Prohibition Porter
Liberty Brewing Company in Helensville, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.45
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Spearheaded by pietistic religious denominations, prohibition of liquor and its dispensing saloons led to meek insipid bootlegged ales. To prevent this mediocrity reoccurring, Liberty has placed a constitutional ban on vapid watery suds. If you have a bad case of the ‘drys’ this mobilised ‘wet’ crusader will bring big alcohol and even bigger taste to your palate. Let the redolence emitting from the seasoned bourbon barrels enter your proboscis and take your cognitive being to a state of joyful equanimity.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2023 vintage on tap at 16Tun, Auckland. Black with medium to large tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, caramel, some fruity notes, orange peel, medium+ sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
at
16 Tun
on 27 Mar 2025
at 23:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2022 version is 12%. Apparently NZ had some close calls with prohibition - didn't know that. Bottle from their Melbourne taproom. Black, fading brown head retreat to the rim but then perseveres. Big mocha and Bourbon aroma with blackberry reduction, vanilla. Silky, medium low carbonation. Very rich with lots of of chocolate and berries, less but still lots of roast, some pine, firm bitterness. Very good but perhaps a bit suffocating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2024
at 14:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle, 2019 vintage, pours a thick, black, ring of grey head. Nose is big, big licorice, big molasses, some sarsaparilla, some booze and barrel. Flavor has a little more charred wood, caramel, sarsaparilla, molases, toasted marshmellow. Heavy finish, drinks big.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2020
at 09:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle at bottleshare, thanks explosivedog: pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is butterscotch, wood, bourbon, dark chocolate. Taste is somewhat sweet, dry, woody, loads of dark chocolate, booze is well covered. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2019
at 17:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Brewers Cooperative. Pours pitch black with a tan head. Bourbon, smoke, plums, dried fruit, some umami notes. Lots going on in a very good way.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2017
at 20:43