Hidden Pipe Porter (Coffee)
Raleigh Brewing Company in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.75
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Super dark brown coloured body with a fairly thick, three to four centimetre tall off-white and tan head that slowly fades atop the slightly opaque deep brown body, around 75 per cent opaque. Aroma of roasted malt, oatmeal, light grainy notes, a ton of caramelised sugars, lactose and a bunch of bright cherries - odd, but very strong in the nose. Medium-bodied; Rich chocolatey, earthy, nutty, caramel flavours dominate with some of the cherries noticeable, but also some of the metallic twang and graininess with a lot of the bitterness from the roasted malts, coffee and chocolate all showing through towards the end. Aftertaste shows a richness from the chocolate and grain with a bitterness then from the oatmeal and especially the metallic notes with some alcohol coming through and a good deal of pungency, mostly from the malts, but also from the residual sugars and the metallic astringency. Overall, a rich, earthy, nutty and especially coffee and metallic twanged beer with a lot of flavours and richness throughout that work relatively well, but show strongly - which can be a nice thing, especially when the weather turns slightly chilly. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Total Wine in Cary, North Carolina (Crossroads Boulevard) on 30-May-2021 for US$1,79 sampled at my house here in Washington on 16-November-2021.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
2$ can from total wine durham. Nice pour; almost black with a one inch choco moose head. Smell is mildly cold coffee. First taste is coffee up front, much like an almost impy stout. Probably not as mannered as a good porter should be, have had many other coffee beers that were a little more well behaved. Decent creamy co2. Alky content sticks its head up in the middle, becomes a little more volatile than expected. Visions of older burnt damp aged campfire wood becomes prominent. Wild wind howling thru the braincells, like a windy dark moonless drifting snowy night. Towards the finish I'm having trouble appreciating this brew. It becomes more difficult to deal with in the end. So be it, glad its over. There; you have it. Will not purchase again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very nice porter. Lots of coffee, but doesn't take over this beer. Lots of roast, from malt and coffee. Some nut, dark chocolate, a light bit of bark. Black pour with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Can from Brewmasters.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Month old can A: Poured a syrupy brown black with almost no head. S: Roasty coffee and burnt toasty bread. Light overall scent. T: Very roasty though not too burnt flavor. Rich coffee stands out from, without overpowering sweet molasses and an ending of tart plum or prune. M: Fairly thick and full bodied with weak carbonation and chewy finish. Warming bit of alcohol going down. O: Nicely balanced and well rounded flavors with just the right amount of coffee. Quite good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
12oz can. Poured a dark, almost black color with a medium sized tan head. Aroma was some bitter dark chocolate with some coffee. Flavor was bitter chocolate, coffee. Light green coffee notes. Some berry on the finish? Decent.