James Squire Jack of Spades Porter
Malt Shovel Brewery in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Porter Regular|
Score
6.48
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
24/10/2022. Draught at The Squire’s Landing (James Squire Brewhouse), The Rocks, Sydney. Pours very dark brown with a small creamy beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, liquorice, molasses, black treacle. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Solid but unspectacular.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2022
at 12:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
6th DRG. Coffee aroma, like Wiener Melange. Roasted malt, red berries, grapes. Velvety texture. Thinnish, but fairly fruity.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Crafty Squire, Russell St Melbourne. Poured a clear reddish brown with a frothy off white head. The aroma is caramel malt, creamy toffee. The flavour is moderate sweet light liquorice bitter with a smooth light dry roasty malt dry ashtray palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2017
at 10:00
6/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2016
at 05:17
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
On tap at The Charming Squire, pours a deep dark brown with a reddish tinge and a small beige head. Aroma brings out soy sauce and light toasted malt. Flavour is similar, with dry toasted malt and light soy sauce notes. Boring but clean, despite the soy sauce.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2016
at 07:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On Tap at Charming Squire, Brisbane on 9th September 2015. Black with creamy off-white foam and partial lacing. Mildly roasty aroma. Citrus, roastiness and touches of smoke in-mouth. A short, roasty finish becoming fruity and slightly smoky. Zingy mouthfeel and medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Sep 2015
at 20:14
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
345ml bottle into glass. Mild chocolate nose. Ruby red beer with small off-white head. Light spritzy mouthfeel leads to a hint of chocolate in the finish. A lesser cousin of Tooheys Old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 05:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
345ml bottle. This is a solid porter that doesn’t lack anything, but it also isn’t outstanding in any way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2015
at 05:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 345 ml thanks to Dallas (not on ratebeer)!On July 19, 2013.BB 13 June 2014.Dark ruby red color, fluffy brown head that leaves lacings. Sweet, malty, toffee scent. Sweet, toffee, roasted taste. Smooth mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2013
at 10:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
There’s a disappointingly brief head on this, but the aroma is like a having a caramel crown with an espresso - chocolate, caramel and loads of biscuit and coffee. There’s more of that biscuit flavour in the mouth with some chocolate and coffee in the middle of the tongue and a little hops on the sides. The only knock on this beer is that the palate is a little thin.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2012
at 05:50