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8 Wired Barrel Aged Smoked Imperial Porter (2011)

overall
98
86
style
8 Wired Brewing
Brewed at Renaissance Brewing

Style: Imperial Porter
Warkworth, New Zealand
Serve in Shaker, Snifter

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 25   MEAN: 3.9/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.77   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 330   ABV: 11%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A Manuka smoked imperial porter refermented with farmhouse yeast & aged in American oak barrels for 18 months.


4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
madchemist83 (190) - USA - SEP 15, 2015
Coffee, sour funk, chocolate, smokiness, umami. Dark, dark brown with thick head. Smokiness with sour, fizzy notes. Lot’s of notes come up but it’s all mixed in perfection.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
joe19612 (2235) - camberley, Surrey, ENGLAND - SEP 13, 2015
Bottle. Pours a deep black colour with a firm beige head, roasted malt aroma with hints of coffee and vanilla, taste is is bitter and malty with a smooth dry finish.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
furthur (496) - Eagle River, Alaska, USA - AUG 20, 2015
Bottle, deep black body, almond colored head, fades, some lacing. Aroma is cherries, coffee, smoke, cookies. Taste is lots of smoke, cherries, some bacon, vanilla, coffee, oak, bourbon, molasses. Palate is rich and smooth, carbonation subdued. This is really fruity, and smoky, and oaky. It’s quite good.

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
bmeup (585) - Ormeau, AUSTRALIA - JUL 21, 2015
17.7.15 with friends on North Stradbroke Island. Warmed to about 12c, dark, no head, tremendously aromatic waft of oak and smoke on opening, luscious berry, caramel, dark chocolate, plum and raisins, more smoke and oak, very little booze though. Farmhouse yeast and aging work a treat, fantastic and wish i bought some more for longer aging would be great.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
bhensonb (12795) - Woodland, California, USA - JUN 1, 2015
Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours dark brown with a transient tan head. Aroma of dark grape, red berry. Med body or better. Flavor is red berry, touch of chocolate, some wood, and then wham! Smoke is in the finish. Not your moderate Aecht type. Dry. Very woody too. Excellent.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
marcus (7838) - Sacramento, California, USA - JUN 1, 2015
Bottle shared by bhensonb. Pours tdRk brown with a transient tan head and a fruity chocolate aroma. There is a full-bodied chocolate and treacle flavor with a huge smoky oak finish.

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Niksko (520) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - MAY 17, 2015
Pours inky black with a tan head. Nose is honey, vanilla, sweet plum wine. Flavor is honey, coffee, sweet smoke, caramel. Lovely rounded flavor, sweet but complex. Dark chocolate, raisin, redcurrant. Heavy body, thick. Complex, soft rounded oak, subtle smoke and fascinating flavor from the manuka wood. Gorgeous. Incredible. Unbelievable.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
GenDV138 (3768) - Falls Church, Virginia, USA - MAR 30, 2015
Bottle at the Charlottesville Tasting shared by nate2g, thanks! Black with tan head. Aromas of sweet smoke, light chocolate. Tastes of tart fruit, dark chocolate. Medium-light body with a dry finish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Drake (10949) - Free Union, Virginia, USA - MAR 30, 2015
Bottle shared by nate2g at the C’Ville Foxy Knoxy Tasting. Clear dark brown, thin head, poor retention. Aroma of tart fruits, roasted malt, smoke. The taste is roasted malt, smoke, chocolate. Medium bodied, low carbonation, mild lingering smoke.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Travlr (17031) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAR 28, 2015
Bottle courtesy of nate2g, thanks! Clear dark maroon color, brown head. Aroma of vanilla, espresso, dark fruit, whiskey. The smoke comes out in the flavor, burnt vanilla and caramel. Tasty.


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