Vibrant Forest Brewery Crosswinds

Crosswinds

 

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Baltic Regular
Score
7.11
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Crosswinds is a Baltic Porter fermented low and slow on our house lager yeast. 7 different malts combine to give depth of flavour to this smooth, robust, biscuity porter.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from The Hive, Crowthorne. Aroma had low key coffee and treacle with a liqourice streak. Glossy opaque cola brown. Thick foamy beige head. Medium bitter. Espresso. Liqourice. Light berry edge. Underlying malts, coconut... moreso into the finish. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Punchy Balt.

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2023 at 21:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Lervig Local, Stavanger. Pours dark brown with beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, smoke, some caramelly notes and notes of American hops. Tastes pretty sweet with little bitterness. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 22 Feb 2023 at 16:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Black with tan head. Aroma of pete and tar, smoke , taste of chocolate, bread, berries and a hint of salt. With jke.

Tried on 04 Feb 2023 at 18:59


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Ultramørk amber/svart. Lavt skum med litt farge. Aroma av kaffe & røyk. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken fortsetter der aromen slapp. Hint av bacon etter hvert. Forsiktig tørr bitter avslutning. Behagelig øl.

Tried on 27 Nov 2022 at 17:56