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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An English style robust Porter brewed with imported pale, crystal, black and chocolate malts to lend the dark color with ruby highlights and dark malt flavors. This is a beer supposedly created in London in the early 18th Century to slake the thirst of the Market Porters, men who carried all the produce at markets throughout the city. The hops used are English varietals like Challenger for bitterness and a good amount of First Gold to balance all the malt notes.
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7/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2021
at 10:39
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2019
at 10:36
7.4/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2019
at 09:11
6.9/10
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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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Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2019
at 16:26
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2015
at 16:08
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2014
at 16:16
7.2/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2013
at 16:45
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2012
at 16:44
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2012
at 15:11
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Aug 2011
at 17:08