Surrealism
Tree House Brewing Company
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- Style:
- Robust Porter
Ranked #17 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #9,976 - Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 2.29%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- From:
- Tree House Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
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SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Notes:
Surrealism is a robust porter brewed with a significant dose of oats atop a base of chocolate, roasted, caramel, and pale malts. It pours a midnight black color in the glass with a dense and frothy mocha colored head. It's a looker, indeed! We taste and smell dark chocolate fudge, chewy brownies, and chocolate syrup. The oats add a smooth and frothy layer to an easy drinking, densely flavored beer. What an indulgence! Enjoy!
Reviews: 3
| Ratings: 12
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4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can from the brewery into a pint glass
Canned 11/07/19
Pitch black with a thin tan to burnt umber head. Dissipates rapidly
Smells of dark chocolate, pitch, pine, and licorice
Tastes of same but smoked, maybe almonds too
Nice sparkle that coats the tongue and lingers, minimal cloying
Fun porter
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can from the brewery into a pint glass
Canned 11/07/19
Pitch black with a thin tan to burnt umber head. Dissipates rapidly
Smells of dark chocolate, pitch, pine, and licorice
Tastes of same but smoked, maybe almonds too
Nice sparkle that coats the tongue and lingers, minimal cloying
Fun porter
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4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Shared with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black with a thin off white head that fades to leave light lacing and thin wisps. Very good legs.
S - Big aromas of super heavy char and lightly smoky malts, nice light almost cookie aroma. Big fudge notes, the smoke pops out more as it warms. Seriously smoky.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with more subtle char and smoke. Big dry almost chalky chocolate. There is good caramel oatmeal. Fudge, chocolate cookies, lingering dry finish.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, creamy, nice finish.
O - Overall this was a solid enough porter. The creamy oats are nice and the char/smoke is pleasant and not over done. Really nice and could drink throughout the winter.
Serving Type: can
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Shared with JLindros.
A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black with a thin off white head that fades to leave light lacing and thin wisps. Very good legs.
S - Big aromas of super heavy char and lightly smoky malts, nice light almost cookie aroma. Big fudge notes, the smoke pops out more as it warms. Seriously smoky.
T - Taste is similar to the nose with more subtle char and smoke. Big dry almost chalky chocolate. There is good caramel oatmeal. Fudge, chocolate cookies, lingering dry finish.
M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, creamy, nice finish.
O - Overall this was a solid enough porter. The creamy oats are nice and the char/smoke is pleasant and not over done. Really nice and could drink throughout the winter.
Serving Type: can
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4.42/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
THanks to rudzud
Pours a medium foamy thick darker head with medium retention, decent foamy lacing, great legs, basically pitch black beer
Nose tons of dark malts, lots of roast and some smokey malts, dark chocolate with the smoke, fair char like, lots of cookie dough biscuity wafer cookie like malt, and some baking spices, a bit of raisiny dark fruit but light, slight fudgey chocolate and caramel
TAste lots of chocolate fudge, caramel nougat fluffy almost chocolate marshmallow like, some smokey roast and plenty of char again, dark chocolate cocoa, some roasty acidity, almost there but not burnt acrid, lots of cookie dough, and some baking spices, coffee roast notes, and plenty of creamy oats as well, medium-light bitterness on the finish, drier as well, fuller up front but dry finish
Mouth is fuller bod but dry finish, medium to a bit lighter carb, creamy oatmeal like
Overall quite nice, very enjoyable, although a little overly smokey on the nose, but great chocolate and roasty notes, a great winter beer
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
THanks to rudzud
Pours a medium foamy thick darker head with medium retention, decent foamy lacing, great legs, basically pitch black beer
Nose tons of dark malts, lots of roast and some smokey malts, dark chocolate with the smoke, fair char like, lots of cookie dough biscuity wafer cookie like malt, and some baking spices, a bit of raisiny dark fruit but light, slight fudgey chocolate and caramel
TAste lots of chocolate fudge, caramel nougat fluffy almost chocolate marshmallow like, some smokey roast and plenty of char again, dark chocolate cocoa, some roasty acidity, almost there but not burnt acrid, lots of cookie dough, and some baking spices, coffee roast notes, and plenty of creamy oats as well, medium-light bitterness on the finish, drier as well, fuller up front but dry finish
Mouth is fuller bod but dry finish, medium to a bit lighter carb, creamy oatmeal like
Overall quite nice, very enjoyable, although a little overly smokey on the nose, but great chocolate and roasty notes, a great winter beer
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Surrealism from Tree House Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
12 ratings
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