Hurðaskellir Nr.54
Borg Brugghús in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.55
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chrisv10 (24620) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, dark fruit, barrel and wood. Flavour is roasted malt, caramel, dark fruit, barrel, wood, sweet, little citric, barrel, warming and a little bitter.
Camons (21701) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Christers. Pours very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, light wood, little licorice, mild whisky. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, little chocolate, little fruit, wood, light whisky, alcohol. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, light sweet finish with warming alcohol. 270820
Rasmus40 (37098) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Christer tasting. Clear very dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, light wood and light whisky. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. Oily. 270820
saxo (29778) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Højbjerg tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, whisky, hops and has a nice warming finish.
CambridgeUtd (3880) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of dark berries, wooden barrels and chocolate sense. Sweet with a warm fruit, dark berries and wooden barrels end.
MarcoDL (7855) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Black pour. Aroma of sweet cherry, milk chocolate, rye whisky, cinnamon, soft licorice, caramel fudge and vanilla. Taste has rich smooth rye whisky, caramel fudge, fruity vanilla, sweet ripe cherry, cinnamon, milk chocolate, subtle licorice, some blueberry and a long fruity boozy vanilla finish. Delicious flavors in a strong beer.
Bierkoning (17700) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Almost black. Raisin, soft roast, vanilla and rye whiskey in the aroma. Thin, alcoholic flavor with dried fruit, raisin, caramel, vanilla and rye whiskey. Hint of cinnamon.
Alengrin (11675) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Imperial porter by Borg in Iceland, one of the best beers of that particular (and peculiar) country according to this very site... Makes me curious! Slow gusher, foam peeping out of the bottleneck shortly after opening, but no true gusher so no problem. Pale greyish beige, mousy, quickly dissipating head reduced to a thin (and eventually completely dissolving) open ring and some patches in the middle after a few seconds; misty dark chocolate brown with burgundy red hue. Strong and very beguiling, dense bouquet of 'Haagse hopjes', walnut oil, toffee, coffee liqueur, candied cherries, raisins, sweet gravy, teriyaki, cold Irish coffee of two days old, peanuts, 'fondant' chocolate, bourbon, kahlua, rum-soaked figs, brown rye bread, vanilla beans (quite prominently so), wet oak wood, the juice oozing from a medium rare horse steak, fudge, liquorice candy, vague notes of eucalyptus, faded cononut flakes, raw cinnamon, salmiak somewhere. Densely sweet onset balanced by vague sourish and umami influences, candied dates, figs, medlar, medium carbonation but very 'refined' and just fit for the style, with a full, oily, smooth-edged mouthfeel; quite thick fondant-chocolatey and very toffeeish malt base with a latté macchiato-like edge in the end, softly roasted but not so much that it shouts 'stout' - while in the meantime, retronasal aspects of vanilla, liquorice and some vague eucalyptus build up, matching perfectly with the overall flavour profile. A blood-like iron flavour resides on the edges but that is of course not an issue in this type of beer, quite the contrary even; a deep, almost vaguely blood orange-like aspect adds a brief whiff of sourishness to the finish, very subtly but importantly so, while that warm, vanilla-breathing oak wood increases, never to become overly tannic though. Ends soothing, full and warming, with a tea-like herbal hop pinch and rye whisky sweetness - but remarkably, the rye respects the beer's own qualities rather than overpowering them, as is so often the case in liquor barrel aged beers. Even the booziness as such, though very clearly noticeable in the head, remains very mild and well-hidden in the mouth. This, I think, makes this imperial porter as great as it is; it maintains a firm control over all its flavour components without letting any of them 'run away'. Perhaps the lack of head retention could be an issue here from a mere visual point of view, but otherwise this sincerely is among the very best imperial porters (a style - or not? - which has fascinated me for years) I ever had. This is to imperial porter what Westvleteren 12 or Rochefort 10 are to quadrupel: noble, robust and firm, but gentle and elegant all at the same time - the supreme attribute of all truly great beers in the world. An instant classic for me.
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fonefan (85107) reviewed Hurðaskellir Nr.54 from Borg Brugghús 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 330ml. @ home.
[ As Borg Hurðaskellir Nr.54 - 2019 ].
ABV: 11.5%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, bread, plum - smoked plum, roasted - chocolate - sweet malt, dark fruit - dried fruit, rich, aromatic, light smoked plum. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, dried fruit, plum, dark malt, caramel, smooth, alcohol, rich, chocolatte . dark malt. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20200623]
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