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Scotch Irish Black Irish Plain Porter

Percentile
86
overall
Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Porter

Carleton Place, Canada

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1093.51/5.03.47/5.0Winter4.5%82.6English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
This seasonal porter is a brown so deep that it's almost black. The taste of our "plain" evolves as it warms in the glass; shading from dry chocolate and coffee to chocolate and cobnut. The finish is dry and nutty with just the slightest hint of licorice. Black Irish is brewed from pale ale, crystal, brown and chocolate malts; with roast barley in the mash for the dry astringency characteristic of Irish porters and stouts. Delightful on its own, it makes a wonderful match with smoked salmon, mussels or oysters.
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 Cartoonkhaki (1150), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2007  
Stubby bottle... dark brown black liquid with toffee head. Aroma of thick malts, mute smoke aroma and chocolate hints. Flavour is smoked with burnt malts and light coffee. The aroma was much better then the actual flavour of the beer. Watery palate. Dry aftertaste.


 robinvboyer (1428), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 4, 2007  
very nice aroma, slightly smokey, wicked molasses, and burnt brown sugar notes, with some slight burnt toast. Flavour is nice, but i find it lacks alot of the complexity of the aroma. Its slightly wattery, and a tad sour? It does have a very nice coffeeish aftertaste, and a nice bitterness. Overall a nice effort, and a good stout.


 wilderthanyou (415), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 4, 2007  
Pours a tar black with a beige head that disolves to a thin film. Aroma is a tad thin, might get stronger as the beer warms, most notable is the malty sweet scents and some strong coffee and black chocolate. Flavours of Coffee, with some tasty licorice flavours in the finish. A good mouthfeel is what this beer lacks however, It should really be thicker, feels to watery and prevents me from fully enjoying this beer. Still pretty good though, the finish is pretty decent.


 probstk (1028), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 3, 2007  
355 mL bottle from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Very deep brown-black, good mocha foam. Aroma: Tons of beautiful dark-roast coffee, some dark and milk chocolate, very slight tangy wood. Palate: Medium body, soft carbonation, slightly powdery. Flav.: Black coffee, tangy, woody, leaves some bitterness, dry, a bit of black coffee (didn’t I already say that??); falls short of the nose, unfortunately.

Need a bit more in mouth to be truly competent.


 Quake1028 (633), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of dsnowden. Dark, dark brown body with ruby highlights, very small tan head. Nose of espresso beans, coffee, cocoa powder and dark fruits. On the fore we have heavy roast, coffee notes and dark fruits. Low carbonation, medium bodied. Nicely rounded mouthfeel. Roasty finish, medium length. Very good, but I can’t help but think it suffered a bit in my mind following the Chocolate Thunder.


 tomthompson89 (1474), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/514/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Bought at LCBO, lovely dark brown almost black, slight amount of beige head that dissapears rather quickly nose has choc and some yeastyness, flavor is similar with good malts and a bit of hops but really well done


 mgumby10 (1850), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Courtesy dsnowden. Pours a very dark brown, bordering on black, with pretty much no head. Small bubbly light brown bubbles hug the edge of the glass. Smells of toasty caramel, maybe even a touch of smoke, dark malts, and mild chocolate. The flavor was somewhat thin bodied, some of that chocolate, and creamy vanilla maybe too. Really easy drinking, really smooth, no alcohol detection at all. Nice porter. Subdued, but tasty.


 TheCheeseMan (538), Saint Cloud, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Pours a deep brown, borderline black color, virtually no head. Aroma is very nice. Hints of smoke, toasted sesame, sweet treacle and molasses, touch of cinnamon. I do detect some vanilla notes. Flavor is a bit muted, but finishes nice. There is a nuttiness and slight coffee nuance that shines through. Very solid.



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