Black
Isle of Skye Brewing Co. in Uig, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.56
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The colour comes from dark roasted barley, balanced with just the right amount of sweet, rolled oatmeal.
We mill both right here in the brewery, giving us complete control over flavour and freshness. The true taste of malt shines through, balanced by the sweetness of pure Scottish heather honey.
Hops: Challenger, Progress
Malts: Pale Ale, Roast, Crystal, Chocolate
We mill both right here in the brewery, giving us complete control over flavour and freshness. The true taste of malt shines through, balanced by the sweetness of pure Scottish heather honey.
Hops: Challenger, Progress
Malts: Pale Ale, Roast, Crystal, Chocolate
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle. Major plus for the Scottish on the bottle and cap. Pours a deep mahogany/brown color with a medium cream colored head. A light nutty metallic and fruity nose. The flavor is great: berries, toasted malt, metal, sweet fruit and honey. Creamy palate. Easygoing. I’d love this on Cask in Uig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2013
at 23:36
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Dobry porter i z kremowa piana. Kolor brazowy. W smaku bardzo lekkie ale nuty tresciwe dominuje miód, sliwka i karmelowy slod. Wytrawny finisz. Ciekawy i tresciwy Porter, troche slodkawy w poczatkowym odbiorze, ale polecam
Tried
on 14 Jul 2013
at 01:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 ml bottle sampled in 2009. Clear amber body with a small but dense beige head. Nice aroma of caramel malt, roast and dry fruit. Flavor is sweet, mild malty, caramel, coffee and dry fruit. Moderate bitterness. Medium body and decent aftertaste with roast. Not a super brew, but actually quite impressive at only 4,5 % ABV and really balanced. Very quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2013
at 16:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Beer Hawk - Very dark in colour with a thick, but rapidly vanishing head despite fairly lively carbonation. Nose is sweet, roasted malt, burnt sugar and a bit of liquorice. Tastes are predominantly sweet, with the burnt malt continuing through leaving a chocolatey aftertaste. Light smooth body with a little hop bitterness, Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2013
at 06:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 17.02.2009
Aroma is somewhat light with roasted notes, some oat and hints of licorice. Flavour is sweetish with oaty notes and licorice. Dry finish with coffee and hints of ash. Good.
Aroma is somewhat light with roasted notes, some oat and hints of licorice. Flavour is sweetish with oaty notes and licorice. Dry finish with coffee and hints of ash. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2013
at 07:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Archibald Simpson?s. It pours very deep brown with a medium beige head. The nose is caramel, liquorice, light roast, dark fruit and an almost vinous aspect. The taste is tart berry (particularly raspberry), light roasted malt, caramel, wood, tanginess, fruit cake, vinous aspect and some astringency with a bitter finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. I actually quite like the tangy aspect to the beer but I doubt its meant to be like that....
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2012
at 04:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Belmont Station. Pours transparent dark brown with very little head. Aroma seems quite coffee. Med body. Flavor is sort of coffee mixed with cola. Not getting much chocolate. There’s something flavorful that reminds of seaweed. Some oatiness comes forth. Chocolate seems to increase. This keeps presenting different aspects. It finishes dry and astringent. Seems complex I guess. Whatever I certainly like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 20:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
4th Beer in a random British Tasting Evening on 8th Jan 2011. The 500ml brown bottle was poured into an ’Abbot Ale’ glass tankard. Dark red, ruby, ruby, ruby red! The off white head fell away to a collar and wispy covering too fast, sadly. Roasted Barley aroma, couldn’t find Heather Honey or Oats in the smell, both are mentioned on the label as being in the brew. It smells sweeter than it tastes. Mellow malty flavours flow through the mouth and this easy to drink beer covers a host of styles, toying with Stout, Porters and Winter Warmers with a Scottish dark bitter/ale feel. Smooth and rich, a fine beer. Different and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2012
at 08:21
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
50cl bottle, thanks to Lewis. Pours dark chestnut with a thin white head. The nose has coffee and hazelnut. The taste has burnt malt, heading into dry liquorice, then more burnt malt. The palate has medium body and texture with a burnt malt drying finish. Overall, this is not bad, but I’d rather have a fresher finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2011
at 09:07