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CreepShow
Warped Wing Brewing Company
- From:
- Warped Wing Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Smoked Porter
Ranked #17 - ABV:
- 6.66%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #12,269 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 5.78%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 25, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
When night falls, spirits rise. A ghostly figure, a redheaded woman, drifts the city tracks, eternally lost. The anguish of the departed, a man who impaled himself on an orchestra pit chair, chills a historic theater. Forlorn howls and scraping claws-wolves, buried with their owner, alive-seep from a nearby mausoleum. CreepShow Smoked Porter. Smoky. Malty. Dark as Dayton without a moon.
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Ratings by nhirsch04:
Rated by nhirsch04 from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 14, 2016
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 14, 2016
More User Ratings:
Rated by Manta200 from Kentucky
4.19/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz single can from Jungle Jim's
Black with a nice dense brown head, good retention.
Oct 13, 2020Black with a nice dense brown head, good retention.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4.18/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I got a 6pck of this beer from my local meijer store. It poured an opaque dark with thin tan head that is not leaving much lace. The scent had faint chocolate and smoke notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with chocolate, roast and smoke flavors. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall its a solid beer.
Jan 02, 2020Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio
3.91/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12 ounce can, no dating that I noticed on it but CreepShow is a fall seasonal so I'd guess it's a month or 2 old. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both pretty good. The brew smells like smoked malt, molasses, bittersweet chocolate and roasted malt. For the most part I think the taste is just like the aroma, but there's also some dark fruit and coffee flavors noticeable too. Does smell smokier than it tastes. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's coating and easy to drink with a moderate amount of carbonation. I do wish this was a little smokier, but that's a minor complaint. It's a good smoked porter that's worth trying!
Nov 30, 2019Reviewed by yuenglingfan101 from Ohio
4.5/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Excellent beer. Blackish in color and smells smoky. The smoky flavor with hints of molasses. A great beer for nice fall day. A thick beer going down smooth
Oct 28, 2019Reviewed by SaltofOH from Ohio
3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Canned on 9/13/17. CBF Tulip.
A: pours an opaque black that no light penetrates, except for glances of brown on the edges on account of the thinning of the base of this glass. Half finger of tan head, with tons of white sediment chunks and a little visible carbonation. Spotty lacing and fair to poor retention. The sediment looks gross.
S: the smoke is prominent but not overbearing on the nose. Smells like turkey jerky. Or smoked paprika; there is a sweet and spicy smokiness to this. Definitely a porter though, the smokiness is sweet but the beer itself does not smell very sweet.
T: thicker and sweeter than I expected. I agree with others that think this should be considered a stout. Arrives slightly sweet, smoke expresses itself immediately, then the malty sweetness. Thick, chewy, sweet. Molasses and a little sour dark fruit note and char at the very end before a slightly floral and medicinal hop. On the finish that floral hop note lingers more prominently than the smoke does. In fact, after the third or fourth sip, you almost don't taste the smoke at all.
M: too thick, chewy, slick, and low carbonation to be a proper porter. This should be a smoked stout. Motor oil texture. Love it as an "event" beer, not as a "party" beer.
O: this is only my second warped wing beer, and I like it a lot better than the last. A little off for the style, but fun and interesting nonetheless. Interesting to try, but I don't see myself buying this again.
Nov 18, 2017A: pours an opaque black that no light penetrates, except for glances of brown on the edges on account of the thinning of the base of this glass. Half finger of tan head, with tons of white sediment chunks and a little visible carbonation. Spotty lacing and fair to poor retention. The sediment looks gross.
S: the smoke is prominent but not overbearing on the nose. Smells like turkey jerky. Or smoked paprika; there is a sweet and spicy smokiness to this. Definitely a porter though, the smokiness is sweet but the beer itself does not smell very sweet.
T: thicker and sweeter than I expected. I agree with others that think this should be considered a stout. Arrives slightly sweet, smoke expresses itself immediately, then the malty sweetness. Thick, chewy, sweet. Molasses and a little sour dark fruit note and char at the very end before a slightly floral and medicinal hop. On the finish that floral hop note lingers more prominently than the smoke does. In fact, after the third or fourth sip, you almost don't taste the smoke at all.
M: too thick, chewy, slick, and low carbonation to be a proper porter. This should be a smoked stout. Motor oil texture. Love it as an "event" beer, not as a "party" beer.
O: this is only my second warped wing beer, and I like it a lot better than the last. A little off for the style, but fun and interesting nonetheless. Interesting to try, but I don't see myself buying this again.
Rated by Missygurl3133 from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Great smoke flavor
Nov 03, 2017Reviewed by damndirtyape from Ohio
3.82/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12oz can, served in a shaker pint glass. Packaged 15:47:10 on 09/13/17.
Appearance: Pitch black - really in stout territory for the color of this beer. Thin tan head with some small strands of persistent lacing.
Smell: Barest amount of wood smoke, with a bit of roasted malt and stout aromas. To my surprise, it doesn't have a lot of smell at all.
Taste: Strong roasted malt - really comes across more like a stout than a porter. Smoke is just barely there, more at the finish as a long lingering char flavor. The smoke that they speak to on the label is more of an accent; it is not the focus of this beer.
Mouthfeel: Light carbonation, nicely thick, approaching creamy - very much to stout in character.
Overall/Drinkability: If I put aside that this beer is not really a porter and is more of a stout, and it really isn't a smoked beer, I can say it is a pleasantly bitter and roasty stout. It is not very sweet and definitely is not a dessert bomb like so many stouts these days. Mind you, sometimes I want a dessert-like stout, but sometimes I don't, and this fits the latter category nicely. I think this would go well with a wide range of roasted meals - either root vegetable or meat.
Oct 20, 2017Appearance: Pitch black - really in stout territory for the color of this beer. Thin tan head with some small strands of persistent lacing.
Smell: Barest amount of wood smoke, with a bit of roasted malt and stout aromas. To my surprise, it doesn't have a lot of smell at all.
Taste: Strong roasted malt - really comes across more like a stout than a porter. Smoke is just barely there, more at the finish as a long lingering char flavor. The smoke that they speak to on the label is more of an accent; it is not the focus of this beer.
Mouthfeel: Light carbonation, nicely thick, approaching creamy - very much to stout in character.
Overall/Drinkability: If I put aside that this beer is not really a porter and is more of a stout, and it really isn't a smoked beer, I can say it is a pleasantly bitter and roasty stout. It is not very sweet and definitely is not a dessert bomb like so many stouts these days. Mind you, sometimes I want a dessert-like stout, but sometimes I don't, and this fits the latter category nicely. I think this would go well with a wide range of roasted meals - either root vegetable or meat.
Reviewed by udfan07 from Ohio
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I really enjoyed this beer. The smokiness was the dominating feature of the beer but it's not overwhelming. Beer finished very smooth and really liked it.
Sep 30, 2017
CreepShow from Warped Wing Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
42 ratings
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