Hop Grail
Strange Currencies
- Porter
- 5.7% ABV
- Label approved Sep 27, 2019
Had it? My score
90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Reason Beer's Porter. Label approved 27 September 2019.
Lighter than 61% of the 189 Porter labels we've read.
From the label“Decadent notes of dark chocolate and caramel round out a roasty malt backbone. Strange Currencies delivers amazingly deep, rich flavor and a clean, satisfying finish. Layers of warm, roasted malts are brought into perfect balance with just the right amount of crisp hoppiness.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 48–54°F (9–12°C)
- Glass
- Nonic pint: the bulge gives you a grip and room for a head
About 175–200 calories and 16–23 g carbs
About 110 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Porter. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 5th of 7 labels we have from Reason Beer. It is one of 28 porter labels approved in September 2019. Its label was approved 10 days after it was submitted.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: PorterBrewery: Reason Beer