Dark Wave
Big Smoke Brew Co. in Esher, Surrey, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.00
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The first beer that we ever brewed and the only recipe that has stayed the same since day one. A rich, silky, robust porter which delivers everything you'd expect from the style. With Fuggles hops.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[ 33cl can from Beer52.] A glossy dark chocolate coloured pour, almost black, with a fast fading coffee coloured head; aroma of drinking chocolate; smooth and silky in the mouth with a luxurious chocolate taste; and a touch of chocolate liquor in the finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Oct 2019
at 18:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy light brown head stayed on a black still body. Coal, bitter, cigarette & smokey aroma. Medium bodied, sharp on the front, creamy over the tongue & clean on the back. Bitter tangy berry, slightly smokey, malt, faint coffee, pith & sugar tastes.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2019
at 21:47
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A colleague who subscribes to Beer 52 kindly gave me this as he knew I was ticking off Surrey beers - to be fair he benefitted from a Pohjala beer in return. Sweet chocolate aroma. Dark and glossy. Foamy beige head soon shrinks away. Medium bitter coffee with a hoppy edge. Underlying creamy sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Dry slightly astringent finish. Nice porter with a bitter bite.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2019
at 19:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can: BB 12th Jul 2020. Poured into an Augustijn chalice at home on 5th Oct 2019. Lovely dark body, beige topping. Chocolate all the way here, dark, rich chocolate with a slight coffee grains bitterness for balance. Smooth and easy to drink, very pleasant all round.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2019
at 18:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma is roasted malts and cocoa powder. A smooth moderately sweet cocoa and roasted malt taste. A smooth earthy, dryness in the finish. Nice.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2018
at 15:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Antelope, Surbiton, Surrey. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, chocolate, dry. Decent porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2016
at 12:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Lyric - London. Pours clear, deep brown with a creamy, tan head. Good snout, with some ashy roast, a bit of milk chocolate. Medium sweet flavour with toasted sugars, faint rubber, more milk chocolate, mild burnt wood, earth and baking cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced on the finish, with some gooey chocolate, slight roast, light scorched earth, bittersweet cocoa. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2016
at 16:15
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green, 11/04/15. Black with a big old tan head that retains well, this beer looks the bollocks. Nose is dark malts, chocolate, roast malt, spice, toffee. Taste comprises chocolate, liquorice, light charr, spice, dark fruit rinds. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Solid cask porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2015
at 02:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull Lyric. Blacl beer lasting beige head. Roasty aroma. Bit of cigarette smoke. Good condition. Decent dry porter. More an irish dry stout to me though. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Feb 2015
at 09:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the lyric for the tap takeover. As ’Dark Wave Porter’. Aroma is nice dark coffee, caramel, dusty, vanilla creme. Dark caramel reddy brown with a lasting creamy tan head. Flavour is ashy roast, caramel, woody, semi sweet. Palate is a little thin, semi sweet, low carbonation. Ok. Lingering woody roast.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2015
at 17:51