Black Isle Brewery Coco Van Porter

Coco Van Porter

 

Black Isle Brewery in Munlochy, Highland, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
7.10
ABV: 5.7% IBU: - Ticks: 12
For most of the Northern hemisphere, Summer is waning. The days are drawing in, the nights getting longer, and fires are lit as we hunker down for 4 months of soups and cocoa.

In Scotland however, September is an Indian summer. August we get rain, September we get sunshine; one last hurrah before the dying of the light.

What better way to celebrate this bounteous time of year than with an organic coconut vanilla porter.

Sweet, rich, sumptuous, decadence.
 

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

Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours darkest brown with a frothy beige head. The aroma is toasty, bitter - sweet, roasted malt, toasted coconut, dark chocolate, cacao, dark chocolate bounty bar, coffee grounds and some umami. The taste is dry, roasted malt, earthy, bitter - sweet character, nutty, praline, toasted coconut, umami, cacao nibs, dark chocolate, peppery spice and a touch of charred wood with a dry, toasty finish. Medium+ body and moderate carbonation. These kind of beers can easily become too sweet, but this one definitely has more of a cacao nibs, savoury character. Works quite well.

Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2020 at 11:54


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Cork & Cask. Black body with a thin beige head that fades. Patchy lacing. Aroma of vanilla and chocolate. Flavour of nuts, chocolate and rust. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. I get vanilla more from this than I do coconut.

Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2020 at 00:33