Abstrakt AB:17
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Porter - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.46
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Our Abstrakt journey continues with AB:17; a three-coffee rye imperial porter. Big chocolately roasty malts, spicy rye, and more coffee than Twin Peaks - we’ve added espresso in the mash, cafetiere in the boil, and whole bean in the whirlpool and the FV. Courtesy of Has Bean, we’ve got a rich mix of spicy, bitter and heady coffee flavours mixing with the vanilla pods we threw in for good measure. AB:17 is in the final days of maturation and is almost ready for bottling. It is tasting incredibly smooth and decadent. A perfect winter beer?
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle direct from the brewery. Deep black colour with no head. Coffee aroma. Taste has coffee to and a background of roasted malt. A touch thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 13:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - opaque black with a thin crema head. Nose - fresh coffee beans a touch of dark chocolate but only just. Taste - again coffee with dark chocolate lurking. Palate - full bodied with a big creamy texture and a pretty balanced finish. Overall - it’s a really good beer but I generally have an issue with coffee stouts as the coffee tends to dominate everything to the extent that it makes it somewhat single dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2014
at 16:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Beer Hunters. Dark opaque brown color, small brownish head. Aroma has coffee and cocoa. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Smooth. Coffee, chocolate and tickiling alcohol. Much better drinkability than in many other abstrak ts. Not very complex but nicely sippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2014
at 13:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
37,5 cl bottle @ O?hara?s Freehouse, Tampere. Bottle #639/12250, bottled 04.11.2014. Aroma has rubbery tones, some licorice and distant herbal tones. Flavour has alcohol, cocoa, rubbery tones, grass, herbs and coffee. Like mikkeller Black with coffee added. Alcohol tries to get through at the middle of the glass. Too bitter in a harsh way with all that rubber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2014
at 08:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle @ Malja, Kuopio Bottled on 04/11/14. Bottle #1070 - Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, coffee, berries, wood and ash. Taste is smooth, roasty, sweetish and salty with licorice, coffee, wood, hints of ash and berries. Finish is smooth, roasty and woody with hints of ash, licorice and coffee. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 11:31
10/10
Tried
on 18 Dec 2014
at 14:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at James’s, forgot to note the # - fail, 13/12/14. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is vanilla, coffee beans, dark malts, light spice, toffee, dark fruit. Taste picks up the pace, coffee grinds, chocolate, roast malt, black pepper, spice. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, light booze and sweet licks tempered with roast and spice at the curtain call. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2014
at 07:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog Edinburgh. Pours black, nose is huge coffee, liquorice, chocolate, taste is similar, rich, dry.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2014
at 04:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog Edinburgh. Pours jet black, short-lived thin ring of tan head. Strong coffee aromas, treacle. Strong coffee taste, light sweetness. Slightly astringent finish. Five pounds a third is a bit steep...
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 06:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Birmingham; viscous dark brown pour with a creamy light tan head, quality coffee and smoke aroma, taste has chocolate, sweet molasses, big coffee, a hint of vanilla coming through, bitter finish, soft carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 02:34