Things Behind the Sun
Makemake Brewing Co. in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.43
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We revisited a well loved small-batch brew from 2019 and updated it for 2024.
On our porter base we introduced 300kg of strawberry puree, then steeped with freshly roasted coffee beans from Bubblehead Barista.
Expect lightly tart strawberry up front mellowing to sweet strawberries and cream, followed by roasty coffee with a subtle chocolate finish.
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Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can ordered from the brewery. Aroma is full-on cold brew coffee. Latent sweetness... potentially strawberry notes but that could by my imagination. A murky muddy pong brown. The head disappeared almost instantly and virtually entirely. The strawberry comes through into the flavour in a big way. Big and sour strawberry. Alongside that cold brew coffee. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Big abrasive ugly porter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Spotty beige head on an unclear still brown coloured body - Think Coca Cola. Full on coffee aroma. Medium bodied, low carbonation & sticky on the back. Cold stewed coffee, tobacco, strawberry & herbal tastes. Coffee & Strawberry doesn't mix - Weird shit.