Black Russian
Brass Castle Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
7.39
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Robust Baltic Porter with coffee beans and cacao nibs added during fermentation. Brewed in honour of our house band: The Black Russian Society.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear dark brown with a thick tan head. Strong coffee aromas. Taste has some chocolate and dark stone fruit. Coffee dominates though. And lingers.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2021
at 18:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown to black. Attractive fluffy, tan head. Nose - creamy dark chocolate but with an immediate hit of coffee too. Taste - coffee, then followed in by creamy chocolate. Brown bread backdrop. Palate - medium bodied at least. Creamy, roasty texture and roasty finish. Overall - nice.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2021
at 10:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nearly opaque, reddish-brown beer with a good off-white head. Smell is all coffee. Flavour has a little more to it. Still a load of coffee but there's a little anise, some dark chocolate, a good amount of toasty malt and a touch of caramel as well. But really the coffee is the star of the show in a smooth porter with a good amount of body. Very nice.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2021
at 23:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ #MBCF17, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Brass Castle Black Russian ].Clear dark red brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, dusty, coffee grounds. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee, coffee grounds, dusty, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light light alcoholic. [20170120] 8-4-8-4-16
Tried
on 08 Dec 2018
at 09:55
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2018
at 19:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @Mad for Beer (Rome). Bruna, schiuma color cappuccino. Al naso sentori di malti tostati, caffè, coccolato, salsa di soia, leggero torbato. In bocca è dolce all’attacco con una leggera acidità da caffè, ancora sentori di salsa di soia. Corpo medio, carbonazione medio-leggera. No.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2017
at 17:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried at the Cardinals Hat Lincoln. Jet black cooour with a thick tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and toffee. Taste sweet roasted malty and chocolate. Medium to full body.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2017
at 08:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Not quite black but getting there, with a frothy-bubbly thick off-white head. Has both a full roasted malt aroma and taste, and is crisp.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2017
at 07:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at the bow bar... Dark black.. Soft chocolate roast malts nose... Big chocolate coffee roast malts nose... Dark chocolate roast malts.. Heavy malts rich chocolate roast y
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2017
at 11:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the 2017 Manchester Beer Festival. Pours a dark brown (almost black) with a beige head. Smoke, coffee, cocoa and burnt wood aroma. Flavours of smoke, dark roast coffee and dark chocolate. Smoky-sweet finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2017
at 08:07