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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6/10
BL z wczoraj. Niby dobry, stoutowy taki bardziej, tyle ze ta przyprawowosc w nim imho nie zagrala i do tego malo ciala. Nijak fanem nie zostane, ale zle wcale nie jest :)
Tried
on 23 Jan 2020
at 08:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is motor oil sludge black with a large tan head. Aroma is a deep roast with some vanilla and alcohol. Flavor is thick roasted malt with some milk chocolate and vanilla some bakers chocolate is left on the tongue. Decent Impy stout with just the right amount of char malt and flavorful adjuncts.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2019
at 01:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at Fermentoren. Pours pitch black with a dark brown thick head. Aromas of coffee roast, molasses, dates, raisins, some light chocolate. Taste is pretty sweet up front, lots of light chocolate, dates, raisins, dark sweet fruits. Dark bitter chocolate and coffee roast finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 17:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared @ jbrus’s place. Pure chocolate and cacao powder in the aroma. Pure chocolate, coffee and oily hops in the flavor, the latter lingering on in the aftertaste. Delicious and well balanced. Re-rate 2008 bottle. Pitch black and opague. Coffee and milk chocolate in the aroma. Creamy roasty bitter flavor with coffee, anis and dark chocolate. Roastbitter finish with some berries. Laurel. Huge beer, but the alcohol is fairly well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Dark brown, almost black, minimal brown head. Aroma is intensive dark chocolate, ash, raisin, molasses, a bit of green hops. Medium sweetness, light bitterness from roasted malt. Medium carbonation, higher than it's usual. Does not feel too heavy. Solid.
Tried
on 28 May 2019
at 19:39
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Don't know the brewer, don't know the beer but I do like imperial stouts, enough said. Acquired in California, brought home to Texas, the 12 oz bottle will be consumed tonight. I open and pour into my ABGB snifter, black, yes it is black, with a thin light brown crown of foam. Fragrant, I detect strawberry, wheat, something sweet. But the taste will abide. My my, very nice. Baker's chocolate, berry, baked bread, brown sugar and black licorice. Bitter but not a whole new chapter. Wish I had bought two, certainly next time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2019
at 00:48
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2019
at 23:02
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with chocolate and notes of vanilla. Flavour: Sweet roasted malt with chocolate, vanilla and slight licorice. Aftertaste is roasted malt. Colour: Black with a tan head.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2019
at 15:22
5/10
Tried
on 07 Feb 2019
at 14:02