Dark Sky Porter
Bellfield Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.70
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Small yet mighty! This porter style beer is a combination of black, roasted and crystalised malts and two British hops; Phoenix and Bramling Cross. Rich coffee and chocolate aromas blend with dark and red fruit flavours in this sessionable dark ale.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can from Beer52. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is fairly sweet with roasted malts, coffee, liquorice, berries. At first the taste is roasty and quite drying and even the lightness of the body doesn't seem to balance it. On repeated sips the beer improves markedly with the sweetness breaking through and light coffee notes with a berry fruitiness. Its still feels like its missing something though. Mixed.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:03
6.4/10
‘Tis okay. Super light bodied,not much to it. Rather simple and boring, similar to any homebrew. Gollem amstelstraat
Tried
on 04 Jul 2023
at 17:30
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught @In de Blaauwe Hand, Nijmegen, poured into a shaker. Light roast nose. Opaque dark brown colour, fair creamy tan head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma sweet and roasted malts, burnt caramel, liquorice, some cocoa powder, coffee groundings. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, mild roasty notes, toffee, light chocolate. Light body, watery texture, soft carbonation, roasty notes till the end, very quaffable, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
In De Blaauwe Hand
on 23 May 2023
at 18:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Jolly Judge. 6 4 7 4 14
Light roast nose.
Dark brown, offwhite cream
Medium body, mellow dry roast body, rye bread, roast. Classic, nice.
Light roast nose.
Dark brown, offwhite cream
Medium body, mellow dry roast body, rye bread, roast. Classic, nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Jolly Judge
on 15 Mar 2023
at 15:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On keg @ Monty's Bar (14/05/22). Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Creamy off white head. Nose - roast and sweet brown bread. Light liquorice note. Taste - malt loaf some toffee and roast again. Palate - medium bodied, roasty finish. Overall - good example of the style.
Tried
on 24 May 2022
at 19:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at the taproom. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is roasted, chocolate, liquorice, taste is sweet, chocolate, liquorice, lightly roasted.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2022
at 17:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[33cl can from Beer52.] A glossy cola brown coloured pour with a ring of beige head; rich coffee and chocolate aroma; dry in the mouth with a coffee taste; and a bitter finish with some purple fruit and roasted malts. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2022
at 19:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer52. Pours very dark brown toward black with a beige cap. Aroma: roasted malts, light coffee, liquorice, berries. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, soft roast, semi-dry, light coffee, dark berries. Light to medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 18 Feb 2022
at 20:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer 52. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a generous but transient frothy beige head. Roasted malts and a touch of chocolate can be discerned in the aroma – if you try ! In the mouth it starts off sweet with roasted malts and molasses, then briefly some hoppy bitterness, before settling on a fruity chocolate combo. Finish is dry and fruity. It’s a bit thin but otherwise rather nice.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2022
at 18:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thin beige head left a cover on a mahogany coloured body. Coffee, roasted & liquorice aroma. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated & clean on the back. Malt, roasted, nutty & berry tastes with a liquorice finish. Decent Session beer.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2022
at 21:03