Big Chimney's Porter
Mad Fox Brewing Company in Falls Church, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.20
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF'19, day 3, 08/08/19. Black with a decent tan head that clears edgewards. Nose is dark malts, dried fruit rinds, chocolate, light spice. Taste comprises modest roast, cocoa sprinkle, faint smoke, toffee, molasses, hint of fruit cake. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2019, Olympia, London. A dark ruby brown coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, aroma and taste, slightly bitter too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
7th August 2019
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Light and fairly dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Bitterish dark malts, decent dark chocolate. Modest dark fruits. Light and dry finish leaves a bitterish choccy linger. Robust and tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2019, [ Great British Beer Festival 2019 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.
[ As Mad Fox Big Chimney's Porter ].
ABV: 5.6%. Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate - roasted, toated. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190807]
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught @ Mad Fox Brewing Company - Glover Park Taproom, Washington, DC. Pours hazy very dark ruby / copper brown with small off-white head. Clear aroma of roast, with notes of malt and fruity and hoppy touches. Bitter, roasty flavour with sweetish notes of malt and yeast amd touches of coffee. Roasty aftertaste. Soft carbonation. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
4 oz draft pour at Mad Fox. Clear dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of spices, chocolate, roast, ginger. Tastes of roast, light dark fruit, dark chocolate, spices, a bit of rye. Medium-full body with a semi-dry finish. Medium-low carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On draft at the brewpub. Pours a cola brown with a fine ecru head. Aroma of chocolate and toasted malt. Soft mouthfeel with some bitter notes in the finish.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at Capitol Lounge. Pours a opaque black with some beige creamy head. Nose of toasted bread, malt, chocolate, some smoke, some rubber. Sweet, malt flavor, licorice, smoke, chewy grains, toast, light coffee, a little cherry. Full, dry, chalky finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Shockingly dark brown color, nice beige head, solid curtain of lacing. Aroma of earthy cocoa. Taste is dirty coffee. Nice.
Drake (22934) reviewed Big Chimney's Porter from Mad Fox Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Served on draft at the brewpub. Pours a dark brown color with a medium creamy tan head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and some smoke. The taste is roasted malts, plums, cherries, smoke, chocolate and tobacco. Medium bodied. Very drinkable.