Coffee Porter
(has 1 batch)
Meantime in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.82
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Whilst we would not recommend having this at breakfast with your bacon and eggs, our Coffee Beer is made with real coffee and has a caffeine hit to match. The natural flavors of the beans selected and hand roasted by our friends at the Union Coffee Roasters go well with the roast barley in the beer to give a silky-smooth drink with distinct chocolate and vanilla notes
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys, London. Ruby, deep colour with disappearing head. Yes its coffee choccy. Coffee is a bit odd though, not sure it entirely works, but good to see this in cask
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2008
at 06:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask at Crystal Palace. Pours dark brown with a minor amber glare and a dense tan head. Roasted and chocolate malty aroma. Spiced hoppy and slight powderish chocolate flavoured with a distinct bitterness and acidic note coming through from the hard roasted malt. Spiced and bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2008
at 18:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW Bicester, Oxon . Pours reddy brown with light beige head. Freshly roasted but slightly spent coffee beans in evidence straight away, full flavour in mouth. The aroma is big coffee but also some ashtray (not in a nasty way) and even a little fruitiness at the end. There is some bitter chocolate but its the coffee beans at times that keep coming back. The taste is not too dissimilar to that of a slightly watered down version of one of those chocolate covered coffee beans.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2008
at 07:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial rooms JDW, Bristol 1/11/08. Near black with reddish hints and a moderate, tan head. Light coffee aroma with some sweet malts. Flavour was dominated by the coffee, with a pleasing dry roastiness and some sweet fruit, leading to a decent bitter finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2008
at 09:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
[cask handpull at Monk’s Retreat, Reading] Deep ruby-brown. Sour smokiness initially, then a sweet coffee chocolate comes through - like a Quality Street Coffee Cream that’s been toasted over a bonfire made of plums. So far, so yum. But then the flavours collapse into an uneasy bitter/sweet/sour mix that disappoints, along with a very sticky mouthfeel. It returns to form in the dry smokey aftertaste, but ultimately I was a little disappointed - it’s not a patch on Dark Star Espresso. c9
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2008
at 08:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Cherry red with a thin off-white head; aroma of milky coffee with a touch of red fruit; very sweet to start, with subdued coffee flavours; then bursting with lots of purple fruits; smooth and creamy and easy to drink; the finish is slightly dry, but still fruity. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2008
at 10:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle, Monks Cafe, Stockholm, 15 Sep 2008) Very dark brown with hints of ruby. Frothy beige head. Roasted nose dominated by freshly ground coffe, hints of vanilla. Malty, roasted taste with freshly ground coffee, vanilla, cocoa, dark rye bread, dark fruit and a modest coffee bitterness in a dry finish. Fairly short and with thinner body than expected. Still a nice beer with lots of coffee character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2008
at 15:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Day Before Labor Day party, bottle from South Bay Drugs in Imperial Beach, CA. The beer is a dark brown color that allows quite a bit of light to pass through for a Porter. Thin tan head that diminishes steadily, and spotty lacing. Aroma of roasted coffee and dark chocolate. Medium, smooth body with flavors of coffee and chocolate primarily, as well as touches of malt. The finish gets a little thinner and is roasty with a coffee aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2008
at 22:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Tony @ OTH. Pours a ruby / dark amber with a light nutty head. Aroma is a nice light coffee and possibly light dark fruits note. Taste is roasted coffee and mocha malts, sweet and very enjoyable, filled with savors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2008
at 07:41
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Appearance: Dark, dark brown. Basically no head. Aroma: Coffee. Vanilla. Taste: Just like coffee! Strong coffee. Roast beans. Info: 330ml bottle, 7/8-2006, 143/300
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2008
at 16:26