Cafe Phoenix
Brains Craft Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.61
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Café Phoenix is a rich, dark and smooth Porter with flavours of caramel, toffee and coffee. It blends seven malts, with each adding to the beer’s complexity and depth of flavour, from the sweet caramel notes of Crystal through to the roasted flavours from Brown, Chocolate and Carafa III. Single-hopped with UK Phoenix, a hop that adds flavours of molasses and chocolate, Café Phoenix is accentuated with a coffee blend exclusive to Brains, selected for its mellow but full flavour.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra cask på Cambrian Tap Cardiff 2 Mai 17. Svart. Aroma av kaffe & sjokolade. Filmskum. Smaken melkesjokolade. Lett tørr ettersmak.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2017
at 08:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Cambrian Tap where it was listed as a Brains Craft Brewery ale. A ruby tint to a deep black body. Dotted spots on the glass, bubbles at the surface. Cocoa and coffee aromas. Mid-sweet cocoa flavours added by a backdrop of coffee. Smooth roasted ending. Easy to drink. Decent. (Cardiff 02.05.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2017
at 05:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ The Three Fishes, Shrewsbury. Pours a deep brown, small off-white head. Chocolate resides in the aroma. Taste continues along the chocolate theme, wouldn’t necessarily put this in a porter category, more a nice smooth chocolatey mild. No discernible coffee or roast. But very nice for what it is.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2017
at 14:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Shakespeare, Lower Temple St, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark reddish brown with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is sweet caramel malt, lactose, dark chocolate, coffee. The flavour is moderate sweet with a light watery mint chocolate, earthy malt palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Dec 2016
at 13:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2016
at 08:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brains Cafe Phoenix ].Clear dark red brown color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, nesquick, sweet chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, chocolate, artificial, sweet malt, milk chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2016
at 06:06
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12th August 2015
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear deep red - amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Chocolate cocoa artificial taste. Tangy dark fruits Mild sweet esters. Light finish. Passable.
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear deep red - amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Chocolate cocoa artificial taste. Tangy dark fruits Mild sweet esters. Light finish. Passable.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2015
at 08:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate and vanilla. Roasted dark malty. Mild bitter, roasted malty. Slight sweet. Roasted dry and dark malty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 11:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Carpenters Arms, Tourist Town, 19/11/14. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent tan swirl. Nose is caramel, nutty tones, pecan pie. Taste comprises toffee fudge, toasted brown sugar, light roast, syrup and figs. Medium body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok porter if a touch sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2014
at 05:45
6/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2014
at 10:58