Director's Chocolate Porter
Heart of Darkness Brewery in Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam 🇻🇳
Porter Regular|
Score
6.99
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A soft, dark porter base infused with Vietnamese cacao nibs. Dark brown, almost black, in colour. Cocoa powder and dark chocolate on the nose. Flavour of rich, dark chocolate with a touch of tart, deep red berries. Finishes long and smooth with a hint of roast.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sampled at pre-Borefts tasting. Almost black with beige head. Dry cocoa, earthy, roasted malts, cocoa nibs, soft coffee, dead leaves, hazelnuts. Medium sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with a bit dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2019
at 20:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Pre-Borefts ‘19. Brown with a tan head. Aroma of cocoa, caramel and coffee. Flavour is above moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2019
at 20:02
6/10
Shared at Pre-Borefts Tasting 2019. A dark brown beer with a small beige lacing. Aroma of mild sweet dark malt, chocolate, vanilla. Taste of sweet dark moderate roasted malt, cocoa, lacto and vanilla.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2019
at 19:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at pre Borefts 2019... Deep brown... Small tan head... Soft sweet caramel chocolate roast malts nose... Light dry dusty chocolate roast malts.... Dark sweet chocolate roast... Dusty chocolate malts roast
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2019
at 19:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Heart of Darkness - Singapore, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma is dry, with cocoa nibs, oats, and toasted malt. Flavour is smooth and chocolatey, with lots of cocoa nibs, toasted malt, and oats. Hearty, dry and chocolatey. This is really solid stuff.
Earlier Rating: 7/11/2017 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Heart of Darkness, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, oats, and a touch of dry cocoa. Flavour is surprisingly robust and full-bodied for a porter, with lots of soft toasted malt, velvety cocoa powder and a touch of coffee. Smooth and silky palate. Assertive but not abrasive. Excellent.
Earlier Rating: 7/11/2017 Total Score: 3.8
On tap at Heart of Darkness, pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, oats, and a touch of dry cocoa. Flavour is surprisingly robust and full-bodied for a porter, with lots of soft toasted malt, velvety cocoa powder and a touch of coffee. Smooth and silky palate. Assertive but not abrasive. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Aug 2019
at 09:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma is coffee chocolate chili some green bell pepper. Taste is much bitter coffee and a cocoa-y finish. Smooth and tart. Long bitter finish. Also cocoa butter. Prettynice and rich.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2018
at 13:41
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the HCMC brewpub. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a frothy off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, dark chocolate, liqouirce, light dry charcoal. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth, rich, roasty, cacao, light oily, liqouirce hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of Director's Porter on 20 Apr 2017 at 08:03 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a hazy dark brown with a frothy off white head. The aroma is roasty ashtray, creamy caramel malts. The flavour is light sweet with a rich, smooth, dry, liqourice, dark chocolate palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2018
at 15:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @Hair Of The Dog, Phrom Phong, BKK. Black, small beige head. Roasted malt and cocoa aroma. Sweetish flavour, chocolate and coffee, roasted malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Oct 2017
at 08:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
250ml on tap at I'm happy thanks to My Beer Friend brewery. Thin beige head. Clear almost black pour. Lots of chocolate. Very good
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2017
at 08:01
7/10
A deep dark porter with a thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with light vanilla notes, light mineral notes, pleasant and chocolatey. In mouth, a nice sweet pungent chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light mineral de, light vanilla, pleasant. 8-4-7-3-13.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2017
at 07:40