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8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Collab with: PINTAStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.57
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Another collab with our Polish friends Browar PINTA.
An Imperial Milk Stout based on the traditional Polish poppy seed roll, Makowiec. Brewed with Poppy Seeds, Lactose, Orange Peel, Raisins and Vanilla.
Big and strong, roasty, sweet and fruity.
An Imperial Milk Stout based on the traditional Polish poppy seed roll, Makowiec. Brewed with Poppy Seeds, Lactose, Orange Peel, Raisins and Vanilla.
Big and strong, roasty, sweet and fruity.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pastry stout by New Zealand’s best known craft brewer in collaboration with Poland’s Pinta, at Billie’s Craft Beer Fest. Medium thick, moussy, stable, yellowish beige head on an ink black beer. Intense nose: cocoa, orange peel, ripe watermelon, hot chocolate sauce, white rum, cappuccino. Sweet, even sticky onset, fig compote and date jam notes, softish carb, very full, syrupy body; deeply chocolatey middle, chocolate sauce with hazelnutty, almondy and toffeeish edges, mild but important roasty coffee bitterness towards the end, spiced up with aspects of orange peel and rum-like, warming alcohol, with that unusual watermelon aroma returning retronasally. Spicy and pungent, but well-structured and enjoyable as a slow sipper.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2021
at 14:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Billie's 2021, shared with Brewver BE crew.
Noire foncée, col blanc-cassé/café au lait.
Arôme est malté, cacao, petite touche orange, raisin secs rétro - petite note de lactose. Pas vraiment noté l'effet des grains de pavot.
Palais est malté assez marqué, petite note sèche - chocolaté avec un effet orangette-fruité assez dominant, lactose se fait plus en retrait, épaisseur des raisins secs. Un peu classique avec ce côté gros stout américain, fini sec. Idem ici, pas de note de pavot.
Noire foncée, col blanc-cassé/café au lait.
Arôme est malté, cacao, petite touche orange, raisin secs rétro - petite note de lactose. Pas vraiment noté l'effet des grains de pavot.
Palais est malté assez marqué, petite note sèche - chocolaté avec un effet orangette-fruité assez dominant, lactose se fait plus en retrait, épaisseur des raisins secs. Un peu classique avec ce côté gros stout américain, fini sec. Idem ici, pas de note de pavot.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2021
at 12:44
8/10
billie's craft beer fest 2021
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2021
at 13:02
8/10
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2021. A clear dark brown beer. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate malt, raisins. Taste of sweet strong dark caramelized malt, liquorice, coffee.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2021
at 06:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12/XI/21 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival Day 1 (Waagnatie, Antwerp), BB: n/a (2021-1298) Thanks to the Brewver crew and other beer buddies for sharing today’s beers!
Clear black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very oxidized, caramel, gentle roast, coffee, more oxidation notes, spicy, funky. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots and lots of orange peel, marmalade, chocolate, nice roast, alcohol, decent one! Aftertaste: bit oxidized, jaffa cake, dark chocolate, orange peel, nice, slightly sourish, soapy touch, still decent.
Clear black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: very oxidized, caramel, gentle roast, coffee, more oxidation notes, spicy, funky. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: lots and lots of orange peel, marmalade, chocolate, nice roast, alcohol, decent one! Aftertaste: bit oxidized, jaffa cake, dark chocolate, orange peel, nice, slightly sourish, soapy touch, still decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2021
at 17:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[10/24/2021] Draught sample at Taphouse in Copenhagen. Black, tan foam. Chocolate, roast, sweet, licorice, a bit umami.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2021
at 14:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, raisins, spices, chocolate, and lactose. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, raisins, spices, and alcohol, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2021
at 13:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle home. Pours black, nose is roasted, pine, citrus, earthy, taste is similar, quite bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2020
at 17:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Black colour, large brown head that does not stay long, fair lacing. Aroma is lots of dark chocolate and cocoa, also some dried fruit, orange peel, poppy seeds, cream. Long aftertaste of ash. Medium bitterness, light sweetness. Medium carbonation, alcohol slightly burns. Good.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2020
at 20:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Piana zabojczo trwala, stoi niczym samochody w salonie sprzedazy.. Niebywale trwala, bezowo-cienmna. Piwo jest nie przejrzyste nicym skorzana spudnica. Doskonale ciasteczkowe, wyraznie waniliowe, piernikowo-czekoladowe. bialy mak gdzies w oddali i kawa z mlekiem. Bardzo dobre.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2020
at 00:47