Porter
Hyouko Yashiki No Mori Brewery (Swan Lake) in Agano, Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵
Porter Regular|
Score
6.99
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Pub Edo. Dark chocolate, malt, molasses and coffee aromas present. Fairly well-balanced between bitter and sweet. Medium bodied with a slightly creamy mouthfeel. Once it comes to room temperature fig and prune flavors are also present while the chocolate and coffee tastes are still present. Nice smooth finish with some espresso bitterness. --- Beer merged from original tick of Swan Lake Porter on 16 Feb 2016 at 14:43
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2015
at 08:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft to a plastic cup @ Nippon Craft Beer Festival 2014. Pours dark brown with a small layer of foam. There is definitely some roasted malts and coffee in the aroma. Taste is also multi-layered - at first there is more sweet malts and fruits, following by drier and more roasted aftertaste. Feels quite light for a porter but is quite enjoyable nonetheless. Dark fruits and coffee. Good beer in winter, would go well with pork dishes.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2014
at 23:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft - Coffee roast and chocolate. Jet black with a decent beige head. Rich dark chocolate with a bit of coffee. Very nice drinkable porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2013
at 03:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Ant n Bee, August 2013. Black with a small tan head. Both the aroma and taste were dominated by coffee. Also roasted malt and some dark chocolate. Descent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2013
at 23:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Part of their 3900 yen Rakuten Thank You Set. 6% A nice robust Porter. It poured with a brown head and a dark black color. It’s fairly light and easy to drink for a dark beer and goes really well with a brownie. Good stuff.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2013
at 18:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft. Dark brown color, tan edge head. Aroma of caffe au lait. Taste is heavily roasted coffee grounds.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2013
at 04:31
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at the Griffon at Shinjuku. Black colour with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma with some hints of chocolate. Weak flavour of roasted malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2013
at 17:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ Bakushu Club Popeye, Tokyo. Rated on 05.09.2011
Aroma is light and slightly roasted with coffee. Flavour has lots of coffee and roastiness with some sugar. Dry palate, hoppy aftertaste. Good stout with lots of coffee, but the sugar and leathery palate do disturb a bit.
Aroma is light and slightly roasted with coffee. Flavour has lots of coffee and roastiness with some sugar. Dry palate, hoppy aftertaste. Good stout with lots of coffee, but the sugar and leathery palate do disturb a bit.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2011
at 08:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draught at Popeye, Tokyo. Very black, creamy head. Roasty coffee and chocolate up front. Soft and seemless with concentrated moutfilling coffee flavour. Lightly salty finish with a touch of bitterness. Wonderfully balanced!
Tried
on 26 May 2009
at 10:40
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Popeye’s. Pitch black with a tan head, just a sliver of lace. Rich, chocolate and caramel flavor, no sour tastes. Nothing at all strange or out of balance: sweetness well balanced by burnt malt flavor. A very very good traditional Porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2008
at 23:21