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Nightmare (Yorkshire Porter)
Hambleton Ales
- From:
- Hambleton Ales
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 9.33%
- Reviews:
- 30
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 02, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 29, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.67/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.67/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
From old, undated notes. Poured from a bottle.
Dark brown/light black; light passes through the edges easily.
Very small off-white head; decent lacing.
Chocolate malts in the nose; quite enticing.
Medium mouthfeel.
Incredible chocolate/coffee/malt flavor; they hit this out of the park.
Anticipation was high after the nose, but this is just delicious. Easily one of the best porters I've had; one of the best beers period. $2.99 for this beauty, and it came from England? Dreams do come true. A must have.
Jun 02, 2019Dark brown/light black; light passes through the edges easily.
Very small off-white head; decent lacing.
Chocolate malts in the nose; quite enticing.
Medium mouthfeel.
Incredible chocolate/coffee/malt flavor; they hit this out of the park.
Anticipation was high after the nose, but this is just delicious. Easily one of the best porters I've had; one of the best beers period. $2.99 for this beauty, and it came from England? Dreams do come true. A must have.
Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana
4.17/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From notes taken 07/24/17:
Served, as suggested, somewhere approaching room temperature, out of the refrigerator for an hour or so. First time I’ve brought out my nonic pint glass in a while.
Dark reddish brown, but lighter and more clear than many a porter, at least in direct light. Head of tan, a shade somewhere between cream and beach sand, whipped, fluffy foam with good retention. Smells of dark fruit and brown sugar! Want to say something else, but it’s not quite toffee or molasses or any kind of other sweet I am familiar with. Some sort of nut might be a good descriptor. Could just be the booze combined with whatever else, even though this isn’t a particularly boozy beer. Palate is about as complex but much more balanced. It is still sweet, but much less so, this time closer to toffee for sure, but also butterscotch, and then that nuttiness again. The big difference here, though, is the addition of a toast and almost roast flavor, and some earthen and wooden suggestions that should be hops more than malts, finishing with second hand pipe smoke and the mildest peppercorn. Medium-bodied, creamy-smooth, loaded with soft to tingly fine suds.
Jun 18, 2018Served, as suggested, somewhere approaching room temperature, out of the refrigerator for an hour or so. First time I’ve brought out my nonic pint glass in a while.
Dark reddish brown, but lighter and more clear than many a porter, at least in direct light. Head of tan, a shade somewhere between cream and beach sand, whipped, fluffy foam with good retention. Smells of dark fruit and brown sugar! Want to say something else, but it’s not quite toffee or molasses or any kind of other sweet I am familiar with. Some sort of nut might be a good descriptor. Could just be the booze combined with whatever else, even though this isn’t a particularly boozy beer. Palate is about as complex but much more balanced. It is still sweet, but much less so, this time closer to toffee for sure, but also butterscotch, and then that nuttiness again. The big difference here, though, is the addition of a toast and almost roast flavor, and some earthen and wooden suggestions that should be hops more than malts, finishing with second hand pipe smoke and the mildest peppercorn. Medium-bodied, creamy-smooth, loaded with soft to tingly fine suds.
Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
3.8/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Decanted from a 16.9 oz (500 ml) bottle into a conical pint glass; no production information.
A: Pours a mahogany brown with virtual no head, save for fairly large bubbles that dissipate quickly to a rim only.
S: Toasty, with floral esters and pepperiness evident.
T: Dark bread crusts and caramel, offset nicely by a peppery bitterness. Flavor reminded me of fresh baked bread crusts from the Bronx. Bitter aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, but limited effervescence.
O: I little hard to rate. Drier and more bitter than many other porters I have had, but I did enjoy it.
Aug 02, 2017A: Pours a mahogany brown with virtual no head, save for fairly large bubbles that dissipate quickly to a rim only.
S: Toasty, with floral esters and pepperiness evident.
T: Dark bread crusts and caramel, offset nicely by a peppery bitterness. Flavor reminded me of fresh baked bread crusts from the Bronx. Bitter aftertaste.
M: Medium bodied, but limited effervescence.
O: I little hard to rate. Drier and more bitter than many other porters I have had, but I did enjoy it.
Reviewed by Offa from California
4.75/5 rDev +26.7%
4.75/5 rDev +26.7%
I find this to be an outstanding porter.
Deepbrownish re,it has a medium tan head steadily shrinkingto foamy ring, wisps.
Aroma is full roasty -prune character with caramelised barley, coffeecandy, prunes, chocolate- full and strong - a great English porter aroma.
Taste is wine, coffee, prune,sweeter up front,drier and more toasty in the finish with light woody bitterness, zesty. Complex toasty elements combine with hints of molasses, and maple syrup.. It's wonderful.
Nov 13, 2014Deepbrownish re,it has a medium tan head steadily shrinkingto foamy ring, wisps.
Aroma is full roasty -prune character with caramelised barley, coffeecandy, prunes, chocolate- full and strong - a great English porter aroma.
Taste is wine, coffee, prune,sweeter up front,drier and more toasty in the finish with light woody bitterness, zesty. Complex toasty elements combine with hints of molasses, and maple syrup.. It's wonderful.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
4.26/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
New at Liquor Shed.
It pours a very dark brown with some reddish highlights, about a 1" head of off white foam. Pretty good with the lacing.
It smells roast, with some dark chocolate, a bit of a fruity note or 2, and a hint of anise.
The taste follows the nose except the fruitiness isn't as noticeable.
Smooth mouth feel thanks to the medium body and lightish carbonation. Last minute thought, I get a very very light smoke taste but perhaps I am wrong about that.
Super smooth and yet very tasty. I am impressed.
Oct 23, 2014It pours a very dark brown with some reddish highlights, about a 1" head of off white foam. Pretty good with the lacing.
It smells roast, with some dark chocolate, a bit of a fruity note or 2, and a hint of anise.
The taste follows the nose except the fruitiness isn't as noticeable.
Smooth mouth feel thanks to the medium body and lightish carbonation. Last minute thought, I get a very very light smoke taste but perhaps I am wrong about that.
Super smooth and yet very tasty. I am impressed.
Reviewed by shand from Florida
3.82/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Nightmare is a solid English Porter, and not too much more. There's a nice treacle flavor over roasted malt and barley. The mouthfeel is very smooth and creamy, and the drinkability is great. Overall, it's just an average English porter. Tasty, but lacking any sort of wow factor.
Jun 16, 2013Reviewed by SLeffler27 from New York
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.83/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Dark brown (SRM 23) with ruby highlights. A modest ochre head is rocky and short-lived, while ample carbonation forms on the Harp nonic glass. Sticky lace resides above this clear Porter.
Roasted malt with fudge brownies and some sweet coffee while molasses is released by warmth.
This Porter is quite bitter for its style, with more of a roasted malt bitterness than one would expect. Nutty, with light black coffee and no real chocolate. Burnt sugar and pumpernickel bread are detected in a long, dry, bitter finish. This improves with warmth as it adds some peat and smoke to the experience.
A medium body with rough texture, prickly carbonation, and no alcohol. This one is quite dry.
This made for a good compliment to a cold, damp day. One can imagine wearing an oversized wool sweater while drinking a few pints and conversing during a card game all afternoon.
Apr 21, 2013Roasted malt with fudge brownies and some sweet coffee while molasses is released by warmth.
This Porter is quite bitter for its style, with more of a roasted malt bitterness than one would expect. Nutty, with light black coffee and no real chocolate. Burnt sugar and pumpernickel bread are detected in a long, dry, bitter finish. This improves with warmth as it adds some peat and smoke to the experience.
A medium body with rough texture, prickly carbonation, and no alcohol. This one is quite dry.
This made for a good compliment to a cold, damp day. One can imagine wearing an oversized wool sweater while drinking a few pints and conversing during a card game all afternoon.
Nightmare (Yorkshire Porter) from Hambleton Ales
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
49 ratings
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