7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
The instription on the bottle does indeed say Brewed with 1825 yeast salvaged from a sunken vessel in the English Channel using an original 19th century recipe. While the latter part of that statement is not too hard to accept, come on. How much yeast could have been on that boat for them to still be bottling it? Regardless, this was a very good beer. This was an easy-to-drink Porter. Not as good as the other Porter related to a sunken ship (The Edmund Fitzgerald of course) but still robust and nutty. The palate was hard to describe, as it managed to be mellow and slightly bitter at the same time. Pours a deep dark brown with a quickly diminishing head. A warm, earthy brew. Very good. Hope they find another ship full of this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2002
at 19:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
light brown colour, a dusty, sooty malt aroma and palate, which is quite dry throughout. This beer, along with a couple of other traditional examples, uses the original brown malt, which defined the original porter style, but disappeared until very recently.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2001
at 09:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
I'd actually like to speak a bit about a different Killer Bee than is listed - the one from Tin Whistle of Penticton, BC. This dark honey beer has an understated complexity, where you can find such diverse flavours as tobacco, chocolate, coffee, malt, smoke, and honey. The beer has that honey-ish crispness, and is made from 5 malts, 3 hops, 4 honeys and some spice.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2000
at 22:27