Pepe's Plaid
Oval Craft Brewing
- From:
- Oval Craft Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 0.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 01, 2025
- Added:
- Feb 23, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Growlette brought home and served in a glass mug.
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown close to black color with a half finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head. Dissipated finely to leave some messy lace running here and there, semi-clingy with a film.
The aroma had a nice blend of sweet milk chocolate to some dark cocoa powder with a light roasty coffee character and then a touch of vanilla wafer sweetness.
The flavor was moderately sweet with a fabulous meshing of the milk chocolate to the dark cocoa powder. Coffee character added the roasty level that I had hoped for. Mild sweet to roasty aftertaste, milk and dark chocolate.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. This felt like a good porter in it's carbonation. ABV, honestly, did feel as projected, perhaps a bit high for the style but I ended up accepting it.
Overall, I only put it in here as an English Porter because that is what the brewer said. However, I did not get any of the normal "dark fruity sweetness" normally associated with the English porter style. Me, I didn't mind and just chalked it up to brewer "creativity." What else does one do, besides, this beer is well brewed and more than worthy of coming back to.
Feb 23, 2018The appearance was a nice looking dark brown close to black color with a half finger's worth of eggshell white foamy head. Dissipated finely to leave some messy lace running here and there, semi-clingy with a film.
The aroma had a nice blend of sweet milk chocolate to some dark cocoa powder with a light roasty coffee character and then a touch of vanilla wafer sweetness.
The flavor was moderately sweet with a fabulous meshing of the milk chocolate to the dark cocoa powder. Coffee character added the roasty level that I had hoped for. Mild sweet to roasty aftertaste, milk and dark chocolate.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. This felt like a good porter in it's carbonation. ABV, honestly, did feel as projected, perhaps a bit high for the style but I ended up accepting it.
Overall, I only put it in here as an English Porter because that is what the brewer said. However, I did not get any of the normal "dark fruity sweetness" normally associated with the English porter style. Me, I didn't mind and just chalked it up to brewer "creativity." What else does one do, besides, this beer is well brewed and more than worthy of coming back to.
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