Wild Orchid
Brightwater Brewery in Claygate, Surrey, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.63
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Deliciously smooth and dark our oatmeal porter is further enhanced with a plump Madagascan Vanilla pod in each cask resulting in a beer with fragrant vanilla undertones. Wild Orchid is a popular porter & is available in pubs, clubs, beer festivals and retail.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Garsons Farm, nr Esher. Enjoyable hazy burnt vanilla aroma. Darkest brown, the beige head is thin and just hugs the inside of the glass. The tastes strikes me straightaway as being somewhat subdued. Light bitter with sweet elements that make it take a on a sourness. Charcoal finish. Light bodied. Watery. Flat carbonation. Middling finish. The aroma raised my hopes but this isn’t even middle of the road, it’s barely there. Nearly drained the glass searching for something, anything. At least it’s not minging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2017
at 15:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ EBF17 2014, 17th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Brightwater Wild Orchid ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, vanilla, oat. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140419]
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2015
at 14:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the Crown, Horsell, Spring Bank BF 26/05/14. Light black with little in the way of any headwork. Nose is roast malt, liqourice, chocolate, vanilla. Taste comprises milk chocolate hobnobs, light roast, aniseed, hint of vanilla. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light dryness in the close underlying sweet notes. Decent enough porter, be nice to try on cask as opposed to the variable quality of gravity!
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2014
at 04:33
6/10
Tried
on 20 Apr 2014
at 20:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the egham festival... Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Soft coffee dark bitter roast.. Dark malts... Huge soft almost milky coffee... Long vanilla linger
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Apr 2014
at 02:39