Tharapita
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Collab with: PühastePorter - Imperial Baltic Special
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Score
7.71
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This opulent and decadent 11.3% Baltic Porter was brewed in collaboration with our friends from Pühaste. The beer pours a dark caramel head atop a rich, ink black liquid, expect notes of sticky dates, plum, chocolate, raisins, dried fruits, and hints of pecan. With a similar brewing process to our imperial stouts but utilising a lager yeast instead of our usual ale yeast. This decadent, dark beer utilised a serious amount of Pilsner Malt, Munich, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt and Flaked Oats and was then cold lagered for months to pay tribute to the famous dark beers of Estonia
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7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black with quick fading head. Silky, luxurious mouthfeel. Bittersweet with roasted malt. Hints of brown sugar and cocoa. A bit sticky but has a nice bitter treacle aftertaste.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2024
at 18:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,2l on tap @ Barley & Bait. Pours very dark brown with a low tan head. Aroma is dry roasted malts with coffee. Flavor is dry roasted malts, coffee, alcohol, hops. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2024
at 17:40
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
440ml can. Pours black with a big beige head. Aroma of dark fruity malts, liquorice, dark chocolate, roast. Taste is very rich, sweet dark malts, liquorice, chocolate, coffee roast, caramel, could’ve sworn there was some barrely notes too but apparently not, finishes with some lovely alcohol warmth and a strong bitterness. Very full bodied, smooth. Outstanding.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2024
at 23:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma color cappuccino media. Al naso note di malti tostati, cioccolato fondente, caffè, frutta secca. In bocca è bilanciata, attacco abboccato, chiusura amara. Corpo pieno, carbonazione media. Ben fatta, ineccepibile.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2024
at 18:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Quasi black colour with slightly late awakening, huge, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty, caramel malty and slightly nutty, minimally spicy aroma, notes of dark chocolate, dark caramel, a touch of Brazil nut and celery, liquorice. Taste is sweet, caramel malty, slightly chocolately and roasty, dark malty, notes of dark caramel, toffee, dark chocolate, some couverture, a touch of honey, liquorice, nutty undertones, fruity overtones with a touch of fig, date, plum. Creamy to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, medium, soft carbonation. A tad too spicy, minimally unbalanced aroma, quite sweet concerning taste, nevertheless dangerously drinkable - pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2024
at 20:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml. can. @O Bandullo do Lambón, Compostela. 18/03/2024. [#7.026 Global - #162 Ireland - #16 Galway Bay Brewery] Pours pitch black with a mocha head. Aroma: ashes, smoked peaty malts, coffee beans and roasted licorice. Taste: lactose, peat, roasted chocolate. Sweet and warm aftertaste. Next one please!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Mar 2024
at 11:42
8/10
Magus, šokolaad, röst, kuiv, kakao, kaer, linnaseline, karamell, iiris. Hea.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2024
at 19:16
7/10
Sweet, smoked, chocolate, lactose, peat, alcohol, roast
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2024
at 19:14