Santa's Little Helper
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.73
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Santa knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. This is one seriously naughty but nice beer.
Santa’s Little Helper, our Imperial Stout, starts with an emphasis on dark cocoa and roasted coffee aromatics. The finish lends hints of sweet crystal malt, warming tones of alcohol and a touch of hops, making a perfect accompaniment to leftover fruit cake and sugar cookies.
Hops
MAGNUM AND CENTENNIAL
Original Gravity
1.092
ABV
10%
Santa’s Little Helper, our Imperial Stout, starts with an emphasis on dark cocoa and roasted coffee aromatics. The finish lends hints of sweet crystal malt, warming tones of alcohol and a touch of hops, making a perfect accompaniment to leftover fruit cake and sugar cookies.
Hops
MAGNUM AND CENTENNIAL
Original Gravity
1.092
ABV
10%
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9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle (2009) from bierkompass.de. Black with medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit, caramel, chocolate, coffee. Taste, dry cocoa, coffee, notes of brown sugar. Coffee bitter finish. Nice Imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2012
at 13:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Port Brewing Santas Little Helper (by Port Brewing Company / The Lost Abbey):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
22/III/2012 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - bottled: VIII/25/11 (2012-257) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark purple beer, big aery red brown head, unstable. Aroma: milk chocolate, mocha, fudge, caramel. MF: good carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: dark chocolate, red berries, fruity hops, mocha. Aftertaste: coffee, dried red fruits, ripe red fruits, bitter hops, pretty dry hoppy ending.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
22/III/2012 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - bottled: VIII/25/11 (2012-257) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark purple beer, big aery red brown head, unstable. Aroma: milk chocolate, mocha, fudge, caramel. MF: good carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: dark chocolate, red berries, fruity hops, mocha. Aftertaste: coffee, dried red fruits, ripe red fruits, bitter hops, pretty dry hoppy ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2012
at 09:09
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Vine Street Pub, Denver. Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit, port, caramel. Taste is roasted malts, cocoa, dark chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, plums, figs, port, slight booze. Full body, creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation, warming alcohol in the finish. 240212
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2012
at 04:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
65 cl bottle. Opaque, black liquid with medium, thick tan head. Aroma of coffee, fruity hops, red fruits, smoke, chocolate, candy, caramel and dark fruits. Taste is light sweet, medium bitter and has notes of coffee, chocolate and christmas spices. Really well tasting. Full bodied with good carbonation. Really solid imperial stout. Some light booziness but nothing too awful. Great coffee notes in this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2012
at 16:52
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
66 oz bottle @ home, bottle from trade with Jeffo1. Pitch black color, big thick creamy light brown head that’s fully lasting. Smell malts, roasted malts, some coffee, hops, slightly alcohol. Taste roasted malts, coffee, hints of mocca, hops, bitter and a little bit of alcohol. Very nice balance, very nice beer! Good mouthfeel, medium to full body, medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2012
at 12:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Brewdog Aberdeen. It pours jet black, with a thin tan head. The nose is varnish, salted caramel, tar, ash, treacle and liquorice. The taste is burnt malt, charcoal, smoke, soy sauce, toffee, tar, ash, touch of spice, salted caramel, treacle and liquorice, with a tarry finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2012
at 12:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
First ratingBottle 1 pt 6 fl oz at Rotary Pub, on December 1, 2011Black color, small dark brown head. Sweet, chocolate, alcohol scent. Sweet, dry, grainy, cocoa, alcohol taste. Roasted and alcohol, also bitter aftertaste. Smooth full mouthfeel, high bitterness.8/4/7/4/15=3.8RerateDark brown color, dark brown head. Sweet, malty, toffee, alcohol scent. Sweet, malty, grainy, alcohol taste. Alcohol, bitter aftertaste. Medium mouhtfeel, medium high bitterness.6/3/6/3/12=3.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2011
at 14:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
650 ml bottle shared with Gnoff and others @ Rotary Pub on December 1. Pours black with a small brown head. Smell is vanilla, chocolate, alcohol and sweet liquorice. Taste is bitter with heavily roasted malts, coffee, tar and liquorice. Finish is dry and bitter with very dark chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2011
at 14:22
8/10
Tried
on 11 Nov 2011
at 10:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
1 pt. 6 fl. oz. bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 10.0%. Pitch black colour, modest carbonation, low brown head. Strong aroma of chocolate, liquorice, molasses, coffee and alcohol. The rich flavour has notes of roasted barley, liquorice and strong coffee, medium sweet. Bitter hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2011
at 11:48