Madagascan Porter
Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.05
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Rich coffee and chocolate flavours with vanilla and malt fruit notes.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Tyne Bar
on 20 Feb 2026
at 21:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pilegrimsleden går alltid via The Rake i Borough Market, som bare var en "greasy spoon" når vi bodde der. Fra cask: brunsvart med fint skum som varer. Nydelig aroma og enda bedre smak med mørke 70%-sjokolader, nybrent kaffe, vanilje og hint av kanel. Lekker og særdeles imponerende for en øl med relativt lav voltstyrke.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Rake
on 25 Nov 2025
at 14:49
7.5/10
Some sweetness and chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Oct 2025
at 14:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Thursday ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet earthy chocolate roast malts nose ..dark sweet chocolate roast malts ..dusty chocolate malts
Tried
on 09 Oct 2025
at 11:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at Beer House, Hillsborough - Black with a beige top. Lots of hefty roasted chocolate notes, slightly sweetened by a vanilla bean, burnt toast and black coffee finish. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Feb 2025
at 21:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
27/1/2023. Cask at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear almost black with a small bubbly beige head. Good looking beer. Aroma of vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, chocolate, coffee. Quite sweet, light bitterness. Medium body, smooth, soft carbonation. Nicely done.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2023
at 13:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Beatnikz Republic Bar, Manchester. Black with a thick creamy off-white head. Smoothish with understated roasted malts, hints of chocolate, which makes it flavoursome enough, although expected better in this department.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2023
at 18:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at The Made Inn Ashford. Black beer lasting tan head. A little liquorice. Some cocoa some chocolate light coffee. OK. Decent chocolate porter. Could be in better condition
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2023
at 18:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Flowerpot, Derby Not sure if the Madagascan is supposed to refer to coffee or vanilla, but there are both of them in the aroma ! Pours almost completely black with a small beige head. Creamy texture in the mouth, and flavour is again dominated by coffee and vanilla with touches of molasses and liquorice. Milky coffee in the finish. Nice enough but not particularly memorable.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2020
at 19:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - molasses and light roast. Maybe smoke. Taste - smoke this time for sure. Molasses again going into a charcoal liquorice thing. Palate - medium bodied and dry middle and finish. Great length. Overall - has elements of dey stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Apr 2019
at 19:45