Hoppin' Frog Silk Porter
Dark, robust and silky-smooth, with many flavors of roasted, toasted and caramel malts. Porter is an old-world beer style, so popular that it helped start the industrial revolution. Taste the history.
3.7
604 reviews
Akron, United States
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Bottle (from boxbeers). Pours dark brown with light brownish head. Aroma is roast, sweetness, vanilla, malt, fruits. Flavor is sweet and bitter, fruits, malt, some roast, chocolate. Overall: great porter, very smooth, almost on bar with Fuller’s.
1pt 6 fl oz bottle @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo. 19-03-2017.
Shared with Ferris.
A nice roasty and cocoa porter, some smoked. Pours jet black with nice creamy tan head, Moderate head retention, some good lacing. Roasty, coffee, cocoa and little smoky nose. Medium body, average to soft carbonation, oily texture. Smooth and tasty, cocoa, roasty, caramel, licorice, little coffee. Good.
Black beer with beige, quickly vanishing head. Aroma has chocolate, milk coffee, sweetness and oats. Taste has malts, milk coffee, chocolate and oats. Medium+ body, very low carbonation. As the name tells us, this porter is soft as silk.
Reviewed from notes.
Thanks Greg for the bottle.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a mostly black color with a nice two finger white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Some lace, slightly speckled.
The aroma had some roasted malt, chocolate and coffee, slight smoke, slight brown sugar.
The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas together - roasty, sweet and subtle smoke. All leads into the aftertaste and bled into the finish.
The feel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch above with a nice soft carbonation about it. ABV felt good.
Overall, nicely done porter well worthy of having again.
Close to black body with a rather small, short-lived, light brown head that almost disappears completely without leaving much lacing on the glass. Strong aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee, and ash in the back. Strong flavour of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, ash and rum, with brown sugar in the back. Hm, ashy chocolate that is both dry and sweet, that’s a new one! Moderate sweet taste with a light to moderate bitter finish. Close to full body, smooth texture, soft carbonation. Enjoyable!
[65 cl bottle, from Vinmonopolet Vika, Oslo]
Bottle - Molasses and dark chocolate with some sweet roast. Jet black with a decent white head. Dark roast, toasted cocoa and some molasses. Dark and sweet.
Weinig aroma. In de smaak lichte caramel en geroosterde granen. Zeer zachte (de benaming silk klopt) en cleane mondgevoel. Misschien iets te zacht. Ik mis het weerhaakje. De afdronk is zeer zacht.
Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer. Bardzo fajny porter. Słodowość w dobrym stylu, charakterystyczna dla ciemniaków od Hoppin Frog.
Bottle @ home shared with dad. Dark brown to black color, full sized brown colored head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is malts, slightly metallic, light soft roast. Taste malts, quite dry and earthy, lightly sharp roast in the finish, medium bitterness, malt bitter finish. Decent beer.
Draft @ Zeezicht, Breda. Dark brown/black colour, beige foam. Sweet nose of cappucino. Roasty, coffee bitterness. Notes of cocoa. Nice porter.
Black with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some creamy chocolate . A touch of aniseed too. Very smooth and silky.
Bottle a dark brown colored beer with a white-off head aroma malts roasted malts spicy dark fruits chocolate coffee and hops flavor malts roasted malts spicy laurel coffee chocolate fruits and bitter hops
Tap at Brewdog Camden. Solid porter with a good roasted malt flavour. Roasted malt and chocolate notes. Dark, smooth texture. Enjoyable.
From 9th Beer Testing Evening @ Beer Market (Big Black) :: Porter type Londonien -- Bière noire à la robe cramoisie sans col ni nez. Quoi que bien aqueuse, de fortes saveurs caramélisées arrivent à l’attaque, et perdurent en milieux de bouche accompagnées d’arômes de café biscuités assez courts mais bien denses laissant le palais fort gras. Finale acre et sévère.
On tap at Fermentoren. Black with tan head. Aroma is soft, roasty, smooth, chocolate and mild coffee. Taste is similar, silky smooth with roasty notes, bitter chocolate, silky coffee and faint fruity notes. Nice.
Keg at CBC CG, London. It pours a dark brown color with a medium beige head. Aroma is dry and lightly sweet with notes of roasted malts and dark chocolate with light vanilla. Taste is also medium sweet and light roasted with more notes of chocolate vanilla toffee and roasted wood. Medium bodied with good carbonation. Overall, good one
Pours a depp dark brownish black color. Aromas of chocolate, a touch of nut, and smoke. Flavor is bittersweet, smoke and woody.
Soft aroma of light chocolate, raisins and a little caramel.
Pours black with a silky and creamy head that lasts long.
Medium sweet and a slight hop bitterness.
Silky and smooth mouthfeel, a tad too much carbonation for my liking.
Overall a solid porter that is pretty easy going.
Licorice in aroma. Mämmi. Rye. Berries. Semisweet. Medium body. Dark. Carefully roasted, but a bit too watery in the end..
Black with beige froth. Aroma has light roast and fruity notes. Malty with hints of chocolate. Sweet malt and chocolate flavour. Again some notes of fruit, coffee as well. Dry, light bitter and roasted finish.
Bottle. Dark black cola body with a medium diminishing brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, coffee. Taste is sweet, malty, light bitter. Dry finish
Bottle. Dark brown color with tan foam. Good aroma: dried fruit, esters and phenols, caramel malt and wine. Taste: velvety, coffee, caramel and roasted, slightly sour, very good.
Tap @ Bishops Arms Hornsgatan. Black with a small creamy beige lacing head. Rosted chocolate aroma. Silky smooth mouthfeel, gentle carbonated. Rosted almost smokey notes in taste, chocolate biscuits, cocoa, fresh figs. No real deep flavors, still pleasant.
Bottle from Bierkompass!
Pours deep black with a high, creamy off-white head. Aroma has strong coffee notes, paired with sweet chocolate and roasted malts. Taste is smooth roasty, rich malty with a nice coffee note and some chocolate in the background. Finish is slight fermented, strong malt notes as well as some dark fruits.
Kurze Review von Untappd: Nice’n’smooth Porter. Like it should been done. Very nice,
27.09.2015, @beertemple, musluk.
Görüntü: siyah, ince kahverengi köpüklü, bardakta yoğun. Yüksek viskoziteli.
Koku: kavrulmuş malt, kahve, sütlü çikolata. Kavrulmuş kokular ile süt-stout'a andıran yumuşak tatlı tınılar bir arada.
Tadım: kavrulmuş malt, Sütlü çikolata, kahve tınılarını hafif kremamsı bir doku ile veriyor. Kremamsı yoğunluk bir adım önde olsa müthiş olacak..
rbesg 2015 grand tasting, bottled. dark shade of brown with a persistent beige head; aroma hints at sticky date pudding and tar; full-bodied and full-flavoured with some lingering mocha and stewed stonefruit; quality stuff
Bottle split at the RBESG ’15 Grand Tasting, Taphouse CPH, day 4 23/08/15.
Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap that retains well.
Nose is roast malt, chocolate, toffee, dark fruits, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, toffee fudge, dark maltings, hint of coffee, spice, light mineral trace.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Solid porter.
Bottle at The Brickmakers Ale & Cider House, Wien. Aroma of malt, coffee, creamy mocha, cappuchino, milk chocolate. Flavour is moderate sweet with a moderate coffee bitter finish. Body is medium to full, nice and creamy. Very good, big coffee aroma and quite easily drinkable.
Aroma: intense coffee, milky notes, some caramel, fudge, toasted malts. Appearance: black, small, creamy, beige head. Taste: light bitter. Palate: bitters continue, coffee, chocolate malts, light coffee again. Overall: nice Porter, not too heavy, yet quite refined. Pint at BrewDog, Edinburgh.