Big Reef
3rd Wave Brewing Company
- From:
- 3rd Wave Brewing Company
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 5.79%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 15, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 13, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.2/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -11.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
12 oz bottle
Black, over carbonation leads to big 3 inch head, but that faded to nothing. Roasty aroma. Taste is on the dry side. More like a dry Irish stout than an English Porter. Body could be thicker, too thin. Carbonation is high.
Aug 04, 2016Black, over carbonation leads to big 3 inch head, but that faded to nothing. Roasty aroma. Taste is on the dry side. More like a dry Irish stout than an English Porter. Body could be thicker, too thin. Carbonation is high.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
3.69/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Tasted at Good Beer Festival in Salisbury, MD. I will admit that Ib didn't take copious notes, but this was not a standout. A little thin, I think.
Oct 10, 2015
Reviewed by zartla from Maryland
3.65/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Now I'm a big fan of porters, and this is an up-and-coming one my distributor started stocking.
I poured it into a small sample cup, unfortunately it was hard to tell how it would appear normally. The head was a few MM, yet fairly thick and it dissipated after a minute or two.
The smell is that of immature cocoa/coffee beans, burnt and roasted malts with a hint of caramel. Overall the smell is pleasing, but there are hints of rotten plant matter that are slightly off-putting, this is definitely more noticeable in the taste than it is smell.
The taste is impressive, at first.. You are instantly greeted by those coffee and cocoa flavors upon taking a sip. But those flavors fairly quickly devolve into a very rotten, composty aftertaste. The beer isn't incredibly bitter, and taste wise the only pleasant impression I got was that of the coffee and cocoa flavors.
The mouthfeel is normal, far from exceptional, I wish it were a little more smooth and creamy, it feels like it would fit well with those initial flavors.
Overall I'm not convinced. I am a HUGE fan of porters and beers with darker malt characteristics. and this simply just doesn't hit home.
Hope this review is helpful, it's my first one ever!
Sep 24, 2015I poured it into a small sample cup, unfortunately it was hard to tell how it would appear normally. The head was a few MM, yet fairly thick and it dissipated after a minute or two.
The smell is that of immature cocoa/coffee beans, burnt and roasted malts with a hint of caramel. Overall the smell is pleasing, but there are hints of rotten plant matter that are slightly off-putting, this is definitely more noticeable in the taste than it is smell.
The taste is impressive, at first.. You are instantly greeted by those coffee and cocoa flavors upon taking a sip. But those flavors fairly quickly devolve into a very rotten, composty aftertaste. The beer isn't incredibly bitter, and taste wise the only pleasant impression I got was that of the coffee and cocoa flavors.
The mouthfeel is normal, far from exceptional, I wish it were a little more smooth and creamy, it feels like it would fit well with those initial flavors.
Overall I'm not convinced. I am a HUGE fan of porters and beers with darker malt characteristics. and this simply just doesn't hit home.
Hope this review is helpful, it's my first one ever!
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