Charm
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: OmnipolloPorter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.54
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A captivating imperial porter with viscous body, slick residual sweetness, marzipan aromas and finishing bitterness of espresso. Double Mash | 16.5hr Boil | 40°P Starting Plato
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can at home. Black beer with a foamy brown head. Aroma is sweet praline, coffee, chocolate. Flavour is toffee, marzipan, coffee. Thick and sticky and lovely
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2023
at 00:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml can. Pours black with a dark brown head. Aroma of coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate, nuts. Taste of bittersweet coffee and dark chocolate, vanilla, molasses, roast malts, sugary sweet. Medium-full bodied, smooth. Again, very glad this was only a 330ml can, ridiculously rich and sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2023
at 20:21
8/10
Thick coffee, rich, strong
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jan 2023
at 18:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Cam bought at Kerrera, Guildford. Aroma combines dark coffee and chocolate with a streak of chocolate icecream. Dark and glossy. Flamboyant foamy tan head. Initial sweet hit. Very sugary coffee and sweet nuts. All very sweet but not too much of that. Bitter coffee streak. Very sweet Turkish coffee. Thick and creamy. Average prickly carbonation. Long astringent finish. Great stuff.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2023
at 23:00
8/10
keg at the hanging bat... dark black.. thin tan lacing... massive sweet chocolate Roast malts nose... dark sweet chocolate roast malts... oily thick body... sticky malts.. huge huge coffee hit
Tried
on 07 Jan 2023
at 15:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, picked up from Siren online, split at the L6 Xmas Blast, 15/12/22. Black with a good sized dirty tan head. Nose is coffee bean, dark malts, roasted notes, vanilla, molasses. Taste comprises roast malts, spice, chocolate, coffee, brown sugar melt, charr. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of booze. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2023
at 18:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On keg at the Hanging Back. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - very dark chocolate, a hint of dried fruit. Earthy. Taste - very dark chocolate and a hint of smoky chilli. Palate - medium to full bodied, smoky dry finish. Overall - the smoky spicy finish I'm detecting is drying out the sweetness of the middle section.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2023
at 16:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Eltham Wines. Black pour with a tan head. Aromas of chocolate pudding, Turkish coffee, raisin, marzipan, smoke. Flavours of chocolate pudding, profiteroles, Turkish coffee, toffee, almond, light smoke. Sweet warming finish. Exceedingly flavoursome.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2022
at 15:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can. Pours jet black with a large head. Aroma is strong, sweet coffee, with a little nuttiness. Taste has sweet sticky coffee throughout with a bitter roast coffee finish. Touches of almond.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2022
at 22:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black beer, thick tan head. Smell has malt, coffee and a little marzipan. Flavour has the marzipan too, with chocolate, coffee, nuts, brown sugar. Nice, thick body. Good, sweet but not sickly aftertaste. Very, very nice.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2022
at 20:21