CS8 Third Ale Double Chocolate & Plum Porter

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Permalink Reply by John H on May 12, 2012 at 10:45pm

This was my first beer of the swap.

Firstly - I have never tried a fruit beer before so my opinion shouldn't count for sh!t!!!

 

Pours a deep black colour with little head.

Nice aroma of chocolate and plum

Cant really say I can taste the chocolate - the plum seems to dominate with an aftertaste I cant really place.

Not really my cup of tea - thanks for sharing though

Permalink Reply by Adrian Tayler on May 15, 2012 at 5:12pm

I just tried a bottle that had two blocks of chocloate in it and it was sensational... maybe I needed to add more chocolate..

Permalink Reply by SR on May 15, 2012 at 7:17pm

Dark hazy brown

Looks viscous in the glass

Not much head

Nutty on the nose, like hazelnuts, with slight alcohol/warmth

Tastes a little sharp/spritzy, like it's still a bit young - hasn't developed those creamy small bubbles yet

Dark brown roasty flavour, tangy, not overly sweet...

Some higher/hot/fusel alcohol characteristics? (what we imagine they would be like - we're yet to do a proper sensory evaluation type course, so we're just relying on book learning and imagination!)... these characteristics intensify as the beer warms...

Permalink Reply by Martin Bridges on May 20, 2012 at 9:27pm

Had this one at the end of a long & tiring weekend, including brewing an English IPA today.

Pours a slightly murky brown, small head. Definite chocolate on the nose.

Overall a nice porter, maybe a fraction on the thin side. I pick up a slightly dusty chocolate flavour, not picking a lot of plum.

Overall an enjoyable beer, thanks for sharing.

Permalink Reply by Tilt on May 29, 2012 at 9:29pm

Its a good night for a dark beer - the fire's on and its cool and clear outside. 

This one appears dark brown, slightly cloudy with a deep red glint - no head to speak of. 

The aroma is deep  - earthy and chocolatey with no fruit that I can pick up. 

The first taste is soft roasty malt and more of the dark cocoa earthiness which slowly asserts itself as the dominant flavour right through to the end ( which being a dark bitter choc fan I really like!). The light carbonation seems spot on and the lack of sweetness I reckon is a bonus.  The bitterness finishes crisply and theres a lingering mild taste of roast malt with a slight fusel alcohol volatility - but I don't think it detracts.  Again I can't pick any fruit flavour so to my mind the plums have all been incorporated subtly and I'd only probably taste them if I could do a side by side taste with a "non fruited" version.

A tasty porter which goes down a treat - thanks mate, appreciate being the guinea pig this time around. Cheers

Permalink Reply by Stu H on June 3, 2012 at 12:45am

Poured a dark blackcurrent, which seemed quite murky/cloudy. Tan head, which dissipated quickly. A bit of cocoa, and bready notes in the nose. Quite light mouthfeel for a porter I guess, and I didn't really get any plum. Still cleanly fermented, and good rich bitter chocolate thing going on. Finished quite dry.

Anyway pretty yum on a cold night. Thanks very much!

Permalink Reply by Dan on June 21, 2012 at 5:08pm

This beer went down very well with a bread & butter pudding.

No plum aroma or noticable flavour.

Heaps of chocolate! On the nose & flavour.

Had quite a dry finish - maybe the plum?

Really nice beer. I may have to try a choc porter myself.

Cheers.

 

Permalink Reply by Matt Smith on June 21, 2012 at 8:34pm

Also catching up here. Enjoyed this a few weeks back. These were my notes:

On the nose I got lots of chocolate, more so than I picked up the plums. Also a little hot alcohol but it doesn't detract too much.

I felt the body was lacking slightly, for personal taste I would throw a bit of crystal around the 40 - 60L mark in there to beef this up and add a bit of a caramel note to balance the chocolate out a bit.

Really enjoying trying all these creative beers. Cheers Adrien.