Black Hole
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.89
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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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Stuu (34525) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 9 years ago
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.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 9 years ago
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.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 9 years ago
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
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Black Hole from Oakham Ales 9 years ago
Svesse (15730) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 10 years ago
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.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 10 years ago
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.
Olut (21769) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 10 years ago
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.
Mabuzzer (2123) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 11 years ago
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
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 11 years ago
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.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Black Hole from Oakham Ales 11 years ago
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.