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Forgotten Hollow Cinnamon Porter
Roth Brewing Company
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- From:
- Roth Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 16.57%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 09, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 06, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
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Ratings by callisbeers:
Reviewed by callisbeers from North Carolina
2.83/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.83/5 rDev -20.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
After trying the red, I was hoping that this would be better. It wasn't. After my buddies and I each bought a red and were disappointed, we decided to buy one and sample. Good thing we did. Appearance was good, smell was good as well, with a nice hint of cinnamon. But the cinnamon was also it's downfall when it came to taste. It was just overpowering and we could not get over it.
Nov 15, 2010More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Teleweizen2 from New Hampshire
3.05/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.05/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
A - pours a deep opaque black color. Full and frothy three fingers worth of deep khaki foam on top. Dissipates fairly quickly but leaves no trace on the glass.
S - pleasant aroma. Strong notes of cinnamon are most prominent. There is a spicy pepper and peppermint like tinge as well as chocolate shavings.
T - taste is rather funky and slightly sour. my first thought is that this is infected. there are notes of chocolate and plenty of dusty cinnamon but the out of place acidity really detracts from the experience as a whole.
M - medium bodied, with a medium carbonation and a slightly watery texture.
O - I really did enjoy the aroma but it does seem to be infected. shame. I'd like to try this again to see what it's like regularly.
Dec 23, 2012S - pleasant aroma. Strong notes of cinnamon are most prominent. There is a spicy pepper and peppermint like tinge as well as chocolate shavings.
T - taste is rather funky and slightly sour. my first thought is that this is infected. there are notes of chocolate and plenty of dusty cinnamon but the out of place acidity really detracts from the experience as a whole.
M - medium bodied, with a medium carbonation and a slightly watery texture.
O - I really did enjoy the aroma but it does seem to be infected. shame. I'd like to try this again to see what it's like regularly.
Reviewed by oberon from North Carolina
3.6/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured into an imperial nonic a deep cola color with a little reddish brown hue to it,a thinner khaki colored head atop.A good shot of cinnamon peaks through the roast in the nose,I picked up a little vanilla tinge as well.Cinnamon really hits hard on the palate,maybe a bit to hard,it's sharp and almost spicy.A cola feel in the mouth it's thin and prety sharp.There is good roast that somewhat balances out the cinnamon flavors but the cinnamon flavors are no joke.It's ok but is not really refined,Iam not sure if I would buy again or not.
Sep 20, 2012Reviewed by Bung from Michigan
3.65/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
22oz. A pretty thick looking used oil brown. Nice tan head, kind of lauered from light to dark, a respectable looking brew.
Aroma, chocolate, vanilla, some sweet spice, cinnamon or nutmeg.
Taste, A little acrid roast at first, not really pleasant. Improves some from there. Cocoa and Christmas cookie. Finish is pretty dry roast and cocoa again.
Medium bodied, maybe a tad watery and thin. A bit one dimensional taste wise. Drinks easy enough once you get by the initial acridity.
Sep 15, 2012Aroma, chocolate, vanilla, some sweet spice, cinnamon or nutmeg.
Taste, A little acrid roast at first, not really pleasant. Improves some from there. Cocoa and Christmas cookie. Finish is pretty dry roast and cocoa again.
Medium bodied, maybe a tad watery and thin. A bit one dimensional taste wise. Drinks easy enough once you get by the initial acridity.
Reviewed by beer2day from North Carolina
3.8/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Deep brown pour with very thin dark cream head. No retention and very little lace, but does leave a very thin sheen down the back of the glass.
Nose is more of a brown ale, sweet with sugar and a touch of molasses. Cinnamon combines with the roast malt to give off a toffee smell.
Flavors are very sweet as well. Molasses, toffee, light roast malt, cinnamon, light sweet tea all combine. Cinnamon gives a light metallic aftertaste.
Feel is a bit thin, but about right for the style.
Worth a shot, but would definitely be better in colder weather.
Aug 24, 2012Nose is more of a brown ale, sweet with sugar and a touch of molasses. Cinnamon combines with the roast malt to give off a toffee smell.
Flavors are very sweet as well. Molasses, toffee, light roast malt, cinnamon, light sweet tea all combine. Cinnamon gives a light metallic aftertaste.
Feel is a bit thin, but about right for the style.
Worth a shot, but would definitely be better in colder weather.
Reviewed by DavyTheFatboy from North Carolina
4.12/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a spanking new 22oz. into a Roth pint glass.
Gorgeous walnut brown color. Looks black at first but draws the eyes into that warm brown hiding within the glass. Quickly receding khaki head that refuses to diminish beyond a graham-cracker-thick and incredibly mousse-y cap.
Smells fantastic. Like candles that get burned around the holidays. Like ginger snaps and molasses cookies. Assertive but not pushy cinnamon nose layered over dark chocolate malt with some coffee floating around the edges.
More of the same, but in reverse. The cinnamon only presents as a kind of heat at first (in the way that cinnamon gum is hot, but mellower), and the initial impression is of caramel and chocolate malts. These are very satisfying, despite the fact that they never truly fill out the flavor of the beer. The finish is long, drying, and that's where the cinnamon really gets rolling. Several minutes between sips and you feel like you've been eating a cinnamon cookie or something.
Feels thinner on the palate than I would have expected by there is a velvety wash on the finish that makes up for it. Make no mistake, the beer feels creamy, but not terribly thick.
Overall, a showcase of technical brilliance. A winter-worthy beer that conjures up the taste of home and brisk autumn days.
Aug 18, 2012Gorgeous walnut brown color. Looks black at first but draws the eyes into that warm brown hiding within the glass. Quickly receding khaki head that refuses to diminish beyond a graham-cracker-thick and incredibly mousse-y cap.
Smells fantastic. Like candles that get burned around the holidays. Like ginger snaps and molasses cookies. Assertive but not pushy cinnamon nose layered over dark chocolate malt with some coffee floating around the edges.
More of the same, but in reverse. The cinnamon only presents as a kind of heat at first (in the way that cinnamon gum is hot, but mellower), and the initial impression is of caramel and chocolate malts. These are very satisfying, despite the fact that they never truly fill out the flavor of the beer. The finish is long, drying, and that's where the cinnamon really gets rolling. Several minutes between sips and you feel like you've been eating a cinnamon cookie or something.
Feels thinner on the palate than I would have expected by there is a velvety wash on the finish that makes up for it. Make no mistake, the beer feels creamy, but not terribly thick.
Overall, a showcase of technical brilliance. A winter-worthy beer that conjures up the taste of home and brisk autumn days.
Forgotten Hollow Cinnamon Porter from Roth Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
29 ratings
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