Brass Castle Brewery Black Russian

Black Russian

 

Brass Castle Brewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter Regular
Score
7.46
ABV: 7.0% IBU: - Ticks: 20
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
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
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
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
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

Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2018 at 19:55


7.9
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
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
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
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


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, light smoke, taste is rich chocolate, biscuity, caramel, coffee.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2017 at 11:41