Dark Matter
Larkin's Brewing Co in Kilcoole, Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Porter - Baltic Regular|
Score
7.08
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An intense, roast, toffee-like porter. Smooth malty body, intense malt flavours with a soft and velvet finish.
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7/10
Tried
on 13 Feb 2023
at 22:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from Yards & Crafts online, 04/02/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown meets light black topped with a fast collapsing khaki head. Nose is dark malts, toffee, yeast esters, dried fruits, brown bread. Taste comprises dried fruit esters, dark malts, toffee, cocoa sprinkle. Medium bodied, soft massaging carbonation, semi drying close. Decent approachable BP ... not particularly complex but has more lager like qualities than most and makes for an easy drinking affair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2023
at 22:47
7/10
Pretty modern yet solid interpretation of the style. Some roast, fairly sweet, caramelly. Could do with more heavy roastyness and coffee, pushing the sweetness more to the background, but it's easily drinkable and doesn't taste half bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2020
at 22:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Gusher. Color: Very dark ruby, light brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, mocha, coffee. Taste: Mocha, coffee, sweetish roasted malt, burnt sugar, toffee notes. Smooth mouthfeel. Just over medium body, below average carbonation. Moderate to medium sweet, moderate bitterness. Ok Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2019
at 18:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Deep dark brown colour with a ruby hue, small frothy tan head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma roasted malt, dark fruit, caramel, cocoa. Taste medium sweet and bitter, roasty malts, burnt caramel, light chocolate. Roasty sweetbitter aftertaste, medium body, watery texture, average carbonation, very nice porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2019
at 12:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear, darkest brown colour with ruby glimmer and average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, and lacing, dark beige head. Roasty-spicy and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of cocoa, dark chocolate, hints of milk chocolate, liquorice, some caramel, a touch of burnt caramel. Taste is sweet-ish and roasty, caramel and dark malty, hints of liquorice, a touch of dark and burnt caramel, minimally - carbonation-induced - metallic overtones. Oily texture, minimally sticky palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2019
at 16:05
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2019
at 01:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Black Sheep, Dublin. Pours black with beige head. Roasted malts, chocolate, some dark fruit, moderate sweetness, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Black Sheep
on 28 Jan 2019
at 21:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Pours an oily deep brown, almost black with a slight reddish tint. Very slight tan head that dissipates quickly. Christmas cake aroma of cherries, dark fruit, some apricots, taurine, chocolate. Complex flavour of dark chocolate, black cherry, spice, orange. Oily mouthfeel. Wonderfully complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2018
at 19:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from O'Brien's, Athlone [120818]
Pitch Black, tan frothy head
Aroma - Soft rich dark malts, hint of dark fruits, very mellow roast
Taste of rich dark malts, savoury notes, dab of soy, very mellow roast, tasty ruch malts, no burnt stuff, really tasty
Palate - Soft carb, medium to full body, soft sweet, alcohol well hidden. Finish has a rich dark savoury malt linger
Overall - The rich malt finish is the highlight of this. Larkin's one of the top Irish breweries for me now
Pitch Black, tan frothy head
Aroma - Soft rich dark malts, hint of dark fruits, very mellow roast
Taste of rich dark malts, savoury notes, dab of soy, very mellow roast, tasty ruch malts, no burnt stuff, really tasty
Palate - Soft carb, medium to full body, soft sweet, alcohol well hidden. Finish has a rich dark savoury malt linger
Overall - The rich malt finish is the highlight of this. Larkin's one of the top Irish breweries for me now
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2018
at 23:44