Festive Star - Spiced Mocha Porter
Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Festive Star. For our celebration of the Christmas holiday spirit, we took our smooth drinking and robustly flavoured Northern Star mocha porter and jazzed it up with classic warm winter spices, namely cinnamon and nutmeg. Festive Star is basically the equivalent of mulled wine in beer form, only brewed with roasted barley and coffee beans. So sit back, cosy up with your loved ones and crack a few open to make your merriest memories of the year.
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6/10
Tried
on 07 Apr 2019
at 17:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
25/01/2018 - 33cl can from Malt Attacks. Drank from the can. Nose is dark malts, caramel, spices. Taste is coffee, mocha, chocolate, bit dark fruits, spices. Nice!
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2019
at 12:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tight bubbly tan head left a good collar on a dark oak coloured still body. Dark coffee, espresso & malt aroma. Medium to thin body, sharp on the palate with a thin lacking finish. Spiced tastes of espresso, roast, cinnamon, cocoa nutmeg & redberry.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2019
at 21:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from the Northern Monk Web Shop. Dark brown pour with a dissipating beige head. Nose of raw coffee, dark chocolate, treacle toffee, festive spices. Very similar carry on in the flavour. Sweet spicy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2018
at 16:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at BD Aberdeen. It pours near black with a small tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, warming spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, sticky chocolate and Xmas cake. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, roasted malt, festive spice, cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa, mocha, chai tea, treacle and wood with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent spiced porter.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2018
at 16:50
7/10
Biscuity chocolate orange clove cinnamon... Lots going on here
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2018
at 22:34
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2018
at 17:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Station. Pours dark reddish brown, nose tells of a cinnamon, chocolate and Christmas spice nose. Taste is spicy indeed, assorted cinnamon-lead notes emerging, not too much thankfully, with additional cocoa and distant coffee roast. Nice balance of flavours.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2018
at 19:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, 07/07/18. Black with a tan covering that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is aniseed, liquorice, herbal chimes, spice, cinnamon, cocoa powder, light dusty fruits Taste comprises sweet malts, chocolate biscuit, toffee, cinammon loaf, cloves, chai spice, faint coffee notes, mellow roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid porter.
Earlier Rating: 12/28/2014 Total Score: 3.5
Keg at the Cask, Pmlico-co, 22/12/14. Black with a good sized tan covering that retains. Nose is coffee grinds, roast malt, toffee, light smoke, liqourice, cocoa rub, subtle spice - not overbearing. Taste comprises chocolate, cinammon, coffee, tar, clove, liqourice stick, leather. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid coffee meets spiced porter, good balance, could have drank more than a half pint easily as wasn’t a spice bomb.
Earlier Rating: 12/28/2014 Total Score: 3.5
Keg at the Cask, Pmlico-co, 22/12/14. Black with a good sized tan covering that retains. Nose is coffee grinds, roast malt, toffee, light smoke, liqourice, cocoa rub, subtle spice - not overbearing. Taste comprises chocolate, cinammon, coffee, tar, clove, liqourice stick, leather. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid coffee meets spiced porter, good balance, could have drank more than a half pint easily as wasn’t a spice bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2018
at 17:28
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled during RB Raid over Rotterdam March 3rd 2018. Dark brown to black color, average sized light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, quite spicy indeed. Flavor however is less spicy, mocha and actually quite pleasant. Decent body and carbonation.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2018
at 13:06