Northern Monk Brew Co. Festive Star - Spiced Mocha Porter

Festive Star - Spiced Mocha Porter

 

Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.19
ABV: 5.9% IBU: 25 Ticks: 48
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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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

tap @Kaapse Maria during #RaidOverRotterdam 2018, dark brown with a khaki head. aroma of mocca, cocoa, chocolate, Taste pretty sweet, roasted, burnt malts, lactose, smoked, coffee nibs, soft-smooth, medium bitterness, licorice, spices, nice --- Beer merged from original tick of Festive Star on 18 May 2018 at 14:01 - Score: 7

Tried from Draft on 04 Mar 2018 at 13:53


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

--- Beer merged from original tick of Festive Star on 03 Mar 2018 at 18:29 - Score: 7. Original review text: Donker kruidig, dennenboom, best lekker

Tried on 04 Mar 2018 at 10:14


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Raid Over Rotterdam 2018 Dutch RB forum pubcrawl. Black with tan head. Sweet roasted chocolate malts, massive spruce, resin and herbs. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Festive Star on 06 Mar 2018 at 17:25 - Score: 7

Tried on 03 Mar 2018 at 17:29


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Kaapse Maria. Almost black with dark beige head. Lots of spices, vanilla, toffee, cinnamon, cola, roast, caramel. Over medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied. Like cola with some extra spices.

Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2018 at 17:23


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

8 4 8 4 16 Draft at Kaapse Maria. Near black with a thick tan head. Aroma of spice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coffee, milk chocolate and caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 03 Mar 2018 at 17:19


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml can. Almost black appearance with a thin tan head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate, subtle spices. Taste is coffee, roasted malt, sweet chocolate, subtle cinnamon and nutmeg, bittersweet. Medium body, smooth, soft carbonation. An excellent porter like the base beer, but the spices are far too subtle to really lift this any higher.

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2017 at 20:39


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Cotteridge Wines; dark brown pour with a big light tan head, aroma has chocolate and a hint of spice, taste has creamy chocolate, some roast, spice hints.
Earlier Rating: 12/13/2015 Total Score: 3.8
Keg at Tilt Brum; dark opaque black pour with a thin tan head, aroma has sweet roast malts and a hint of liquorice, taste has chocolate, roast malts, liquorice, bitter chocolate.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2017 at 12:59



6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can 330ml. [ As Northern Monk Festive Star Xmas Mocha Porter ].Clear dark brown colour with a average to large, creamy - frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - coffee, moderate to heavy spicy, X-mas spices, nutmeg, star anis. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, sugary, spicy, X-mas spices, nutmeg, light roasted - coffee. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161130] 5-4-7-3-13

Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2017 at 12:08


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Beer Central, Sheffield. It’s nearly May, but in Sheffield it’s a bit like mid-winter. Clear, dark cola brown. Ring of tan. Nose has cinnamon and nutmeg. Some dried vine fruit. Taste has some sweetness. Some earthy dryness. Smooth enough mouthfeel, albeit a little thin. Spicy nutmeg finish.

Tried from Can on 24 Apr 2017 at 17:13