Fallen Brewing Blackhouse Reserve

Blackhouse Reserve

 

Fallen Brewing in Kippen, Stirling, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Porter - Smoked Regular
Score
7.28
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 40 Ticks: 13
Islay Cask-aged Smoked Porter.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

20th March 2023. Monthly Beer Share, Chez Sophie in Shrewsbury; five guys who love beer and talk bollox while drinking. Cheers Simon for this 'well out of date' 440ml can of beer. Black bodied, tanned wispy head. Peat Bog Whisky aroma and taste, interesting but too 'peaty' for my palate really.

Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2023 at 08:18


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, March 23. Dark brown pour, off white head. Huge peated Islay nose, taste delivers the expected big nutty peaty Islay TCP peatbog flavours, fairly intense. Good to try a brewery that no longer exists but was a struggle for me, as most Islay BA beers are. Rated according to style.

Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2023 at 11:55


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

Can, smallish head, opaque extremely deep brown colour, aroma of peat, burned wood and a bit of chocolate in the back, flavour of burned wood and paper, bittersweet chocolate, a bit of peat, quite boozy. Nice but a bit heavy.

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2023 at 18:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Black with thin head. Aroma and flavour are initially quite grassy. Dark malts, with a touch of liquorice. Loads of peaty, smokey, leather, ash notes. Woody too.

Tried on 04 Mar 2023 at 10:55


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - mat black and opaque. Nose - big smoky and iodine. Dark chocolate. Taste - dark chocolate, tar and smoky. Palate - rich and medium to full bodied. Creamy middle and smoky, roasty, dry finish. Overall - lovely stuff. Probably better because it's cask.

Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2022 at 17:43


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of liquorice, iodine, coffee, whisky, oak, leather. Lovely nose. Taste is musty though. Cardboard oxidation. Behind that some nice notes, but overwhelmingly oxidised for me. Dry finish.

Tried on 20 Jan 2022 at 07:16


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Peated whiskey, smoky, roast, coffee, some iodine, sweet and umami, bitter finish, alcohol.

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2021 at 17:37


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is liquorice, blackcurrant and a little smoke. Taste has liquorice and smoked ham to start with a smoky TCP finish. Savoury, umami aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2020 at 21:37


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at the mad Squirrel tap St Albans. A jet black coloured pour with a loose dark tan head. Aroma is salty, peaty whiskey, islay, tcp, brown sugars. Little woody balsa on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, salty, apple, smoke, peaty whiskey spicy wood, woody roast. Liquorice. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, boozy, but not overly,

Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2020 at 18:09


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

Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is smoky, chocolate, roasted, meaty, taste is similar, rich, chewy, bitter, salty.

Tried from Cask on 05 Feb 2020 at 10:28