandsgaard Ølmesse Sept. 2018.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2019
at 14:58
5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jan 2019
at 13:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle from Slackermads, as part of the EU Local Swap 2017, thanks! A dark brown/black beer with a huge most good lasting tan head. Aroma of sweet and dark malt, chocolate, lactose. Taste of mild roasted dark malt, chocolate, sugar, lactose, nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2017
at 15:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Kitty's, Helsinki. Pours pitch black with a tiny head. Aroma of licorice, roasty malts, rye and coffee. Taste is smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with loads of licorice, hints of chocolate, cocoa and licorice. Finish is sweetish and syrupy with some roastiness and licorice. A bit unbalanced.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2017
at 14:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
50 cl bottle served in snifter. Pours cloudy mahogany with a rapidly vanishing tan head. Aroma is espresso coffee, bitter herbs, milk chocolate, cardamom. Taste is soft and very smokey, quite bitter indeed, and long-lasting. I do like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2017
at 14:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled at LIBF 2017. Thnx for sharing, everyone ! Pours clear, dark brown, No real head. Smell is toasty, coffee, roast. Taste is intense, coffee, roasty, subtile carbo. OK to low MF.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2017
at 19:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
F: big, tanned, good retention. C: dark, opaque. A: dark malt, light chocolate, dark fruits, coffee. T: roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, dry on the palate, good, enjoyed, medium body, low to medium carbonation, sample from bottle @ LIBF 2017 in Leuven.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2017
at 03:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml. bottle sampled @ LIBF 2017. Thank you for sharing RB-InBev Belgian crew! Black, little head. Nose is dull molasses, umami, soy sauce, too oily. Taste is bland bitter chicori, roast, umami. Body is empty licorice. Not too exiting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2017
at 12:21