Empire Slate
Grain Brewery in Harleston, Norfolk, England 🏴
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.77
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THIS BREW IS AN IMPERIAL VERSION OF OUR POPULAR SMOKED PORTER SLATE. WE HAVE USED THE SAME RECIPE, BUT TURNED THE VOLUME UP TO 11. THE RESULT IS A PORT-LIKE AROMA WITH SUBTLE SMOKY NOTES. RICH AND FULL BUT UTTERLY DRINKABLE, ALL THOSE ROASTED CHOCOLATE FLAVOURS OF SLATE ARE ENHANCED BY THE EXTRA PUNCH FROM THE 9.3% OF ALCOHOL.
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Olut (21691) reviewed Empire Slate from Grain Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Hopsters, Ipswich. Almost black with an extremely thin head. Velvety smooth in texture, its strength seems to usurp an recognisable porter taste, although dark malts are evident in its aroma.
Grumbo (24130) reviewed Empire Slate from Grain Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
4/6/2022. Bottle at the Teterow GP beer share. From 3at3, Ely. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma is smoked, roasted malt, meaty, dark chocolate, molasses. Moderate sweetness, moderate meaty Bovril bitterness. Medium body, oily, soft carbonation. Pretty good though had expected something more from it.
Jybi (2410) reviewed Empire Slate from Grain Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Merci à Grumbo pour cette découverte. Ce Smoked Imperial Porter me laisse circonspect. Avec un fumé pas trop développé, fin et bien intégré (ce qui est rare), il aurait eu tout pour me plaire sir la base avait été plus riche, dense et complexe. Sa texture très fine, ces arômes linéaires, manquant de vivacité et de présence nous font finalement être quelque peu frustrés. LE visuel est sur un noir total, sans mousse ni effervescence. Le nez est sur un cocktail, sans éclat de chocolat, café et caramel agrémentés d'une pointe fumée. A l'attaque, de légères épices apparaissent, sur une dominante chocolat, caramel avec en complément café et un fumé aux relents de charbon tout de même. La deuxième bouche est marquée de son astringence, avec une légère acidité et des arômes plats. L'alcool à 9,3 % est bien intégrée mais manque de nervosité. L'amertume est pour sa part bien dosée (base de Herkules, First Gold, Progress, Cascade). Le manque de corpulence est notable est l'arrière bouche n'amène rien de nouveau. Le final est un peu plus intéressant, d'une bonne longueur, avec des arômes de café, chocolat et caramel qui reprennent les dessus et sur une jolie amertume mais sur une platitude toujours aussi affligeante. Dans le style, peut mieux faire.
Idiosynkrasie (17715) reviewed Empire Slate from Grain Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot!]. Jet black colour with a single-layer bubbly, fading, tan head. Intense, roasty and chocolately, slightly smoky, dark malty aroma, condensed notes of dark chocolate, couverture, dark cocoa, dark caramel, whiffs of ashes, marmite, barbecue sauce. Taste is roasty, slightly smoky and chocolately, dark malty, moderately bitter roasty, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, hints of ashes, dark caramel, burnt caramel, a touch of leather, peat, tar; minimally warming finish. Oily texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. Intense and condensed, nice smoky flavours, relatively drinkable, a tad too simple and monotonous overall - acceptable.
fonefan (84235) reviewed Empire Slate from Grain Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Old Ticket Office, Station Square, CB1 2JW Cambridge, England.
[ As Grain Empire Slate ].
ABV: 9.3%. Clear medium black brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, dark fruit, licorice, light smoke, moderate chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, dark fruit, smoke, licorice, moderate chocolate, ash notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20191012]
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