Cosmic Rainbow
Brasserie Surréaliste in Brussel / Bruxelles / Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Porter Regular|
Score
7.14
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An Indian Porter for bitterness lovers.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
330ml can. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, small to average, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of coffee, cocoa, dark chocolate. Taste is mildly bitter, roasty and chocolately, dark malty, slightly resinous and bitter hoppy, notes of coffee, cocoa, dark chocolate, a touch of dark caramel, very weak smokiness.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, soft carbonation.
Intense, homogeneous, oily - very nice.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, soft carbonation.
Intense, homogeneous, oily - very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2026
at 21:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
330ml can from Vanuxeem. Pours very dark brown, thin tan head. Quite a toasty, roasty BIPA like the Black IPAs of yore.. gentle pine, moderate bitter hop.. nicely presented.. decent
Tried
from Can
from
Vanuxeem
on 12 Sep 2025
at 14:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bitter-röstiger, angenehm hopfiger Start. Hohe Süffigkeit, viel Schokolade, etwas trocken. Die Bitterkeit geht in der Röstigkeit etwas verloren, rund, süffig, langer Abgang. Gelungen. 11/11/10/10//10
Tried
on 12 Dec 2024
at 19:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of mid sweet dark malt, chocolate, nuts. Taste of chocolate, some coffee, sweet dark malt, berries, vanilla.
Tried
on 04 Dec 2024
at 09:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Black with creamy beige head. Nice hoppy porter with lots of chocolate. Dry and bitter with piney notes in the background.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brasserie Surréaliste - Taproom
on 21 May 2024
at 05:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at Gist, Brussels, 22 Oct 2023) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted, hoppy nose with notes of liquorice, espresso, cacao, mint and pine needles. Malty, roasted, hoppy taste with liquorice, prunes, coffee, caramel, pine needles, grapefruit, slightly burnt flavours and a balanced citric/piney bitterness. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Tasty and quite complex porter, leaning in the black IPA direction. Very nice.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2024
at 21:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the surrealist. A opaque black brown coloured pour with a halo go tan head. Charred pine, singed, toasted malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet piney hop, charred wood, woody roast, robust. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2024
at 19:56
7/10
Tried
on 10 Feb 2024
at 19:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Surrealiste. Dark chocolate brown. Sticky tan foam. Looks well. Bit of yer charred grapefruit. Light roast. A little ashy. Taste has robust charred bitterness. Minimal sweetness here. Smooth enough for the ABV. Lingering bitterness to finish. Nice but some more hops required.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2024
at 19:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33cl can from Rob the Gourmets’ Market in Brussels. F: medium, dark tanned, average retention. C: dark, opaque. A: rich dark malts, citrus, orange, tropical fruits, roasted tones. T: full malty base, roasted tones, coffee, chocolate, orange, bit herbal, tropical fruits, medium carbonation, bit like black IPA yet very nice all together.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2024
at 19:59