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Frères Papinot (Bières Calvinus) in Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland 🇨🇭
Brewed at/by: Brauerei Locher (Appenzeller)Porter Regular
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Score
6.98
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Winter 1556 in Geneva was so abominable that the inner lake froze for 30 days. However, in spite of the cold and the north-blowing “bise“, an itinerant merchant offered the population a curious sight at the Rive market. He exhibited a naked-chested and muscled black slave dressed in red and yellow feathers. The slave was chained but carried a parrot on his shoulder whose litany of rude words and expressions greatly amused the jeering crowd. Yet one day, the slave managed to escape. Running away from those pursuing him, he ran across the frozen inner lake. The ice, however, gave way and he drowned on the spot since called the “Black Port“. Upon hearing about this, an angered Calvin forbade the Rive market from ever again featuring exhibitioners and other hucksters. From the cathedral pulpit, he launched a vibrant call to make Geneva the world emblem of tolerance and respect of human dignity. As a hommage to Geneva, a city open and welcoming to the oppressed, we, the Brothers Papinot, have brewed a dark beer with reminiscences of coffee, caramel and liquorice. Long life to Liberty!
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml.[ Trade by fiulijn ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, chocolate, roasted, dark chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120622]
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2012
at 06:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate and sweet licorice. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roastey and licorice finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate and sweet licorice. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roastey and licorice finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2012
at 08:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. A dense, finger-thick, tan head sits on top of a black body. Not pitch black maybe, but sure dark. Roasted, lighlty sweetish nose with some tar and dark caramel. A fine bitterness in the flavor, along with roasted malts, coffee hints, caramel and some chocolate. Full body, pleasant carbonation. Lasting finish with some bitterness, but mostly roasted malts, choclate and some tar. Nice. 120622
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2012
at 08:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, yeast and dark fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, yeast, coffee, tobacco, medium sweet, hops, liquorice and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2012
at 08:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a huge and chocolate brown head. Aroma is dark roasted and breadish. Dry breadish and somewhat phenolic flavoured - towards spiced. Roasted and lasting dark malty flavoured into the finish with a light liqourice note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2009
at 09:04
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from the wine shop inside the train station at Geneva airport
Black color; big head. Some caramel aroma, a bit stale. Caramel and chocolate flavor, more than roasted malt, but very simple, with very light ashes; I would not be surprised if it’s a low fermentation and not a Stout/Porter. Boring.
Black color; big head. Some caramel aroma, a bit stale. Caramel and chocolate flavor, more than roasted malt, but very simple, with very light ashes; I would not be surprised if it’s a low fermentation and not a Stout/Porter. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2009
at 16:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
06/01 Well, well. Thanking to Zrinka I got from Geneve a beer that was not even in the database, nor on their official website. A beautiful 0.33 l bottle which poured black body with bigger brown head. Probably the darkest I’ve ever seen. Weak malts in note, coffee, some dark fruits, caramel... If only would be stronger it would be nice. Flavor dominated by the coffee, some caramel with maybe cocoa hints. Medium bodied, with quite full carbonation, finishing long flavored of sourish Turkish coffee.This might also be a dry stout, but Doggythedog know much better on those styles. Quite interesting beer although nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2008
at 13:51