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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the August THT, Den Haag. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is rich roasty malt alcohol, floral hop. The flavour is moderate alcohol liqourice bitter sweet with a big roasty sweet alcoholic vanilla chocolate palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at THT. Almost black with dark beige head. Roasted malts, raisins, quite mineral, some coffee and dried leaves. Medium sweet and over medium bitter. Over medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle shared at August THT. Thin creamy tan head. Clear black pour. Very good
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at August THT. Pitch black with a medium height tan head. Notes of roasted malts, dark cherries, molasses. Medium to full bodied with a roasty bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Santas Little Helper on 26 Aug 2016 at 23:43 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:43
8/10
Tried
on 30 Apr 2016
at 15:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Literally black, as exprcted, nearly mid-sized loose ’n lacy tanned head; moderate to solid - not too dry - bitter-sweet nose of dried fruits, leather and tobacco; solid bitter-sweet flavour, full bodied and pretty smooth; slightly increasing bitterness towards the chocolatey and coffeeish finish. Well crafted, well rounded session Reichsstout…
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2016
at 11:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black color with very good coffee foam. Aroma: cream and coffee, sweet malt, caramel and roasted, porto. Taste: powerful, wine and spirits, bitter hops, alcohol, roasted, warming, caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2016
at 02:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pitch Black, Big Tan Head, Decent lacing. Roasted malt, Chocolate And Spice Aroma. Toasted malt, Chocolate, Slight Coffee, Sugary, Spice Taste. Good. Recommended...
Tried
on 10 Jan 2016
at 23:17
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
A black beer, a head is big and beige. Aroma has salt liquirice, dry earthyness, nice and fresh fruitness, hint of raisin. Marvellous. Taste has strong salt liquirice, strong coffee, earthyness, enough of bitterness. Almost full bodied, not stickyness, easy to drink. Enjoyable beer, salt liquirice, complex, strong flavours and easy to enjoy.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2015
at 12:50
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Negra opaca. Abundante espuma beige. Poco duradera. Rico y potente aroma a chocolate y pasas, licor y canela. En boca gran cuerpo y bien de gas. Compleja. Predomina el chocolate. Ligera acidez de frutas rojas. Café amargo. Especias. Y licor. Potente, sabrosa, completa.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2015
at 10:53