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Nib Smuggler
Funky Buddha Brewery
- From:
- Funky Buddha Brewery
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 8.21%
- Reviews:
- 109
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 21, 2019
- Added:
- May 06, 2011
- Wants:
- 75
- Gots:
- 127
This is the finest, purest black. Cocoa straight from the source: the rugged mountains of Brazil, where chocolate is life. We smuggled these beans back to our brewhouse, where they were blended with creamy milk porter and fragrant Madagascar vanilla beans. Get cocoa'd up.
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Ratings by boogerisu:
Rated by boogerisu from Iowa
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Feb 28, 2016
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Feb 28, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Buck89 from Tennessee
4.21/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On nitro at the brewery. A deep brown color with a medium tan head. Great lacing with huge sheets of foam on the glass. The aroma was fantastic. Massive fresh cocoa and vanilla. The taste did not disappoint. Coffee, cocoa, and vanilla flavors with a lactose sweetness. Creamy feel from the nitro. Well balanced hop presence. Outstanding.
Feb 21, 2019Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts
3.84/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle poured into a snifter.
A: Dark, chocolatey brown color. Light brown head settles after a short time. Small dots of lacing.
S: Milk chocolate, mild roast, vanilla, faint red fruit.
T: Follows the nose. Roasted barley anchors it, but bold chocolate is the top note. Tastes like Hershey's syrup. Big pull of vanilla too. Faint fruitiness in the background. Finishes with chocolate and mild roast.
M: Medium-full body. Chewy and creamy with a lush and mildly slick texture. Moderate carbonation prickles gently.
O: Fairly one-dimensional, but hedonistic. Not a bad drink if you're in the mood for a "candy bar in a glass" sort of beer.
Feb 12, 2019A: Dark, chocolatey brown color. Light brown head settles after a short time. Small dots of lacing.
S: Milk chocolate, mild roast, vanilla, faint red fruit.
T: Follows the nose. Roasted barley anchors it, but bold chocolate is the top note. Tastes like Hershey's syrup. Big pull of vanilla too. Faint fruitiness in the background. Finishes with chocolate and mild roast.
M: Medium-full body. Chewy and creamy with a lush and mildly slick texture. Moderate carbonation prickles gently.
O: Fairly one-dimensional, but hedonistic. Not a bad drink if you're in the mood for a "candy bar in a glass" sort of beer.
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4.26/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.26/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a black color with a khaki head. Smell & taste had roasted malts and coffee it mixed with both cocoa and vanilla, a superb taste. mouth feel was full and roasty chocolate and coffee rule vanilla in the finish. Nicely done porter.
Oct 31, 2018Reviewed by Gatch from Massachusetts
4.49/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.49/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Can’t read the date on the bottle. Assuming it’s from this past winter. Advertises as a chocolate porter and that ain’t false! Super creamy, properly sweet, chocolatey delicious. Slightly nutty finish with some roasted malt. Great body and feel, especially for the style. A seriously killer chocolate porter!
Jul 20, 2018Reviewed by ThickNStout from Georgia
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle from ABC Fine Wine and Spirits (Naples, FL). 2.39. Bottled 11/24/17. Served in a Barrel and Barley teku. Enjoyed 1/25/18.
Pours black with a half finger of khaki foam. The head recedes to some wispy surface haze and a thin halo, leaving only a few dots of lace.
Smells of milk sugars, soft chocolate and some caramel.
Sweet, distinctive lactose character is immediately present in the flavor. Other notes of cocoa, caramel and a little bit of roast. On point for the style.
Fairly light body but slightly creamy with subtle carbonation. The aftertaste highlights that pervasive milk sugar character along with some chocolate and light roasted malt.
A solid offering from Funky Buddha. This is a well made chocolate milk stout and worth a try for fans of the style.
Mar 22, 2018Pours black with a half finger of khaki foam. The head recedes to some wispy surface haze and a thin halo, leaving only a few dots of lace.
Smells of milk sugars, soft chocolate and some caramel.
Sweet, distinctive lactose character is immediately present in the flavor. Other notes of cocoa, caramel and a little bit of roast. On point for the style.
Fairly light body but slightly creamy with subtle carbonation. The aftertaste highlights that pervasive milk sugar character along with some chocolate and light roasted malt.
A solid offering from Funky Buddha. This is a well made chocolate milk stout and worth a try for fans of the style.
Rated by Tdnarba from Florida
4.31/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Delicious chocolate porter, not much to complain about
Mar 08, 2018
Nib Smuggler from Funky Buddha Brewery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
630 ratings
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