4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Poured black with medium tan head. Aroma was full with malt, hops and sweet. Flavor was full bodied with same tones as aroma and smooth rich texture. The finish was not as full as other porters.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 oz bottle. Dark brown-black beer with a thick tan lasting head. Aroma of dark chocolate, plums and chocolate covered cherries. A sweet rye-like toastiness. Creamy body with plums, sweets toasted grains, plums and dried fruits. Herbal/spicy hops are also apparent. Long toasty/fruity finish with a hint of saltiness on the back. Great balance, great texture, great beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thick black and viscous. There are tons of coffee and chocolate notes in the aroma. Very robust, yet smooth with a general roasted coffee flavor throughout. Plenty of sweet malt upon first sip and a nice balance of bittering hops. The finish is slighty dry and flavorful leaving you thirsting for more.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep black, with moka head. Nice vanilla chocolate aroma. Intense roasted malt with some nutty bitterness, slight lactic acid taste, creamy mouthfeel, with chocolate lingering for a long time. Splendid.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tief röstmalziger Geruch. Sehr röstmalziger und leicht säuerlicher Antrunk. Im Mittelteil ist der röstmalzerne Teil weiterhin vertreten, eine dezente herbe ist darin zu erkennen. Richtig stark wird es im Nachgeschmack, wo das Bier Kaffee-Geschmack annimmt, dazu herb-bitter. Fruchtige Aromen sindimmer wieder mal hintergründig zu erkennen, im Nachgeschmack auch eine deutliche Schokoladenote. Mit solchen Details ausgestattet ist es wirklich ein super Bier!
Test vom 18.1.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,13,13,15,11,13 - 13,00
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, Black in color. Creamy lightbrown head . Aroma burned mild cofee. Sweet and bitter flavor
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thick, creamy, nearly putty brownish head, slightly irregular and leaving lacerings over ebony beer. Very chocolatey nose, as a creamy chocolate sauce for desserts; hints of tobacco, very lightly smoked and faraway C-hops. Powerful and delicate at the same time, balanced. Dry, smokey flavour with more tobacco and even ashes than the chocolate from the nose. Again just this suspicion of noble USA-hops. Gradually filling in with a discreet acidity from roasted barly and smoked grains, and the essence of unsweetened cappucino. Again wonderful balance. Not rich as a stout, but dry enough, and velvety. Again: excellent balance. Long lingering coffeeish-tobacco aftertaste. Very good porter. America’s oldest surviving craftbrewer has lost nothing of its aim for perfection.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 27, 2009 Bottled. Black beer with a nice off-white head which is fairly long lasting. The aroma is bitter chocloate, and the taste is also domnated by chocolate, almost to be point of being overpowering. A nice drink but needs some balancing.Score 3.7
Subsequent rating scored 3.8. Average unaltered
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