Newtown Brewery: Glad you like it Mary, thanks for the feedback. That 'scorch flavour' is the root ginger added to the brew. We noticed it ourselves today.
6.9% ABV
N/A IBU
32 Ratings
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Huge taste, NOT the normal stale fruit cake that is often the case with Xmas beer. This is rich yet balanced with a delicate scorch flavour on the nose.
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A bit sweeter than the Victorian maybe? A bit of bitter chocolate at the end. Very passable.
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Newtown Brewery: Paul the sweetness and chocolate flavours would be coming from the Belgian chocolate powder we added, and a hint of root ginger.
Paul Wright: I'm not getting the root ginger too much but that might be being masked by the pork scratchings 😂. Very decent though and the saltiness of the snack brings out other flavours. Mary keeps it very well. I hope she stocks more of your beer in 2022
Newtown Brewery: Next years Christmas Porter will be a new recipe entirely. Yes I hear Mary keeps it well and I hope we can keep providing her with more.
Paul Wright: 👍
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Luscious 😋🍻
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Newtown Brewery: Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks very much for your feedback.
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Excellent. Initial root ginger hit with black treacle and Belgian dark chocolate aftertaste. Very warming.