Black Fox Porter
Red Fox Brewery in Coggeshall, Essex, England 🏴
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.29
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A rich flavoured, black beer with smooth chocolate notes.
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Tried
on 23 Jan 2023
at 14:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - deep brown to black with a generous beige head. Nose - chocolate and malt, kinda Bourbon creams. Taste - creamy chocolate and light roasty malt, very light smoke. Palate - creamy in texture, light to medium bodied. Roasty finish. Overall - quite liked this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 08:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, Lot 455, from Two Brews in Colchester. Clear black body with a brownish shade, beige bubbly head, rings of lace down the glass. Roasted dark malty nose, hints of dark fruits beneath. Black chocolate flavours, hints of liquorice and dark fruits. Roasted bitterness to the ending. Likable. (Hotel room, Colchester 13.07.2017).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2017
at 04:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Rating from bottle collection/historic notes, source not recorded. Poured dark brown with an average sized off-white head. Aroma of chocolate. malt, lightly roasted. Moderate sweetness and medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2017
at 17:06
Descent chocolate malt. A little thin. Easy-drinking. Hazlenuts. Good roasting. Not bad Very clean
Tried
on 05 Jul 2016
at 19:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Ale House, Colchester. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt with a little smoke. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a watery liqourice bitter spicy pepper hop palate with a short bitter finish. Medium bodied with flat carbonation. Nice enough but the bitterness doesn’t suit me. Perhaps they should revisit the hop combination.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2013
at 10:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the London Drinker. Pours rich, red-brown with a small, foamy head. Not much in the nose aside from burnt leaves. Flavor is lightly sweet with some earthy bitterness, burnt leaves, faint roast. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dries out in the finish with some faint roast, more burnt leaves, dark malts, some burnt toast. Just not much going for this one. (March 2012, score 2.7)
Draft at GBBF 2014 - London. Pours clear brown with a creamy head. Nice coffee and cocoa character, some toasted bread. Light to medium bodied with fien carbonation. Nicely balanced finish with further coffee, chocolate. Good stuff. (August 2014, score: 3.7)
Draft at GBBF 2014 - London. Pours clear brown with a creamy head. Nice coffee and cocoa character, some toasted bread. Light to medium bodied with fien carbonation. Nicely balanced finish with further coffee, chocolate. Good stuff. (August 2014, score: 3.7)
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2012
at 12:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From cask at Hillsborough. Pours dark brown to black with a small off white head. Aroma is dark malty and roasted. Liqourice. Breadish and slight tarish. Dark malt and roasted. Mild acidic and heavy roasted malt. Ends dark breadish. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2010
at 02:15
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
31st July 2010. ChrisO’s ’Raise The Roof’ tasting.
Clear dark brown beer. Light dry palate. A light touch of dark malt. Subtle roastiness. Finishes dry.
Clear dark brown beer. Light dry palate. A light touch of dark malt. Subtle roastiness. Finishes dry.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2010
at 14:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@The Chriso rock the roof down pre-GBBF tasting. Deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, yeast, quite earthy and wooden. Also some mild ashy notes. Flavour is much the same in a quite nice balance. Also mild notes of liquorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2010
at 02:37