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Black Caddis
Wren House Brewing Co
- From:
- Wren House Brewing Co
- Arizona, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
Ranked #60 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #8,977 - Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 9.49%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 25, 2023
- Added:
- Jun 25, 2015
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
The first beer we ever made and one we'll never tire of. A dark porter brewed with chocolate rye. The special blend of malt imparts a delicious chocolate, coffee-like flavor. Simple, smooth and delicious.
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Ratings by EyePeeAyBryan:
Reviewed by EyePeeAyBryan from Arizona
3.86/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Really bold in flavor with tons of that roasty goodness you'd want from a porter. This was my 2nd favorite, behind the IPA. Looked a bit thin but for a porter, probably typical. I don't remember the aroma popping but I thought this thing had a ton of flavor, another superbly clean brew and something I'd happily spend more money on.
Jun 30, 2015More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Ahypercube from California
4.54/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This beer just converted a beer hater when tasted on tap at Pinewood Tavern in Pine.
Pours opaque black with reddish.brown highlights in the light. Cacao powder colored suds form an inch of head that dissipates quickly. Despite the color, it is clearly pretty light in both density and viscosity.
Lovely aromas of dark chocolate, cacao, toffee, almonds, molasses cake, pizza crust, dark roast coffee, walnuts and cola.
What a lovely tasting experience a fresh baltic porter is. The cacao and coffee bitterness gently balance with a nutty, earthy sweet pizza crust malt base giving plenty of room to experience the delicate creamy almond, toffee and walnut notes. Majestic.
And the texture is smooth and creamy, almost like a nitro stout but with a little more bite.
An amazing brew. Give it to anyone who hates Guinness. Cheers!
Apr 01, 2023Pours opaque black with reddish.brown highlights in the light. Cacao powder colored suds form an inch of head that dissipates quickly. Despite the color, it is clearly pretty light in both density and viscosity.
Lovely aromas of dark chocolate, cacao, toffee, almonds, molasses cake, pizza crust, dark roast coffee, walnuts and cola.
What a lovely tasting experience a fresh baltic porter is. The cacao and coffee bitterness gently balance with a nutty, earthy sweet pizza crust malt base giving plenty of room to experience the delicate creamy almond, toffee and walnut notes. Majestic.
And the texture is smooth and creamy, almost like a nitro stout but with a little more bite.
An amazing brew. Give it to anyone who hates Guinness. Cheers!
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.96/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I had this beer on-tap at the brewery in Phoenix in a very shapely glass. 5.2% seems low, to me, for a Baltic porter, but let's give it a try!
Appearance: dark brown but an evidently hazeless body and a thick finger of tan foam atop. Beautiful!
Smell: caramelly, toasty, and nutty. Like a classic porter or even a brown ale; good, though not as complex as I like the style to be.
Taste: nutty, caramelly, and just a bit roasty. Quite good, though lacking some of the richer yeast-derived flavors in a higher ABV baltic porter.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a lightweight but good creaminess.
Overall: interesting to have a baltic porter so low in ABV, but despite that it's quite good.
Jun 26, 2022Appearance: dark brown but an evidently hazeless body and a thick finger of tan foam atop. Beautiful!
Smell: caramelly, toasty, and nutty. Like a classic porter or even a brown ale; good, though not as complex as I like the style to be.
Taste: nutty, caramelly, and just a bit roasty. Quite good, though lacking some of the richer yeast-derived flavors in a higher ABV baltic porter.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a good carbonation and a lightweight but good creaminess.
Overall: interesting to have a baltic porter so low in ABV, but despite that it's quite good.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
4.15/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
No date on the can, but should be the same as rudzud
Pours a decent foamy almost creamy 1/2 finger head that fades semi slowly, nice retention, good lacing too, dark almost black beer with a little ruby light
Nose nice dark malt aroma, a little roasty toasty dark malt, a little dark chocolate and coffee as well, a touch of sweetness and caramel like, hint of hop, very nice nose
Taste starts with more dark malts, a little roasty with hint of char, some roasted coffee in the background with super dark bitter chocolate, a touch of sweet caramel attempts to come through but dries on it's way and brings a touch of a spicy rye note, quite dry all around, then big spicy earthy hops kick in, pretty bitter, robust roasty charred malt without acrid, but plenty of charred roasted bitterness as well, dry finish, lingering bitterness
Mouth is med bod, nice fizzy carb, dry and a touch creamy almost
Overall a very solid porter, great malt profile, hops are nice but get a little too bitter and spicy, but very nice porter that I could see myself drinking pretty often if it was available around here
Nov 11, 2018Pours a decent foamy almost creamy 1/2 finger head that fades semi slowly, nice retention, good lacing too, dark almost black beer with a little ruby light
Nose nice dark malt aroma, a little roasty toasty dark malt, a little dark chocolate and coffee as well, a touch of sweetness and caramel like, hint of hop, very nice nose
Taste starts with more dark malts, a little roasty with hint of char, some roasted coffee in the background with super dark bitter chocolate, a touch of sweet caramel attempts to come through but dries on it's way and brings a touch of a spicy rye note, quite dry all around, then big spicy earthy hops kick in, pretty bitter, robust roasty charred malt without acrid, but plenty of charred roasted bitterness as well, dry finish, lingering bitterness
Mouth is med bod, nice fizzy carb, dry and a touch creamy almost
Overall a very solid porter, great malt profile, hops are nice but get a little too bitter and spicy, but very nice porter that I could see myself drinking pretty often if it was available around here
Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts
4.05/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Received as an extra in a trade. Canned 8/8/16.
A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a nice dark brown hue with a thin one finger off white head that fades to leave light wisps and a thin blanket.
S - Aromas of chocolate, english toffee, little bit of coffee, little bit of roasty malts. Pretty typical, solid.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice light coffee, which brings bitterness, as does the chocolate here bring a little bit of bitterness. Light light roast as well, almost get a little flash of vanilla. Nice flashes of rye, as it warms the roast comes out more. Nice and straight forward.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, body is a little on the lighter side.
O - Overall this was a rather solid, straight forward English Porter. Nice chocolate and roast, great on an early fall night.
Serving Type: Can
Sep 22, 2018A - Poured into my Duvel tulip a nice dark brown hue with a thin one finger off white head that fades to leave light wisps and a thin blanket.
S - Aromas of chocolate, english toffee, little bit of coffee, little bit of roasty malts. Pretty typical, solid.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with nice light coffee, which brings bitterness, as does the chocolate here bring a little bit of bitterness. Light light roast as well, almost get a little flash of vanilla. Nice flashes of rye, as it warms the roast comes out more. Nice and straight forward.
M - Mouthfeel is nicely carbonated, body is a little on the lighter side.
O - Overall this was a rather solid, straight forward English Porter. Nice chocolate and roast, great on an early fall night.
Serving Type: Can
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
3.85/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I found this beer to have a nice flavor, hints of coffee. It was a bit astringent and was definitely on the thinner side. Definitely want to revisit this one in the future.
Oct 09, 2015Rated by azdenverdanimal from Arizona
5/5 rDev +21.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +21.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
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Jul 01, 2015
Black Caddis from Wren House Brewing Co
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
18 ratings
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