9 Black Velvet
XT Brewing in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.87
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Nine Malts (including Belgian Aromatic, and Smoked), Nine hops (Apollo, Bravo, Columbus, Delta, EK Goldings, First Gold, Galena, Hellertauer, Junga) and two strains of yeast - this is a very special beer made for the drinker who wants something different.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @ St. Aldates, Oxford. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and licorice. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 170218
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2018
at 18:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ St. Aldates, Oxford. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2018
at 18:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby, nose is blackcurrant, toffee, roasty, taste is sweet, fruity, roasted, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2017
at 01:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Ealing Beer Festival 2017, Ealing, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, caramel, chocolate aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, caramel, chocolate with a bitter finale. Decent effort from XT.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2017
at 08:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Gallow’s Bird, Espoo. Colour is clear dark brown with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, dryness, some coffee, some chocolate and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2017
at 08:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Klare dunkel rötlich braune Farbe, mittelgroße beige schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, sehr hopfig bitter. Geschmack röstmalzig bitter, Kaffee, Vanille, lange Bitterkeit.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2016
at 05:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. This is just called Black rather than Black Velvet. Appearance - dark brown to black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - light pine but predominantly caramel shortbread. Taste - more nice biscuit and caramel notes. On the finish there’s a little smoke and even charcoal. Palate - medium bodied with a decent yet crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - a nice porter. A hopped stout even. Complex for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 17:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Many thanks to Rian for this bottle! Smooth malty nose. The beer starts smooth but intense. Round floral, fresh and smooth. Bitter with not too much sweetness, dry dusty malty, hints of roast, round but not too much character there. Hints of grain, ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2016
at 16:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewer’s own stall at the Thame Food Festival. Brown with a thick beige head. Light chocolate raisins balanced against lots of wood. Some underlying toffee makes it mellow, whilst at the same time tasty. Another great beer fron XT.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2015
at 15:41
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. Pitch black with a ring of beige head, and a bright cherry red gleam when held to the light (on a sunny afternoon in the pub’s garden); aroma of richly roasted malts and vinous fruit; velvety smooth in the mouth, with deeply roasted malts giving a toasty taste with just a trace of chocolate; then a sustained bitterness, and a very dry ending. Very good indeed.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2015
at 18:05