Nightmare / Nightmare Porter
Hambleton Brewery in Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.96
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Ingredients: Maris Otter Pale Malted Barley, Crystal Malted Barley, Pale Chocolate Malted Barley, Northdown Hops, Fuggles Hops.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness, online. Pours a very dark brown, small beige head Aroma is semi-sweet, roasted malts, lots of chocolate. Simple but nice. Taste again has a roastiness with a lovely moreish chocolate malt, some coffee bitterness in the finish with an hoppy tang to it. Light to medium bodied matched by the right amount of carbonation zing. Its a very good porter, not overly complex but well brewed. Certainly no nightmare.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
14/11/2023. Cask pour shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear very dark brown with a small frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, malt, ash, roasted malt, chocolate. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness, light fruity tartness. Moderate body, slightly oily and watery, average carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. Gluten Free. Black colour, beige foam head and aroma of malt, caramel, roasted, chocolate. Taste is roasty malt, chocolate & coffee, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. A gift from Totnes. The person not the place. Clear deep chestnut red. Nicely thick beige foam. Nose has slightly rubbery malts. Ash. Some vinous notes. Taste is dry ashy and lightly bitter. Medium body. Foamy carbonation. Dry vinous finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Looks almost black in the glass, with reddish hints if seen through light. 1 and a half fingers of greyish head: pretty dense, not much lacing and relatively quick at dissipating. A semi-soft aroma has a base of dark bread, dark malts acidity and lightly roasted malts, with light notes of coffee and some fruit cake notes. Nicely defined, average intensity. Taste shows a relatively soft dark malts base (let's say halfway in between a standard stout and a milk stout), with gentle roasted notes, a bit of dark malts acidity, light notes of coffee and chocolate, hints of fruit cake. Good sweet/bitter balance with none standing out. Light to medium bodied with quite low carbonation, resulting in an easy, half smooth half soft mouthfeel. Overall a pleasant drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby – as Hambleton Nightmare Porter. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small cream head. Aroma is mainly roasted malts with hints of chocolate. In the mouth the texture is slightly watery, but there is plenty of flavour. Dark fruits, liquorice and aniseed plus some chocolate and sweet malts. Finish is quite dry. This is pretty good all round – more please !
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear ruby/brown with a beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, ash and vanilla. Flavour of milk chocolate and roasted malt. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Well rounded and easy to drink.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. The Crown in Hirsell updated their Twitter feed with what beers they had in once in about 8 years and this was one I was after so quickly headed there. It was fine.