Cruel Beauty
Heretic Brewing Company in Fairfield, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.10
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Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can shared by John - thanks! pours clear chestnut, fizzy head, some lacing. Aroma is cordial, cherries, toffee, booziness, brandy. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk, cherries. Medium body
Rennat42 (5616) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can. A- Tart, cocoa, funk. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Cherry, funky, oak, cocoa. P- Medium body, average texture, high carbonation, tangy finish. O- A bit sour cherry. More like a Sour Red than a Porter. I was hesitant to buy at first as porters with brett and the like are usually not my thing. Especially for $13 for a pint can. A bit unimpressed but not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
16 oz. Aroma is smoked cherries, almonds, soy sauce, chocolate, red wine vinegar, wood. Pours very dark brown to black with a one+ finger beige head with decent retention. Taste is sweet, tart, and smoky with flavors like the aroma. Nice velvety mouthfeel. This is weird stuff. At first, I wasn't sure I liked it, but I keep taking sip after sip, so that must be a good thing. It's kind of fascinating.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Hair of the Dog, Phrom Phong, Bangkok. Poured a hazy medium brown with a frothy off white head. The aroma is light roast, big red berry fruit. The flavour is moderate to strong sour with a crisp, fresh acidic, tart cherry palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. If you like cherries you will love this beer but the cherries dominated all the way through.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at the taproom. Pours black with a tan head. Mild sour aroma. Med body. Flavor is mild sour, dark malt and a hint of fruit and perhaps chocolate. Very tasty.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Bud. Nose of cherry, chocolate, sherry, grape. Mostly cherries. Dull black with lace. Spicy cinnamon and cherry flavor with just a bit of chocolate malt. Very tart. Flat and a bit thin. Almost completely non-porter-like, but tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
CBB Bud 2nd Anniversary event had a handful of beers I wanted to try: Mikkeller Spontan Berliner Passion fruit Coronado x Cigar City Conquista IPA Ise Kadoya Crossing New New England IPA But I chose: Heretic Cruel Beauty 7.8% This Barrel-Aged Porter has tart cherries added. It is w coffee black in color with a thin beige head. The aroma is candied cherries while the flavor is tart, oaky barrel, cherry and chocolate maybe a touch of coconut too. Delicious. ——— 2023 CAN ——— Decided to pair this with a candy bar: Heretic Cruel Beauty 7% Porter BA with Tart cherries Deep inky black with virtually no foam but a BIG tart cherry aroma which combined with the oak from the barrel gives it a wine-like aroma. The flavor profile is perfectly integrated, roasty chocolate malts with tart cherry on a medium body that’s relatively smooth. The chocolate brings out the cherry in the beer making it like cherry coke while the beer brings out the chocolate in the candy bar. Interesting, I preferred the beer on its own and felt I should get another can. Really nice stuff, cheers to AQ Bevolution for bringing it over. 3.7 —-> 3.9
Reubs (35480) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen (30/03/2017) - pours dark brown to black with a beige head. Aroma and taste is medium sour malty with notes of caramel, some cocoa, medium sour malty finish.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at bier thirty. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. Nose is nice sour tartness some light fruit a little roast and barrel notes. Taste is more of the nice tart notes fruit light sour and a nice wine barrel treatment. I typically don’t care for sour porters or stouts but this one is pretty good.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Cruel Beauty from Heretic Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. A black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of brett, wood, roasted malt, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of brettanomyces, lemons, roasted malt, and wood, leading to a dry finish.