Beast (Cask)
(Batch of Beast)
Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.89
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Beast is a full-bodied dark porter. It’s dark mahogany-brown in colour, with a hint of crimson. Rich aromas of toffee, treacle, Mocha coffee, vinous fruit, and chocolate. There’s more complexity on the palate with fruitcake, a hint of rum, more Mocha coffee, herbal hoppiness, vinous fruit, and a bittersweet finish that’s smooth yet complex, rich but not cloying.
Hops: Goldings, Challenger and First Gold. Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts.
Hops: Goldings, Challenger and First Gold. Brewed with a mix of pale ale, chocolate and crystal malts.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF09. Deep reddish amber colour with small, but longlasting off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, some caramel, ashes and mild raisins. Flavour is sweet malts, some roasted malts, ashes, some dark fruits and mild nutty notes. Pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jun 2010
at 03:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark amber color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dried fruit, fruity, raisin, prune. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090804]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2009
at 03:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, dried fruit, chocolate and a touch of vineous alcohol. Sweet roasted flavour, mostly chocolate, with a fruity touch.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2009
at 12:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF. Deep amber color, small off-white head. Nutty, grassy aroma. Medium-bodied. Sticky glueish-nutty and malty flavor. A bit sweet. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Aug 2009
at 04:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 13/06/09. Dark brown with some hints of red and a slight tan head. Sweet, doughy malt and red fruit aroma. Sweet caramel and fruit flavours, with some roastiness in the background and an earthy hop finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jun 2009
at 12:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask, Dee Hotel (JDW), West Kirby. Deep dark brown colour with a medium sized tan head. Roasted malt, raisin and licorice aroma .Quite full bodied and rich sliding down. Flavour fairly malt heavy with a healthy dose of dark fruit and booze. Finished lingeringly sweet. Some definite appeal here.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2009
at 10:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Dark brown coloured brew, with a rich chocolate roast nose and a deep fruity rich roat flavour with a little tang and zip to ip. a little chocolyte , but the strength does tend to show through.
Tried
on 02 May 2007
at 06:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Very deep ruby colour with lasting beige head. Subtle dark malt aroma. Burnt toast. Good dark strong beer, good mouthfeel. Not great, but extremely competent. Bit of creamy vanilla too. 3.5/5 Re-rate at Metro Bar, JDW, Baker Street. I missed this at the beer festival last year, so pleased to see it. Very deep mahogany, lasting thin beige, lovely choccy strong ale, lots of dry malt. Lots of malty fruity flavour. Tasty as hell, just a little syrupy. Alcohol is well contained in the big malts. Excellent. Dryish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2007
at 11:21
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask Persistent dense tan head; nearly black beer. Sweetish, some stout-like dark grains nose. Vanilla and some fruity esters. Quite to really sweet; liquorice-like, liquified sugar... and very few things beery. Full-bodied, slick, not quite viscous. Alcoholic to a certain extent. Disappointing - one more. It was better at some moor-tucked Devon pubs in Easter, than in an unseasonaly warm WHOPG.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2007
at 11:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thin offwhite film for a head. Body looks opaque black, but might actually have a red tinge. Chocolatey aroma. Watery earthy dry licorice taste with notes of wild berries. Dryish aftertaste with some alcohol heat. Nice, but not too great. (0.5pt on cask.)
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2006
at 09:57