Imperial Porter
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.61
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Any porter requires complexity of malt and yeast flavours without excessive bitterness. We use a mixture of Maris Otter variety pale ale malt, pilsner malt, crystal malt, amber malt, black malt, roasted barley and malted oats. Porters, even imperial ones, are not a hop driven style of beer so the aim is to produce a simple clean background bitterness using traditional varieties like Challenger, Golding and Progress.…
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5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2019
at 14:26
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Flaske 0,5l fra Alko Muonio. Drukket i Skibotn 11 Aug 13. Ultradyp mørk amber. Nesten svart. Lavt skum som raskt går over i en tynn film. Beskjeden kaffearoma. Smaken sammensatt: Litt kaffe. Sjokolade. Godt integrert. Ikke påtrengende. Ettersmak av sjokolade.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2014
at 11:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark deep ruby color, tiny beige head. Aroma of bread and toasted, even burnt maltyness. Mediun-bodied. Caramel, licorice, light alcohol in the finish. Lowish bitterness. A bit like Baltian porters.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2013
at 11:01
6/10
Tried
on 20 Oct 2013
at 14:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle. Black with a minimal lightbrown head. Roasted malt, dark fruits, chocolate with some coffee sence. Medium sweet with light bitterness. Dry roasted end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2013
at 13:41
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
22.08.2013, 0,5l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly roasted, dark malts, puffed rice, burnt caramel, toast, coffee, hay, grass. Taste is slightly harsh and burnt, dark roasted malts, harsh coffee, burnt caramel, burnt puffed rice, grass, toast, licorice, unripe banana. Longlasting harsh bitterness, slightly metallic. Next!!
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly roasted, dark malts, puffed rice, burnt caramel, toast, coffee, hay, grass. Taste is slightly harsh and burnt, dark roasted malts, harsh coffee, burnt caramel, burnt puffed rice, grass, toast, licorice, unripe banana. Longlasting harsh bitterness, slightly metallic. Next!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2013
at 13:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Many thanks to Finn for a 500ml bottle of this one. Bubbly, beige head reduced to a low layer. Poor lacing. A rustic shade to a deep dark coloured body. Restrained aroma of roasted grainy malts. Flavours of grainy chocolate malts, ash and a little touch of vanilla. Malt bitter ending. Fine bodied, not overly sweet. Pleasing (Tromsø, 03.08.2013).
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2013
at 12:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled (from Alko Prisma, Vaasa). Deep amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is mild plum, raisins, toffee, slight roast, liquorice and ashes. Flavour is roast, ashes, ripe fruits, mild lactic notes. Quite dry palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2013
at 11:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Smell of roasted malts, metal, chocolate. Dark brown colour, high brown head. Aroma of coffee, licorice, chocolate, some tar. Bitter and sweet, sweetness gets more through with warmth. Soft but plentiful carbon. Surprisingly watery when cold, no longer when warmer.
Tried
on 05 May 2013
at 14:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Alko
Pours pitch black with a small head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate and licorice. Taste is roasty and sweetish with hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Finish is smooth and slightly roasty. Quite balanced imperial porter.
Pours pitch black with a small head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate and licorice. Taste is roasty and sweetish with hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Finish is smooth and slightly roasty. Quite balanced imperial porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2012
at 08:52