Black Waves
Scantic River Brewery
- From:
- Scantic River Brewery
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.28 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 25, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 24, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by scotorum from Massachusetts
3.28/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Poured from the 16 oz. can into a Samuel Smith English tulip.
a; Opaque black with an inch and a half thick tan head which receded quickly to just a thin ring of foam and no lacing.
s: Initially a little coconut tinge, then ashes
t; Sharp overroasted malt with charred notes on the bittersweet finish. Smooths out later, but remains thin, and tastebuds hunt in vain for either coconut or bourbon barrel aged flavor.
m: Lighter side of medium with some carbonation tingle.
o: One of the less enjoyable porters I have had, with little if any hint of either coconut or bourbon barrel aging. The malt seems so charred-smoky that it overrides virtually all else. Perhaps the best that can be said is it covers its unusually high (for a porter) 8% ABV quite well.
Dec 25, 2018a; Opaque black with an inch and a half thick tan head which receded quickly to just a thin ring of foam and no lacing.
s: Initially a little coconut tinge, then ashes
t; Sharp overroasted malt with charred notes on the bittersweet finish. Smooths out later, but remains thin, and tastebuds hunt in vain for either coconut or bourbon barrel aged flavor.
m: Lighter side of medium with some carbonation tingle.
o: One of the less enjoyable porters I have had, with little if any hint of either coconut or bourbon barrel aging. The malt seems so charred-smoky that it overrides virtually all else. Perhaps the best that can be said is it covers its unusually high (for a porter) 8% ABV quite well.
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