Kererū Brewing Company Imperial Nibs

Imperial Nibs

 

Kererū Brewing Company in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.35
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 35 Ticks: 41
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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared @ JimGreenuk tasting, December 2017. Very dark color (not entirely black). Beige head. Aroma's: coffee/mocha (reminiscent of de Moersleutel stouts). Retronasal it's cocos, sweetish, fruity, vanilla. Flavor is sweet, vanilla, fruity. Medium bodied. Finishes roasty, moderate bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2017 at 05:40


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

Bottle from Slow Beer, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is roasty malt coconut vanilla, chocolate. The flavour is moderate sweet with a dry roasty cacao liqouirce hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 14:18


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

Sampled from bottle at jim is back xmas tasting. Black with light tan head. Sweet dark roasted malts. Chocolate, coffee, cocoa nibs, vanilla. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperial Nibs on 16 Dec 2017 at 21:12 - Score: 7. Original review text: Sampled from bottle at jim is back xmas tasting. Black with light tan head. Sweet dark roasted malts. Chocolate, coffee, cocoa nibs, vanilla. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 14:12


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

Bottle at Jim’s back tasting! Dark brown with small beige head. Coconut, chocolate ice cream, raw cocoa, sweet malts, light coffee, ash, fudge. Quite sweet and medium bitter. Over medium bodied with slick feel. Nice!

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 14:10


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

8 3 8 3 17 Bottle shared at the pre-Christmas tasting with JimGreenuk. Dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, coconut, vanilla, chocolate and woody notes. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 14:08


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

Bottle 0.5l. Clear, dark-brown colour. Short, beige head. Good lacing. Aroma is full of dark, bitter chocolate, cacao and subtle note of vanilla. There is also a lot of cocolate and cacao in taste. Beer is medium body, bitter at the beginning and sweet in aftertaste with a little bit astringent finish. It warms inside and burns a little bit in the throat but all is very nice. Decent porter with very clear notes of added ingredients especially cacao nibs.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2017 at 06:07


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

Pours very dark brown with a small head.Nose shows bready malt, vanilla and cocoa.Sweet flavours, including heavy vanilla and some cocoa. A bit of light roasted malt to balanace things.

Tried on 22 Jan 2017 at 19:44


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

"Is there any Big Pigeon Imperial Nibs in that chilly bin?" would be a good Kiwi shibboleth. But so would "shibboleth". Bottle. Dark brown with a small light tan head that’s soon less than a coat. Earthy aroma of chicory, chocolate, light roast, coconut, vanilla. Lightish bodied. Dark sugars, coconut, vanilla. Dry with some herbal and burnt notes along with a fair bit of bitterness at the end. Body and richness are missing here - I can imagine what’s here as accents in a really good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2017 at 08:01


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

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and vanilla aroma. Roasted malty chocolate coconut and vanilla flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate vanilla and coconut finish.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 07:15


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

500ml bottle. Aroma is coconut, chocolate and vanilla. It’s like a dark bounty. Flavour is thick, sweet, bitter. Huge chocolate, huge toasty coconut and a sweet vanilla finish. I am embarrassed about how much I love this.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2016 at 05:27