Chinquapin Chestnut Porter
Old Bust Head Brewing Co.
- From:
- Old Bust Head Brewing Co.
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 16.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 16, 2014
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
Rich and full bodied, our Chinquapin Chestnut Porter is sure to please fans of more robust beer styles. Not content with just paying homage to the American Chestnut, or Chinquapin, by name, every batch of Chinquapin Chestnut Porter is made with a heaping portion of real chestnuts. Brewed together with a blend of dark malts, our porter has hints of cocoa, roasted malts, coffee, and, of course, hearty and sweet chestnuts. As a thank you to the tree that makes the smooth, nutty taste of our porter possible, a portion of the proceeds from Chinquapin Chestnut Porter will be donated to The American Chestnut Foundation, where it will be used to help reintroduce American Chestnut trees to the forests of the Eastern United States.
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Reviewed by HattedClassic from Virginia
4/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The beer is a nice chocolate black color with a good dark tan head. The smell and taste notes are good and interesting. The beer has a nice lightly bitter dark chocolate notes and a moderate roasted and light caramel malt note to it. The chestnut adds a nice hazelnut sweetness that resembles Mirella a bit. The feel is good. It has a medium body with a slightly foamy and smooth feel to it.
Feb 18, 2017
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.84/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap:
Sits damn near black in the snifter, but inspection of the edges shows a clearness that exposes the chestnut brown color as well (can actually see light looking down the glass). Head can be seen being fed, medium ring of off white head with a lasting swath across the top.
Nose is a nutty coffee like that of a hazelnut flavored coffee. There’s a little more dark malt coffee bitterness on the surface, a little more nuttiness with a deeper inhale.
The opening note has a light coffee note, but really has a classic dark malt bitterness. There does seem to be some non-malt bitterness early, too. Woody to grassy, but balanced against the dark malt.
The chestnut (and though I am no expert, it does remind me of chestnuts) comes in mid-taste, even though a nutty oiliness is detected earlier. Before getting to the end, there is even a splash of almost sweetness. Lingering notes of the skin of a medium to dark but. Feel is slightly oily in the end, but carbonation hides this earlier.
Revisit: This is a little more classic porter bordering on stout with just a little nuttiness in the flavor (more in the nose).
Jun 02, 2016Sits damn near black in the snifter, but inspection of the edges shows a clearness that exposes the chestnut brown color as well (can actually see light looking down the glass). Head can be seen being fed, medium ring of off white head with a lasting swath across the top.
Nose is a nutty coffee like that of a hazelnut flavored coffee. There’s a little more dark malt coffee bitterness on the surface, a little more nuttiness with a deeper inhale.
The opening note has a light coffee note, but really has a classic dark malt bitterness. There does seem to be some non-malt bitterness early, too. Woody to grassy, but balanced against the dark malt.
The chestnut (and though I am no expert, it does remind me of chestnuts) comes in mid-taste, even though a nutty oiliness is detected earlier. Before getting to the end, there is even a splash of almost sweetness. Lingering notes of the skin of a medium to dark but. Feel is slightly oily in the end, but carbonation hides this earlier.
Revisit: This is a little more classic porter bordering on stout with just a little nuttiness in the flavor (more in the nose).
Reviewed by GarthDanielson from Virginia
4.1/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +12%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured on tap in a shaker pint, the beer is a light brown coloring with a filmy, low profile, off white head. Aromas of rich toffee and chocolate, vanilla cream, and earthy highlights. Very smooth. Flavors are a little more heavily roasted, with toffee and nut sweetness blending with bitter coffee and chocolate. Smooth and dry bodied, with a roasted, creamy sweet blend in the aftertaste. Smooth, dry finish, with a bitter roasted coffee linger. Very nice.
Jan 18, 2016
Rated by hudsons2013
5/5 rDev +36.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +36.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
My favorite beer. Love the chestnut flavor
Mar 31, 2015Rated by Csikic93 from Virginia
4.31/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.31/5 rDev +17.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
A great all around porter
Mar 08, 2015
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