Imperial Nibs
Kererū Brewing Company in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.35
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Double-Trophy Winner! 2016 NW Beer and Cider Awards and UK Beer Cup. Rich with roast-malt character and intense chewy flavours of bitter chocolate, freshly toasted coconut, burnt toffee, and mellow maltiness. Serve cool but not chilled in a glass for the ideal taste experience.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml can. Darkest brown colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Slowly evolving, sweet-ish, roasty, chocolately, dark malty and nutty aroma, notes of cocoa, a touch of vanilla and coconut, toasted coconut, whiffs of coffee. Taste is sweet-ish, roasty, chocolately, dark malty, nutty, notes of cocoa, some coconut, toasted coconut, vanilla, a touch of coffee, dark honey, unobtrusive hoppy counterpart. Creamy, viscous texture, smooth, super-soft, minimally cloying palate, fine, soft carbonaion. Nice composition, well balanced, not overdone, neither too much vanilla nor coconut, especially the toasty coconut flavours match very well, not many hints of fresh pith - very good!
Tried
from Can
on 10 Apr 2021
at 14:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml can. Clear dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, coconut, dark malts. Taste is bittersweet, rich, dark chocolate, caramel, coconut, vanilla, dark and roast malts. Medium bodied, smooth. Nicely balanced and feels true to style even with the adjuncts.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2021
at 22:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Cloin. Pour clear brown with a frothy, tan head. Holds notes of toasted brown bread, brown sugar, low bitterness, mellow roast, cocoa. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary toasted malts in the finish. Tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2020
at 14:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at L6, from an IP with Explosive Doge IIRC, 'Farewell New Ken' tasting 18/09/19. Extremely dark mahogany brown to light black with a decent tan cap that releases to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, spice, nutty, charr, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises Cadburys Fruit & Nut, cocoa powder, winter cheer, fruit cake, light black peppery spice, roast malts. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid balanced porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2020
at 15:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks Yoav. Black. Roast, coffee, cocoa, a bit of licorice, sweet, some alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2020
at 21:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared at the Columbus tasting 18/09/2019. Many thanks! A clear brown coloured pour with a halo of loose dirty tan head. Aroma is woody, waxy, brown sugars, waxy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody ,cinnamon, woody, whute grape, stale gains. Palate is stale grains, oily, moderate carboantion, ok, stale coffee .
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2019
at 21:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18th September 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. Semi opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Light palate, smooth, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, light creamy sweetness. Smooth candy chocolate, smooth candy fruits. Smooth finish. Fine, a little sweet.
Level 6 bottleshare. Semi opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Light palate, smooth, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, light creamy sweetness. Smooth candy chocolate, smooth candy fruits. Smooth finish. Fine, a little sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2019
at 20:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Toranomon summer tasting. Dark brown pour, some light brown foam. Dusty nose, cocoa, dark chocolate, lightly bitter. Tastes bitter and cocoa focused, good dusty bitterness, sweet but dry edge there. Bitter dark chocolate. Lightly dark fruits, sweetish. Pretty good actually, liking this quite a lot.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2018
at 01:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Nice sweet malty nose with nice nibs character in the nose. Lighter body than expected, smooth with good nibs character. Rounded. Alcohol well hidden, but still a bit, and just a bit, one dimensional. Not bad
Tried
on 17 Aug 2018
at 12:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared at Jim's tasting. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Notes of roasted malts, cocoa nibs, chocolate, coffee, lactose, light coconut. Medium body and carbonation and a bitter-sweet finish.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 12:18