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From the brewer
This oak barrel aged porter celebrates an attempted insidious plot executed by Guy Fawkes & his band of anti-heroes on November 5th, 1605 with an explosion of bourbon, chocolate, and coffee. This beer pairs well with Bangers, treacle toffee or burning your Guy Fawkes on a bon-fire. Cheers, enjoy some fireworks in a glass. Released annually on November 5th.
Average Scores
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2023 release
Dry coffee, a touch of chocolate, a touch of something herbal as well that wasn't quite but reminded me of mint.
2022 release
Holds up in character through the nitro, chocolatey, roasty, mellow.
2018 release
Medium roast, coffee-centric. Smooth from the nitro but characterful enough. Again, the barrel character was almost nonexistent. This wasn't going to win any contest against the Splinters, but it was a nice, lighter followup.
2017 release
Better than I remember from past releases. Still not much of the barrel spirit present, if at all, but a fine roast stout with coffee notes, enough to counteract the nitro blandness and produce some solid flavor.
unknown release
This seems very different every year. This one was a lot like a sweet, dessert coffee drink, with just a bit of sourness. Still no real obvious barrel character in evidence.
unknown release
Oak, vanilla, buttery caramel and molasses flavors. It's very sweet and a little bit boozy. Feels more like a barrel aged quad than a porter. Maybe a little bit too sweet.
2013 release
For whatever reason, this was better the second time. Well integrated with a kind of lactic-acid super-creaminess reminiscent of sour cream. Which I mean in a good way.
2013 release
Smells great, coffee and bourbon. Taste is thinner and drier, with that nitro chemical quality that I don't like, but with nice woody and chocolate character.