Hot Box Imperial Smoked Pepper Porter
Indeed Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Northbound BreweryPorter - Smoked Regular
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Score
7.25
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
What a beer! Pours a brown red color with a medium white head. The aroma is all big massive peppers. The flavor genuinely tastes like smoked peppers, not hot, big smoky malts. Some chocolate and toast. Awesome. A bottle would be too much alone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2015
at 17:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from a locals for locals trade Atom. Pours dark reddish brown color with tan head. Aromas of smoked malts and peppers. Smoked meat flavor with some smoked peppers and earthiness. Just a hint of heat on the back end, nice and not overwhelming like many pepper beers. Medium body with average carbonation. Quite enjoyable. Thanks Adam.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2015
at 13:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Northbound. Pours a clear deep amber an earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of pepper with a touch of heat and roasted malts and dark roasted underlying. Flavor has same strong peppers that only have a touch of heat with a back bone of dark grain and light roast.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2015
at 19:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Woodshed 3.0, Hot Box? Hot Damn! Sample courtesy of Sparky. 750mL pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a dirty tan head of foam. The aroma offers up big and bruising chili pepper heavy salsa, mild molasses notes, malt sweetened dark roasted malts and a light smokiness. The flavor delivers a good dose of smoke and then a thin ring of molasses. Very quickly though big chili pepper meat bubbles up along with a slowly growing peppery burn. This has a thin body and a mild malty backbone that allows the solid pepper to shine but not to the point of going over the top.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2014
at 20:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours a dark, amber brown with good-sized, lasting head. Aroma of smoke, coffee, pepper. Flavor is a very smooth mix of these three elements, along with some chocolate and dark fruit (prune/plum). Very tasty and worth tracking down. I tried a Stone Crime (hot pepper beer) not that long ago and this has it beat by a long shot. Would definitely buy another.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2014
at 11:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at the brewpub. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is thick smoked, glaced ham smoked. Thick malty, smoked and solid chili bite. Smooth dark malty, smoked ham and solid chili warmth in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2013
at 21:19