Beast
Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.84
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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.
Hops: Goldings, Challenger and First Gold. Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
20/2/2020. Cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer & Cider Festival 2020. Pours very dark brown with a lasting bubbly beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit, chocolate, toffee, raisins and biscuit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium to full bodied, soft carbonation. Rich warming earthy and slightly dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2020
at 17:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask: Poured a dark brown with red edges, creamy light brown head. Aroma is caramel malts. Taste is rich with some chocolate and roasted malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2019
at 14:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep brown wtb orange slithers around the edge. Neat off white head. Nose - burnt toffee and honeycomb. Taste - toffee, cherry and marzipan. A wee touch of liquorice on the very end. Palate - medium bodied at least. Rich but lightly tangy texture. Overall - it grew on me a lot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2019
at 12:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear mahogany with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee and honeycomb. Taste is more of the same. Burnt toffee finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2019
at 12:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Nearly opaque very dark beer with a decent beige head. Light scent of fruity, toasted malt. Taste follows suit, with the balance nicely done between the sweetness of the fruit and nice, toasty malt. A bit of liquorice too. Not massively complex and suffers from a slightly watery aftertaste / feel but otherwise it's a fairly straightforward beer done pretty well.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2019
at 16:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale, shared with Finn at Layton Rakes (JDW) in Blackpool. A ruby glint to a near black body. Beige head, upper part glass-lacing. Moderate smell of earthy malts, hints of dried fruits. Mid-sweet dark malty flavours, caramel and dried fruits. Smooth malt-driven end. Half way pleasing. (07.022019).
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2019
at 19:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Fra cask på Layton Lakes, Blackpool. Delt med Rune. Ultramørk amber / svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Lett portvinsaroma. Smaken nøtter & frukt. Sukkertøyaktig.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Feb 2019
at 10:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Cobblestones, Bridgwater. Pours clear dark ruby amber with a cream head. Aroma: nutty, dark fruits, toffee, chocolate. Taste: light to moderate sweet, dark fruits, chocolate, toffee, hint of coffee, liquorice. Medium bodied. light carbonation, vinous sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2018
at 10:27
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2017
at 19:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at Victoria lincoln. Deep ruby colour with an off white head. Aroma has lots of dried fruit with toffee. Taste more toffee sweetness. Full body.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2017
at 17:40