3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Sledutah (2141) - Utah, USA - DEC 13, 2010
On tap at 21A
Appearance: Dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts and bitter chocolate
Taste: Toasted malts, bitter and dark fruits
A nice solid porter
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20 womencantsail (3927) - Home of Rebecca Black, California, USA - DEC 1, 2010
A: The pour is a dark brown color with reddish hints and a tan head.
S: This beer reeks of roasted malt, smoke, ash, and more roasted (burnt) malts for good measure. A bit of a burnt, over-roasted coffee thing, too.
T: As bad as the nose was, it got worse. This one tastes like an ashtray. Burnt malts, ash, spent cigarettes, and some subtle coffee and chocolate flavors.
M: The body is medium and so is the level of carbonation.
D: Another awful beer from 21A. Just nothing really nice to say about this one.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 marcus (4047) - Sacramento, California, USA - NOV 26, 2010
On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head and a mocha aroma. There is a robust chocolate and treacle flavor with a dry slightly bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 nickd717 (3301) - San Francisco, California, USA - NOV 21, 2010
On tap at 21st Amendment. Good appearance on this one - clear dark brown with a two-finger khaki head sitting on top. Nice roasty aroma, slightly charcoaly with dark chocolate notes and hops evident. The flavor is also very roasty with dark chocolate. The only drawback is a very slight plasticky flavor. A little thin on the palate, although it has a good ashy dryness to it. Overall a good but not great porter.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 badlizard (4405) - San Diego, California, USA - NOV 13, 2010
Black with a creamy light brown head. Nice roasted grain chocolate and bready aroma and taste with a hint of coffee to the finish. Velvetty palate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 bb (4888) - Alamo, California, USA - NOV 10, 2010
Draft. Dark mahogony beer with a tan head. Malt and light chocolate aroma with light coffee. Light roast and nutty flavor with light chocolate and light coffee. Medium bodied. Roast and toffee linger with nuttiness, light coffee, and chocolate,
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