Bootlegger Series: Chocolate Porter
London Fields Brewery in Hackney, Greater London, England 🏴
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.87
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle, picked up from Oddbins LB, split at Colin and the Vikings tasting, Nol, Goteborg, Sweden 22/03/14. Light black with a moderate tan covering. Nose is big roast malt, bitter chocolate, light coffee, dark toffee ring. Taste comprises milk chocolate, light roast, hint of coffee grinds, toffee fudge. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of Theydon_Bois! pours reddish brown with a frothy beige head that slowly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is malty with dark bread, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, hay, soot and lemon zest. Taste is tiny sweet, tiny sour, bitter and malty with roasted malts, biscuits, heavy bitter chocolate, soot, lemon zest, hay, mineral water liquorice hard candy and hints of lemon juice. Mouthfeel is soft, round, watery, tiny roasted astringent and light bodied. finish is bitter, tiny sour and malty with roasted malts, biscuits, heavy bitter chocolate, hay, lemon juice, soil and soot. Solid…
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at Colin and the Vikings, courtesy of Theydon_Bois.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt.
Body: Medium body and a low carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, roasted malt, raisin, vinous.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Oddbins. It pours near black with a thick tan head. The nose is roasted malt, dark chocolate, spice, light smoke and earth. The taste is bitter, earthy, chocolate, liquorice, ash, mild acidity and a touch of smoke with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Well rounded and pretty tasty. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the "Colin and the Vikings tasting, Goteborg". Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, light chocolate. The flavour is medium bodied with a spicy hop palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonaton. Rather like a black IPA with a little chocolate. A great beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath. Dark brown pour with a light tan head. Chocolate, coffee and licorice aroma. Flavours of chocolate malt, some coffee and brown sugar. Long malty finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
13th February 2014
Opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, mild fine carbonation. Smooth dark malt with a touch of coffee. Mild dark chocolate. Mild tangy dark fruits. Fairly dry finish. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home from London bridge oddbins. Aroma is ashy smoey roast, later some earthy choc . Dark chesnut brown with some red with a lasting loose light tan head. Flavour is less harsh than the aroma with some toffee, sweet milk chocolate. berry sweetness and then more of that ashy roast. Palate is nice and full and smooth. Slight earthy finish. quite a sweet praline finish. Remains very drinkable despite some of the ashy roast.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras, drunk at home. Black beer thick lasting tan head. Well unsurprisingly it’s very chocolate on the aroma. Pretty drinkable as I had most of it before I started thinking about it. Full on chocolate but never too sweet. Just a little bit of newspaper creeps in. It’s fine, nothing special, not particularly memorable, but the chocolate is fine. Just a touch of newspaper.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at the brewery taproom. Pours rich brown with a thick, frothy beige cap. Nice, quality cocoa on the nose, moderate roast, well toasted bread. Medium sweet flavor with mellow earthy bitterness, light bittersweet baking cocoa, ash, dirt, dried fruits. Medium bodied with fine carbonation and silky texture; pretty good condition. Sweet finish with well rounded chocolate character, some baking cocoa, some milk chocolate, mild roast, low earthy bitterness, hints of warming alcohol. Quite well rounded and nuanced.