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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 Sarlacc83:
Reviewed by Sarlacc83 from Oregon
3.78/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Doodler. Served in tulip. Thanks!
A: Opaque black, 1/2 inch cappucino head, sticks well to the glass.
N: A deep, deep breath of baker's chocolate. A little bit of smoke and some of the peppers. The honey and butterscotch of the Speyside show up slightly. This is mostly one dimensional chocolate, though.
T: Chocolate and espresso as par for the course. I get some smoke from the chilies I'm guessing here, as I've never noticed Speyside to be particularly smokey, at least if we're talking Aberlour or MaCallan and some research partially backs me up, but more to the point, I don't get a lot of whisky character out of this. In fact, if given this blind, I wouldn't have guessed Speyside, but there's enough oak/woodiness here to get at some barrel aged character. Additionally, the chipotle is here, but it's subdued until the beer warms. When it does arrive, it adds a slight acidity.
M: Coating and pretty much right on the mark for a porter. Neither too heavy or too light, and as such, I won't mark it down.
Overall: Drinks pretty well, and it has some good dimension. However, it's primarily a balanced pepper beer with some very minor whisky overtones. Nothing to complain about, and I would certainly have again. I'd be really interested to try this next to Black Butte XXIII.
Side note: For anyone who really cares, this pairs fantastically with Sriracha Rooster Sauce. In fact, I'd have to say if you can drink it with a burger or some Asian food slathered in Sriracha, you'll enjoy this beer quite a bit more.
Apr 23, 2012A: Opaque black, 1/2 inch cappucino head, sticks well to the glass.
N: A deep, deep breath of baker's chocolate. A little bit of smoke and some of the peppers. The honey and butterscotch of the Speyside show up slightly. This is mostly one dimensional chocolate, though.
T: Chocolate and espresso as par for the course. I get some smoke from the chilies I'm guessing here, as I've never noticed Speyside to be particularly smokey, at least if we're talking Aberlour or MaCallan and some research partially backs me up, but more to the point, I don't get a lot of whisky character out of this. In fact, if given this blind, I wouldn't have guessed Speyside, but there's enough oak/woodiness here to get at some barrel aged character. Additionally, the chipotle is here, but it's subdued until the beer warms. When it does arrive, it adds a slight acidity.
M: Coating and pretty much right on the mark for a porter. Neither too heavy or too light, and as such, I won't mark it down.
Overall: Drinks pretty well, and it has some good dimension. However, it's primarily a balanced pepper beer with some very minor whisky overtones. Nothing to complain about, and I would certainly have again. I'd be really interested to try this next to Black Butte XXIII.
Side note: For anyone who really cares, this pairs fantastically with Sriracha Rooster Sauce. In fact, I'd have to say if you can drink it with a burger or some Asian food slathered in Sriracha, you'll enjoy this beer quite a bit more.
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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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