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Port Brewing Santas Little Helper

Port Brewing Santas Little Helper

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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Port Brewing/Lost Abbey

San Marcos, California USA

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3483.95/5.03.95/5.00.32Winter9.5%76.3 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Everything but the kitchen sink…Great Western Premium Two Row, Wheat, Carvienne, Caramunich, 95-115, 135-165L Crystal Malts, Chocolate, Roasted and Black Barley and Pale Chocolate. We also add some Brown Sugar and some Dark Belgian Candi Sugar to boost the Original Gravity. The beer is hopped with East Kent Goldings, Mt. Hood, Liberty, and Challenger. It is unfiltered with an OG of 1.094 and 10.0% ABV. Proprietary Ale Yeast.
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 desurfer (989), Pinellas Park, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 7, 2008  
Pours an opaque brown, yeasty with a thick head. Sweet chocolate aroma. Rich, roasty and woody flavor. Bitter finish.


 MaltOMeal (167), h-town, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 3, 2008  
22 oz bomber (black Santa) thanks to IPADAN (BA site). Pours dark with a light brown head. Smell is of roast malt with a hint of chocolate. Taste is of milk chocolate and roasted malts with some ash noticeable. Mouthfeel was medium with a slight alcohol noticeable and some bitterness at the finish.


 bfeldmann (966), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
May 2, 2008  
Poured a jet black with dark tan head. Arom was lots and lots of chocolate some pine hops as well. Flavor lots of chocolate ashyness and pine hops very well balanced.


 stegosaurus (1846), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Bottle sampled with Mad_Indian. Pours black with a large tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, and dark fruit. The flavor is sweet upfront, roast, dark fruit, alcohol, and a bitter chocolate finish. Great brew.


 ukoolaid (559), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours near black with a thick brown head. Aroma is chocolatey, fruity, dark malts and alcohol. Very full taste with coffee, chocolatey sweetness, and dark fruits. Very flavorful.




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