Surly Brewing Company Devil's Work

Devil's Work

 

Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.05
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 18
The Devil’s Work is a robust Porter brewed with blackstrap molasses, star anise and dry hopped with Sterling hops. The dark ale has flavors of black licorice, blackened malt and spicy-floral hop aroma.
 

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

Tap @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Pours dark brown with a medium brown head. Aromas of dry licorice, salmiak, malty, chocolate, cocoa. Taste has lots of salmiak-ish star anise, chocolate, malty, hoppy, dry. Pretty nice but the anise is a bit too much for me. If you love licorice-like porters this is IT!

Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus, Denmark
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, licorice and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, licorice, chocolate and caramel finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 08 May 2016 at 11:18


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Mikkeller Bar (Aarhus), Jaegergaardsgade 61, ST., DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark. [ As Surly Devils Work ].Clear dark dark red brown color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, licorice wood - dark licorice, light burnt plastic - licorice. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, licorice wood, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160312]

Tried on 28 Apr 2016 at 15:36


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draught. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate biter flavor.Strong nce anis notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried on 20 Mar 2016 at 11:30


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Tried on 12 Mar 2016 at 07:52


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Mikkeller, Aarhus. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, licorice, chocolate, hops, fruits and has a nice bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:57


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap @ Mikkeller Aarhus. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, liquorice, phenols, notes of burned plastic and hop. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, phenols, notes of burned plastic, liqourice, medium sweet, hop and medium bitter.

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:54


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

Tap @ Mikkeller, Aarhus. Almost black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, licorice and moderate hoppy. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 110316

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:49


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

Draught @ Mikkeller, Aarhus. Pours almost black with a creamy tan head, lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, licorice. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, dry and bitter licorice, star anice. Medium body, average carbonation, dry finish. 110316

Tried on 11 Mar 2016 at 08:40


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy cola with a tan head. Malty nose. Flavors of toffee, leather and licorice. Bitter roast finish.

Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2015 at 16:38