Buxton Dark Nights

Brewed by Buxton
Style: Porter
Buxton, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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500ml Bottle - Dark brown with some amber tinges. Raisins, pine, grapefruit and caramel in the aroma. Nicely balanced taste with notes of hops and malt combining nicely with grapefruit, toffee, nuts, raisins and roasted malt detected.

50cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Almost black colour, light beige head. Aroma of hard roasted malts, cold coffee, some pine and grassy hops, a bit Black IPA-like, after a while more berry and toffee aromas emerge. Flavour is dry, bitter, hard roasted malts, ash, berries, a bit of liquorice, firm bitter pine, grass and roast in the finish that lingers. Light to medium bodied, suits the beer just fine, soft carbonation. Third hit in a row from Buxton for me.

Bottle. Pours ruby red-brown with a spicy aroma. Bitter and roasty on the tongue, lovely full flavour with a great long sharp finish, however some late chocolate balances it out nicely. Another impressive brew from Buxton.

Bottle. Aroma is spicy and roasted. Flavor is bitter, dry and quite dark. A bit thin body, but nicely balanced.

Cask conditioned handpump Craft Beer Co London. A ruby coloured beer with whitish bubbles. A really good fruity hoppy beer. Very reiminscent of a US amber with its sweet malts and high level of fruity hops. There’s a little additional roastiness as well. A good body. Really quite scrummy.

A clear dark brown colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of malts with dark fruits. The taste of sweet fruits with a little roasted malt, there are also some coffee hints. The aftertaste is sweet with a nice bitterness.

23rd April 2012
On tap at the Craft. Clear dark brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Dry palate. Smooth dark malt, quite light. A little roasty coffee bitterness. Nice mild berry fruits underneath. Citric hop bitterness closes with a long bitter linger.

Murky brown, light foamy beige head. Nutty, wooden, figs, metal. More watery than expected, but enough bitter based flavour. Leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. Not made for me I suppose. Drinkable bit misses character or smoothness. (Sample from 50cl bottle, thanks Menno!)

Bottle conditioned. Didn’t notice any sediment and the beer was not very lively on the pour. Thin, loose tan head. Dark chestnut body. Strong hit of grapefruit on the nose, red fruit, some spiciness, nuts. Healthy amount of bitterness to taste, with a long a satisfying dry bitter finish. Gentle to moderate carbonation. Relaxing ... soothing ... mellowing. Classic winter fare.

Bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... spiced big pine hop ... juicy malt nose ... rich spiced malts ... big pine and lime hops ... juicy malts ... light roast ... woderfull hop kick balanced with the spice . crackin

deep amber/brown with little off-white head. heady aroma of hops. muted grapefruit, grass, strwaberry jam. lovely roasted malty bitter finish with a lingering blackcurrent flavour. almost black IPA territory. yet again a fabulous offering from Buxton.