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Baird Kurofune Porter


 Percentile 
82
overall
A Porter brewed by
Baird Brewing Co.

Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

bottled
common

on tap
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333.48/5.03.45/5.06%71.1English pint, Stem glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This classic dark English ale is flinty, oily and wonderfully smooth. It is teasingly acrid with notes of bitter chocolate and coffee. The inclination is to resist; the result is acquiescence and embrace.

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 BuckeyeSammy (382), New York City, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20

Jun 28, 2008  
Pretty marginal all around. High drinkability. Chocolate malt, roast. Coffee notes on the tail end. Thin body.

 marcus (1053), Sacramento, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 24, 2008  
This black ale poured with a generous tan head and a pleasant chocolate aroma. There is a rich smoked malt flavor with some chocolate notes and a chalky finish. There is a lot of sediment in the glass and bottle.


 17thfloor (728), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Sep 24, 2008  
Pours a near black brown with a huge frothy tan head, mountainous! Big floral hop aroma with some pineapple and what smells like chocolate pudding? Perfumy and oily aroma. Flavor is chocolate pudding, some espresso roast and sweet floral and citrus hops. Tastes like a porter mixed half and half with a pacific-northwest pale. I didn’t like the oily-perfume like qualities of their brown, however the much richer porter plays off well with the citric hops. Nice mouthful, medium/full smooth with larger but softer soda carbonation. Very easy drinking as well.


 thornecb (1135), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 11, 2008  
Pours mahogany into a stem glass. Mocha head with medium retention leaves spot lacing as it recedes. Pit fruit aromas. Smoky and a little thin. Dark caramel and pit fruits upfront with a chalky dry lasting finish.


 Suttree (2336), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Pours black, with a huge tan head. Subtle aroma of coffee, burnt toast. Very clean, crisp palate. Flavor is mostly coffee and a touch of coffee. Some roasty bitterness.


 argo0 (6230), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 26, 2008  
(12oz bottle) Slight gusher of tan head that reveals a clear dark brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, roast, coffee, some burnt, caramel, nut, light earthy. Taste is moderately sweet, chococoffee, some roast, caramel, light burnt. Light-medium body, some stickiness, low carbonation, easy drinking. A bit too sweet, but enjoyable nonetheless.



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