TBone (30380) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled 500ml (vPBF, BB 09/2012)
Dark, almost opaque ruby-black color, good cloudy brown head. Coffee and dry yeast in the nose. Light to medium bodied. Chocolate, cold coffee in the flavor. Short finish. Quite simple.
tiong (21414) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from Brewdog shop @ vPBF
Pours pitch black with a large foamy head. Aroma of roasty malts, hints of chocolate, fruity hops and coffee. Taste is heavy on CO2 and quite roasty with hints of chocolate, coffee and mild notes of fruity hops. Finish is fruity and roasty with some dark chocolate and coffee notes. Okay, but too carbonated.
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Craftsman (2011) from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours very dark brown/black with a fizzy, but substantial, dark tan head that went down rapidly. Aroma is carbon dioxide and chocolate. Med minus body. Flavor is reminding me of a cookie of some sort. There’s a lot of dark chocolate and coffee. It’s lightly sweet in the finish, but the various bitters balance that out.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
0.5l bottle from BrewDog Camden. A deep dark lightly cloudy ruby-brown body under a medium sized beige - quite creamy lasting head. Heavy laceworking! It's quite malty on the nose with fruits, sweet caramel, licorice and hint's of both chocolate and burned cake. Nice on the aroma. A nice almost creamy texture with a average to soft carbonation level. Definitely malty flavors, a bit nutty as well. Some roasted hints with dry dark caramel and some integrated alcohol in a quite nutty-bitter finish and aftertaste. Quite delicious. 29.07.2012
Palme (4405) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
0.5l bottle from BrewDog Camden. A massive everlasting and thick lacing foamy tan head arises from the glass on top of a deep dark body. The aroma is roasty with coffee and chocolate. Also a bit bitter, wet rocks, some soy sauce and a hints of leather couch and gunpowder. The flavor has lots and lots of burned bitter malts! It's filled with soy sauce and Belgian bitter chocolate. It's low on the carbonation and extremely slick in the mouthfeel. Lasting bitter and not least burned aftertaste in this one. My, oh my. A lasting sipper with tons of flavor! 01.08.2012
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 500ml bottle on 19/7/2012. Pours a dark red amber with a small head. Has a very pleasant malty aroma, some distinct caramel, fruity and spicy notes. This is a real malt bomb, with caramel, toffee and toast all prevalent. You also get plums and berries, and some herbal flavours, providing a slightly tart bitterness. Has a medium to full body. A fine beer with quite a bit of complexity.
Davros (5303) reviewed Stonecutter Oak from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours brown with a small head.Nose shows rich oak characters including vanilla and coconut, while the malt provides chocolate and caramel notes. Really interesting oak characters.Similar flavours, much the same in terms of coconut-like oak followed by more caramel and chocolate. Carbonation seems a little excessive.Feels a bit like the base beer can’t support this level of oak, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Davros (5303) reviewed Elemental Porter from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours black with a large, tan head.Nose shows dark chocolate, peppery hops, roasted coffee beans and roasted malt.Equally roasty flavours, focussing of coffee and roasted malt rather than chocolate though. Very smooth stuff, but becomes a little more bold in the dry finish.Could use a richer body.
Davros (5303) reviewed Paradox Pilsner from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pours amber with a large, lasting head.Nose shows soft tropical fruit and honey. Nectarines, lychee, pears, floral notes. Also some cookie dough-like malt. Very nice.Similar flavours, more of the cookie dough character and overt floral notes, along with some spicy hops.Carbonation is much too high, annoyingly so.
Davros (5303) reviewed Craftsman (2011) from Renaissance Brewing 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours pitch black with a fading tan head.Nose shows chocolate, roasted malt, earthy coffee grounds and soft spicy hops. Also a touch of liquorice. Pretty tempting.The same coffee and roasted malt presents itself as flavours, while the chocolate and liquorice seems to have faded. Finishes with a balanced, roasty bitterness.Carbonation seems just a little high.