Redhook Blackhook Porter

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Porter
Woodinville, Washington USA

A dark brown beer with a red shine, with a beige colored head, looking something like rising bread. The aroma is sweet with strong fruit notes as well as notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with a light roasted note, that gives the beer a dryness which mixes in with notes of chocolate. I find it very light for a Porter (though not out of style), so I’m a bit disappointed in it taking the style and brewery into account.

I had Redhook Nitrogen Porter, I think at R.F.D. in DC - I guess it is the same beer just on nitro. I gave it one less in appearance and one less overall - and only deviation in my notes is a comparison to Guinness.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a dark mahogany with a reddish glow. Small, off-white head. Aroma of hard roasted malt. Medium-bodied with loads of hard roasted malt and some lightly burned accents. Vague bitter finish from the malt. 170406

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.

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.

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
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Typical Redhook. Not bad, but not great.

Dark brown color. Simple beer with an amount of caramel and roasted malt, but nothing special; quite dry.

Black body with medium tan head. Aroma is roasty, coffee, some caramel, faint nutty. Taste is very roasty, solid coffee, with light chocolate. Light-medium body.