Redhook Blackhook Porter

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Porter
Woodinville, Washington USA

(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug 2007) Black colour with brownish notes, brief head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of toffee and chocolate, a bit thin. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate and toffee, fairly sweet. Rather short, chocolatey finish. Not bad at all, but not really my favourite porter.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to light brown head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, mocca, moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

9/3/07 On nitrous at the brewery. Aroma is chocolate roast with some slight black patent notes; relatively sweet with no hop character. Appearance is very dark brown with a solid tan head. Flavor is roast malt forward with some more toast character and no hop flavor. Medium/full bodied with decent cream texture. Overall, well made but not too exciting.

9/3/07 Carbonated version on draught at the brewery. Aroma is roasted malt forward with an odd smoked fish character (not objectionable), but I do love my salmon. The schwartz character fades out after a while and there are no hop notes. Appearance is dark brown with a low tan head. Flavor is rast, toast malt forward followed by low bittering and a slightly resiny hop character. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a medium carb bite, low creaminess and a dry finish. Overall, strongly flavored, rich, with a bit of everything you can get in a porter.

Date: 03/07/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

Deep dark red, thin head, nice lace, sweet spicy aroma, complex and chewy malt taste
-------- /> Date: 05/09/2002
Mode: nitro
Source: wild wing

sweet carmel malt aroma and flavor, more like a scottish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **4
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Is this a porter? This beer is watery and thin and lacking in the flavor category. What a disappointment!

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, small bronish head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, burnt wet wood and some slight caramel. Flavour is coffee, some dark fruits and slightly yeasty. Also some slight roasted malts to be foiund. Pleasant, but quite watery palate.

Cask-GBBF. Black with a tiny light brown head. Roast aroma, some chocolate and licorice. Roast flavour with the right London-porter charcoal note, but rather thin.

Bottled 03-27-07. Nearly opaque brown-black, with a small and lasting head. Slight aroma of metallic molasses and brown sugar. Flavor of mild coffee, metallic-spiced toffee, slight earthy-smoked molasses. Palate is dryish, light-medium bodied, tingly and watery.