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Imperial Choconaut Porter
Firefly Hollow Brewing Co.
- From:
- Firefly Hollow Brewing Co.
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
- ABV:
- 7.9%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.09 | pDev: 7.82%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 22, 2021
- Added:
- Nov 22, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Ratings by PicoPapa:
Reviewed by PicoPapa from Connecticut
4.04/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
22oz bottle. Cool label, almost looks like a version of a Big Daddy in Bioshock. Pours a dark brownish black color with a half inch of tan head that dissipates rapidly. Virtually no lacing. The nose is toasted malts, toasted coconut, nuts, dark chcolate, black coffee, leather and earth. The taste is much like the aroma. Lots of coconut, vanilla and chocolate. Nutty at times with a roasted malt and black coffee finish. Light body with very little carbonation, but creamy. Some alcohol warmth. Worth grabbing again.
Sep 19, 2017More User Ratings:
Rated by tradershmulie from Connecticut
4.24/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Very nice. Dark, smooth, and slight delicious notes of chocolate.
Aug 22, 2021Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.81/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
From the can, it pours a light stopping brown color with a large light brown head that slowly reduces to a quarter inch layer. Lacing. In the nose, it is roasted malts with some chocolate. The taste follows the nose, ending with a burnt malt flavor, but the feel is smooth and creamy..
Jun 15, 2021Reviewed by rorjets from Connecticut
3.98/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a pint can into a snifter glass. Two Fingered caramel colored head with good lacing. The body of the beer is coal black. A sweet aroma of malty chocolate and smoke arise. The first sip lives up to the name, a true choconaut experience, with a bit of hops bitterness on the tongue. Finishes with more chocolate taste.
May 25, 2021Rated by porterpie from Connecticut
4.33/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.33/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap. My one knock is not quite picking up vanilla as strongly as I’d like.
Dec 16, 2018Reviewed by Fieceheart from Connecticut
3.03/5 rDev -25.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -25.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap. An unfortunate pour perhaps... No head. Taste was too bitter, almost acrid. Notes of ash. Too smokey for my tastes. Probably wud pair well with certain foods or a cigar or something. But I felt like the taste that lingered on my palate was unpleasant. Would've liked less sharpness and less stinging coffee bitter. I guess I like a less adventurous and more "tender porter".
Sep 22, 2018Reviewed by GuitarIPA from Connecticut
4.06/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L - black with minimal head, no lacing
A - chocolate, cigar ash, roast malt
T - chocolate with a nice finish, roast malt, clean and simple
F - light/medium body with chocolate finish, but not overly sweet
Dec 24, 2015A - chocolate, cigar ash, roast malt
T - chocolate with a nice finish, roast malt, clean and simple
F - light/medium body with chocolate finish, but not overly sweet
Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire
4.53/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.53/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Cool 22oz bottle served in a tulip. A fairly vigorous poor results in barely a hint of foam which fades back quickly to a scant ring around the glass. Super-dark, no highlights to be seen when held up to the light. Smells rum-boozy, otherwise the aroma is faint but seductive, bittersweet chocolate, vanilla and earthy funk. Taste: From the nose, I was expecting boozy but it's not, not at all. Chocolate and molasses and vanilla caramel and a little orange zest which lingers on the palate. Dead-neutral between sweet and dry. Mouthfeel is awesome, smooth and creamy and... did I already say creamy? Slick and chewy. I can't give 'Feel' a five but I WOULD give it a 4.875 if I could. I don't know how old this bottle is; it came to me as 'consideration,' but I'd guess that it can't be near to freshly bottled. If this IS a fresh bottle, I can't even begin to imagine what it'll be like in a year! Out-frigging-standing.
Nov 11, 2015
Imperial Choconaut Porter from Firefly Hollow Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
28 ratings
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