Viva Patrón (Project Barista - 2024)
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
7.26
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Viva Patron might be the most unique beer of the set, utilising both coffee beans and ‘Midnight Oil’, a cold brew concentrate from Climpson and Sons. This 8% Dark Ale is black as the night sky, and incorporates tequila-soaked oak into the brew, with added sweetness from agave syrup and Muscovado sugar. We’ve used Climpsons’ ‘The Baron’ coffee beans for this beer; and we’re certainly no stranger to them as they feature in our Broken Dream Breakfast Stout range. This is a true coffee liqueur experience in a beer.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours a very dark brown almost black, small beige head. Aroma of coffee, dark malts, some sort of sugary syrup and spice/wood. Taste of coffee, brown sugar, syrup, herbal, woody, chocolate, roasty and bitter finish. Medium bodied, lighter than it perhaps should be at this strength.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2024
at 21:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, oak, tequila, agave, taste is similar, some liquorice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Viva Patrón (Project Barista 24) on 13 Sep 2024 at 08:42 - Score: 7
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2024
at 07:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a tan head. Nose is espresso, brown sugar, raisin, toffee, black treacle. Taste is toffee, espresso, light smoke, chocolate raisin. Malty sweet with a hint of bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2024
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can on the train home from Bingohame, picked up from Tilt, 06/09/24. Extremely dark mahogany brown topped with a lasting khaki cap. Nose is coffee grinds, charr, dark malts, spice, toffee, dark malts, herb. Taste comprises cocoa powder, coffee grinds, caramel,herb, light roast, charr. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying with a bitter sweet roast laden close. Okay but expected more.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2024
at 20:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours clear brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of strong coffee, light booze note. Taste is fruity coffee, woody hints. Fruity and warming finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Sep 2024
at 13:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy, very dark red-amber beer with a lively off-white head which fizzles down to a film. Smells predominantly of cold brew coffee. Flavour has intense, dry coffee with a big hit of spirits-y woodiness and a whack of malt. A bit more alcohol burn than I'd care for, could do with more of the other flavours balancing that out a bit a touch more sweetness. I'm not getting much of the sugar or syrup which is noted and the tequila comes through a bit more strongly than is to my taste. It's nice, but not fully for me.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2024
at 20:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Siren Tap Yard, 3rd August 24. Pours a bark brown black one. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and liquor. Taste is complex, roasted malts, wood, barrel, a kiss of tequila, coffee, but balanced. Interesting
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2024
at 10:20