Black Cork
Knops in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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We have created an intensely dark beer using pale malt, crystal malt, chocolate malt, oats and malted wheat. Hops are added in 3 stages to create a prominent bitterness and hop aroma.
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gunnfryd (22089) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Red dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is yeast, coffee, toasted malt, fruit. Flavour is yeast, coffee, hop, roasted malt, fruit. Medium body. OK beer.
fonefan (85107) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle 330ml.Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate and coffee dusty. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, sweet malt, coffee with sugar. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120622]
saxo (29778) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, nuts, caramel, notes of chocolate and hops.
Meilby (14856) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle 330ml @ fonefan
Pours black with tan head. Aroma has notes of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt, Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long roasted, chocolate finish, Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
yngwie (24447) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. It pours a clear, dark brown body and a small, beige head. Rather roasted aroma, with coffee, some dark chocolate and a touch of piney hops. Cocoa and some tar notes too. Pleasant flavor with a solid dose of coffee, some chocolate and hoppy bitterness, and also some cocoa notes. Full to medium body, dry and pleasantly carbonation. Lasting bitter and roasted finish. Certainly a pleasant one, even though I normally like my porters sweeter. 120622
chrisv10 (24620) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, 6.5%. Very dark brown with tiny beige head. Aroma is roasted malt,s chocolate, caramel, hops and a little butter. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, hops and a little bitter.
stravale (3279) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Great Grog
Black with ruby edges...frothy tan head...dissipated to rim
Aroma - Fruity dark malts...some soft roast....slight medicinal herbal note...hint of soft coffee...touch of alcohol..quite complex
Taste - Dark soft roasted malts...liquorice...some dark berry fruits....bit of burnt crust...slight medicinal and herbal note...plain chocolate in background...smooth silky...no harsh notes...bit unusual...complex...tastes a bit old-aleish to me
Palate - medium carb...little over fizzy...medium body...quite smooth...soft roast and sweet slight herbal dark malts on palate. Finish.as main flavour...bit dry....some lingering fruity dark chocolate and liquorice...cleans well
Overall - Unusual beer - sort of a mixture of porter / old ale
McCash (16153) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 14 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl bottle. Pours opaque black with a chestnut hue around the edge of the glass. There is a very generous and beautifully proportioned head. The nose has dark chocolate and hazelnuts with a distinct macerated cherry note that comes through more. The taste has a lovely ’fruit and nut’ bar effect - raisins, on the outset, then chocolate and finishing on a drying hazelnut note. The palate is beautifully balanced being medium to large in structure, thick and creamy in texture and with a finish that falls away nicely. If I can be slightly pedantic, I would prefer slightly less carbonation in this Old World style as it takes a little away from the creaminess in my opinion. Overall, a pleasure to drink and his best effort yet.
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Black Cork from Knops 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
BOttle at home ... deep black ... big bubbly tan head ... dark coffee roast ... some licorice ... even some pine hop nose ... soft mellow body ... sweet pine hop ... overlayed on a rich chocolate roast with again licorice and pine in the lingercask at cloisters ... dark blck ... no head ...deep dark roast ... little chocolate nose ... dark malts ... deep roast ... big chocolate roast ... soft licorice ... deep roast malts ... really nice ... some pine in linger ... juicy 4.0 bottle at home ... dark black ... thin light tan head ... soft dark roast malts ... lots of licorice nose ... light fizz ... dark chocolate malts ... sweet roast ... again licorice ... soft roast ...little pine.. nice 3.9 Cask at ushers... Dark black.. Thin white lacing.. Dark roast.. Soft sweet malts chocolate roast 3.9