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Fade To Black - Volume 2
Left Hand Brewing Company
- From:
- Left Hand Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 9.43%
- Reviews:
- 242
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 26, 2017
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2010
- Wants:
- 22
- Gots:
- 37
Smoked Baltic Porter
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
4.07/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Another entry from the Bottle Backlog here at Chez Woody! There are just so many bottles, but the end is growing nearer.
From the bottle: "Ingredients: Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops and yeast."; "Please keep refrigerated[,] please recycle this bottle"; "Design By Moxie Soto Artist: Nate Dyer".
Mine was an aged bottle, so a Pop! of the cap followed by a slow, gentle pour was as much as I dared. Once sufficiently decanted, I conducted an in-glass swirl which raised over two fingers of foamy, rocky, deep-tan/light-brown head with decent retention, leaving modest lacing in its wake. Color was Black/Opaque (SRM = 44), allowing ZERO light penetration. Nose had a smoky, charcoal quality like the aftermath of a house fire, along with a dark chocolatiness that signaled a good time ahead. Mouthfeel was thick & full, very condensed. The taste was not as smoky as on the nose, but it still had a meaty, Lebanon bologna-like flavor to accompany a chocolate & anise bitterness. Mmm. I really like the way that the flavors had kind of melded over time since I had one of these fresh and it was over-the-top smoky. Finish was dry, but more towards bitter than sweet. The anise/bittersweet chocolate taste was what lingered followed by a smoky aftertaste. I CAN only hope that they also bring this one back.
Apr 26, 2017From the bottle: "Ingredients: Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops and yeast."; "Please keep refrigerated[,] please recycle this bottle"; "Design By Moxie Soto Artist: Nate Dyer".
Mine was an aged bottle, so a Pop! of the cap followed by a slow, gentle pour was as much as I dared. Once sufficiently decanted, I conducted an in-glass swirl which raised over two fingers of foamy, rocky, deep-tan/light-brown head with decent retention, leaving modest lacing in its wake. Color was Black/Opaque (SRM = 44), allowing ZERO light penetration. Nose had a smoky, charcoal quality like the aftermath of a house fire, along with a dark chocolatiness that signaled a good time ahead. Mouthfeel was thick & full, very condensed. The taste was not as smoky as on the nose, but it still had a meaty, Lebanon bologna-like flavor to accompany a chocolate & anise bitterness. Mmm. I really like the way that the flavors had kind of melded over time since I had one of these fresh and it was over-the-top smoky. Finish was dry, but more towards bitter than sweet. The anise/bittersweet chocolate taste was what lingered followed by a smoky aftertaste. I CAN only hope that they also bring this one back.
Fade To Black - Volume 2 from Left Hand Brewing Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
359 ratings
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