Exmoor Ales Beast

Beast

 

Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 6.6% IBU: - Ticks: 75
Beast is a full-bodied dark porter. It’s dark mahogany-brown in colour, with a hint of crimson. Rich aromas of toffee, treacle, Mocha coffee, vinous fruit, and chocolate. There’s more complexity on the palate with fruitcake, a hint of rum, more Mocha coffee, herbal hoppiness, vinous fruit, and a bittersweet finish that’s smooth yet complex, rich but not cloying.

Hops: Goldings, Challenger and First Gold. Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Dark red brown with a delicate head that lasts. Dark berries, chocolate, dried fruit, melanoid accents, herbal notes. Rich, fruity sour, with notes of Old English Ale and even Barley Wine. Mega chocolate finish, a bit of earthiness and yellow. Great!

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2025 at 13:22


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tried from Cask at GBBF Winter Beer Festival (Camra) on 14 Feb 2025 at 10:12


6.5

Tried from Cask on 28 Jan 2025 at 17:16


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours a dark brown colour with a reddish tint and a small khaki beige head. The aroma is roasted, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, and coffee. A moderately sweet roasted taste, roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee, and dark fruit flavours with a sweetish, roasted finish.

Tried on 28 Dec 2024 at 15:46


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled pint on 25th October 2024, The Robert Fitzharding (a Spoons in Bristol). Dark brew, ruby hue to the body, beige crown. Malty, boozy and heavy. On the sweet side with a 'fruit and nut chocolate bar' sort of taste.

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 08:04


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Ruby brown with a creamy/frothy tan head. Lightly roasted malt on the nose, medium/full bodied, alcoholic strength noticeable right up front, there’s sweetness from chocolate and dark fruits alongside lightly roasted malt, some dry bitterness in the finish and just a hint of spice

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel on 18 Jan 2024 at 09:00


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

0,5 flaske delt med Rory: mørk rødbrun med fint skum som varer. Mørke bær, kaffe, streifet av urter. Tørr, passe syrlig og med god ettersmak.

Tried on 29 Jul 2023 at 21:42


6

Tried on 16 Jan 2023 at 00:08


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 07/01/23. Deep mahogany brown with a good sized light khaki cap that clears to a swirl and edging. Nose is stewed fruits, nutty, vinous, dark malts, herb. Taste comprises earthy fruits, toffee, dark malts, herb, stewed fruits, fruit cake mix, raisins, light cocoa, brown sugar dusting, just a hint of oxidisation. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with just a spike of alcohol. Not bad age considered.

Tried on 07 Jan 2023 at 15:02


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the rot box, maybe 8 years old. A mostly clear nut brown coloured pour with a decent loose khaki head that fades to a swirl. Aroma is nutty brown bread, raisin loaf, little age, rye, cola cubes, prunes. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered nutty brown bread, toasted malts, dried fruits trail mix, light age, grape. Palate is semi sweet, oily, mellow carbonation. Has aged pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2022 at 23:55