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Texas Ranger (Chipotle Porter) - Speyside Barrel Aged
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6.6%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 13.52%
- Reviews:
- 51
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 22, 2016
- Added:
- Nov 29, 2011
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 20
A Porter brewed especially for Texas: water, malt (smoked, maris otter, cara-crystal, brown and chocolate), roasted barley, hops (zeus, Saaz and centennial), yeast and chipotle chili. Aged in Speyside whisky barrels.
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Ratings by BlastBeats:
Reviewed by BlastBeats from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.81/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Poured into my Mikkeller Mugshot Tulip Glass.
Appearance: the Speyside barrel aged Texas Ranger (Chipotle Porter) is really dark; much more so than your standard porter and with a nice mocha colored head that settles into a thin wisp.
Smell: some spiciness in the nose (not over the top), smoked malt, chocolate malt, and a touch of scotch whiskey.
Taste: .. yeah this beer is definitely brewed with smoke dried jalapeno peppers. The chipotle chili doesn't bamboozle the palate, yet is easily detectable on all sides of the tongue. One the other hand, the Speyside barrel seems to be a little gun-shy. Oh well, maybe it's for the better. There's a nice roasty and chocolatey character to this beer, but it finishes bitter and dry.
Mouthfeel: perhaps a bit to thin. Though maybe I should cut it some slack because it is a porter after all (though it looks like an imperial stout).
Overall: a nice barrel aged porter to be sure, but for $13.49 a bottle I'm not sure it's worth buying again.
Feb 27, 2012Appearance: the Speyside barrel aged Texas Ranger (Chipotle Porter) is really dark; much more so than your standard porter and with a nice mocha colored head that settles into a thin wisp.
Smell: some spiciness in the nose (not over the top), smoked malt, chocolate malt, and a touch of scotch whiskey.
Taste: .. yeah this beer is definitely brewed with smoke dried jalapeno peppers. The chipotle chili doesn't bamboozle the palate, yet is easily detectable on all sides of the tongue. One the other hand, the Speyside barrel seems to be a little gun-shy. Oh well, maybe it's for the better. There's a nice roasty and chocolatey character to this beer, but it finishes bitter and dry.
Mouthfeel: perhaps a bit to thin. Though maybe I should cut it some slack because it is a porter after all (though it looks like an imperial stout).
Overall: a nice barrel aged porter to be sure, but for $13.49 a bottle I'm not sure it's worth buying again.
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Texas Ranger (Chipotle Porter) - Speyside Barrel Aged from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
124 ratings
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