Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project Once Upon a Time, December 6, 1855 EIP

Once Upon a Time, December 6, 1855 EIP

 

Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular Out of Production
Score
7.33
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 24
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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottled. Deep brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is sweet malts, toffee, coffee, chocolate and some roasted notes. Flavour is chocolate, roasted, some coffee, toffee and also some nutty notes. Mild alcohol feel to it. Bodied and really balanced. Smooth and nicely bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2023 at 00:05


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to WillRunForBeer! Pours quite hazy hazel, medium creamy tan head, slow dissipation, nice lacing. Aroma is super roasty, hints of tobacco, cocoa. Flavor is hella roasty, not really burned, some tobacco and cocoa as well, hints of grassy hops. Light plus sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Lingering bitterness. Interesting.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2016 at 00:08


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22oz bottle from summer secret santa 2012 (drfabulous)
Appearance: Pours dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Roasted malts, dark roast coffee and rich cocoa
Taste: Roasted malts, coffee, grainy, smokey and rich chocolate
This is a great Porter.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2013 at 21:34


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

651mL thanks to argo0, thanks! Poured a clear brown color with a wispy white head. Aroma is a touch of light malts, sweet toasted notes. Flavor is smooth, light malts. Pretty tasty.

Tried on 06 Mar 2013 at 22:16


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle courtesy of argo0, thank you sir! Cloudy light brown color, small beige head. Aroma of cocoa powder. Taste is roasty chocolate and light coffee not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2013 at 11:56


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

22oz bottle pours a translucent mahogany amber with some clumpy white head. Nose is nutty, toasty, significant hop presence, malt. Flavor has sonera bitterness, not just hop bitterness but also roasted coffee bitterness, brown sugar, toasted bread, brown bread, bread crust. Dry, bitter finish. Old school.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2013 at 16:17


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

8th October 2011
Opaque black - brown beer. Good fluffy pale tan head. Palate is crispy but dry. Dark malt with coffee bitterness and a little roast. Minerals. Trace of estery banana. Mild hop bitterness with a little orange in there. Dry and bitter finish. Fair bit of coffee in the aftertaste. Tastes olde worlde in as much as it’s rough round the edges - but that’s the point I guess. Interesting blast from the past!

Tried on 27 Jan 2013 at 07:25


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22 ounce bottle thanks to Michael. Pours a dark ruddy color with a large brown and orange head. A sweet hoppy nose with chocolate malts. A rich brew with lots of Black IPA notes- very fruity and bitter hops-, but the dryness and rich porter elements stand out stronger. Easygoing and displaying a subtlety that evades most brews in this style today. 1855 the first bridge over the Mississippi was built, Penn State was founded and Livingston saw Victoria Falls. This beer was good then and now.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2012 at 22:19


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at the Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting, London. Pours brown with a creamy beige head. Dusty cocoa on the nose with faint roasted malts. Nice, balanced flavor, fairly roasty, medium sweet with light earth, pine and toast. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Some nice roastiness in the finish with dark, bittersweet cocoa and moderate sweetness. Solid beer.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2012 at 00:51


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Unclear medium to dark amber brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, caramel, light roasted, light to moderate hoppy, perfume. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, sharp bitter, troffel, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111022]

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2011 at 08:24