Black Hole
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.87
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Big dark malt flavours combine with a sweet and fruity hop taste to make this strong porter exceedingly drinkable.
We’re famous for our pale and gold coloured beers at Oakham Ales but we brew some brilliant black beers.
Black Hole Porter takes a traditional style and gives it a modern, refreshingly hoppy twist. First brewed in 1996, our brewing team now age Black Hole Porter in casks to produce the exceptional beer that we know today.
Colour: Black
Hops: Challenger, Bramling Cross (both UK), Willamette (USA)
Malts: Maris Otter, Wheat Malt, Crystal Malt, Dark Crystal Malt, Black Malt
Allergens: Contains Gluten
We’re famous for our pale and gold coloured beers at Oakham Ales but we brew some brilliant black beers.
Black Hole Porter takes a traditional style and gives it a modern, refreshingly hoppy twist. First brewed in 1996, our brewing team now age Black Hole Porter in casks to produce the exceptional beer that we know today.
Colour: Black
Hops: Challenger, Bramling Cross (both UK), Willamette (USA)
Malts: Maris Otter, Wheat Malt, Crystal Malt, Dark Crystal Malt, Black Malt
Allergens: Contains Gluten
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is funky, biscuity, chocolate, taste is juicy blackcurrant, toffee, vanilla, chocolate. --- Beer merged from original tick of Black Hole Porter on 14 Feb 2017 at 08:00 - Score: 7. Original review text: Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is funky, biscuity, chocolate, taste is juicy blackcurrant, toffee, vanilla, chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2017
at 12:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at the St Albans BEER festival 2016. A mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting sticky beige head. Aroma is sweet nutty malts, cocoa, black malts, woodland berries. Flavour is composed of soft nutty malts malts, tangy red berries, cranberry, burnt cocoa. Little. Mineral. Palate is semi sweet, medium light, maybe a little thin, good cask condition. Decent drop.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2016
at 07:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried this bad boy at the cardinals hat, Lincoln. Note to self. The cardinals hat in Lincoln is at the bottom on steep hill, which although in the very flat county of Lincolnshire, is well... steep, therefore the tables outside aren’t flat, next time try not to lightly bang my knee on table and send my beer half way down the hill. Anyway this beer has a Deep Ruby to black colour with a tan head, decent roasted and fruity aroma with a hoppy depth. Taste light sweet to roasted bitter finish. Decent body
Tried
on 24 Jun 2016
at 10:57
8/10
Tried
on 21 Jun 2016
at 11:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 26 Apr 2015) Black colour with foamy, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with black coffee, cacao and liquorice. Malty, roasted, slightly fruity taste with notes of dark chocolate, liquorice, sweet black coffee, dark fruit and a balanced roasted bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Well made porter with a fruity touch. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2015
at 13:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Swan and Rushes, Leicester. Very dark brown, creamy head. Lacing is impressive. Sweet marshmallow, liquorice and Ovaltine aroma. The initial innocuous sweet taste quickly turns bitter, chalky and intense. Medium palete. Plentiful natural carbonation. In one word: good.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2015
at 14:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with a creamy off-white head. Full-bodied ale with both a sweet and fruity nose. It’s less stated in its taste, but those aspects are here against the backdrop of darker malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2015
at 15:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Keg at Glasgow Real Ale Festival. Bitter and fruity with hints of liquorice. Aftertaste is caramelised fruit. Very nice
Tried
on 26 Jun 2014
at 11:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
2nd June 2014
Craft Covent Garden. Cask. Hazy dark amber - brown beer, pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light with fine carbonation. Tangy but mild dark malts. Little creamy lactose. Whispers of roast and dark chocolate. Light semi dry finish. Fine.
Craft Covent Garden. Cask. Hazy dark amber - brown beer, pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light with fine carbonation. Tangy but mild dark malts. Little creamy lactose. Whispers of roast and dark chocolate. Light semi dry finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2014
at 01:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at CP&K. It pours dark brown with a small beige head. The nose is bitter-sweet, earthy, chocolate, roasty, sweat, toast and earth. The taste is bitter-sweet, roasty, earth, chocolate, treacle, dark fruits, charred wood and a touch of pepper with a dry, bitter finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Solid porter.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jun 2014
at 04:49