Murmansk
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Porter - Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask, gravity at Merton Beer Festival, 17-07-10 early on Saturday morning Pours almost black with light brown head. Wonderful coffee aroma with swirls of creamy vanilla to take the edge of that bitter roastiness, there is also some good quality dark chocolate on the nose here. Very thick in the mouth, but smooth. Its like a great big alcoholic cappucino at first sip, substantial in the mouth, creamy, some chocolate lasting bitter and roastiness, wonderful stuff. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2010
at 11:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Cask pub and kitchen, Pimlico, London a month or so back. Jet black pour with a healthy beige head. Chocolate/coffee aroma. This is a really thick porter, tastes of chocolate, coffee, hint of liquorice, roasty, dark fruit. Pretty good but not an easy drinker for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2010
at 03:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Cask at Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London, 21 May 2010) Pitch black colour with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with strong black coffee, dark chocolate, dark rye bread and a touch of vanilla. Roasted, malty taste with notes of espresso, dark chocolate, liquorice, a touch of soy sauce and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Full body, almost massive, and fairly sweet. This is my kind of beer. Impressive and quite lovely.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2010
at 12:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Cask, pub and Kitchen. Black pour with a tan head. Smoky aromas of plain chocolate, vanilla, coffee, licorice. Dry flavours of coffee, licorice, chocolate, vanilla, malts. NIce, sticky texture. Lingers on the palate. Good dry, smoky and lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 May 2010
at 12:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2010. Black, lasting bubbly tan head. Liquorice aroma, tarry in mouth. Bit harsh maybe, grainy touch of powder. It’s alright, decent dark choc flavour. But not my favourite especially as just a bit too tarry and I’m not a fan of liquorice in a beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2010
at 03:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[Gravity cask at Reading BF - thanks chriso for sharing] Black with a deep tan head. Thick and oily. Very medicinal, with the iodine flavour of some Islay whiskies. It’s a flavour I usually like, but not here; it’s combined with very sticky liquorice and a bitter, bitumen finish that didn’t work for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2010
at 15:45