2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: AUG 13, 2006 Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma is lightly malty (chocolate, roasted grain), lightly hoppy (pine), with a note of fennel/anise seed. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Is it just me or has this gotten more sour and simple of late?
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: NOV 25, 2003 2003-05-15, 5-5-5-3-11
Dark color. Some malt aroma; phenol. Malt mouthfeel, some roasted malt, caramel, phenol again! (maybe too warm).
2003-02-08, 7-5-8-5-16
Black color, brownish persistent head, nice perlage. Pleasant nose of malt, roasted malt; light medicine. Excellent mouth feeling, wrapping, roasted malt, light coffee, light liquorice, roasted nuts, malt, some sweetness. Powerful final, long, a lot bitter and with a bold liquorice character.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
eh. it’s a completely acceptable porter, but there’s not much special about it.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Black with brown head. Chocolate malt nose. Rich malt flavor with mild alcohol heat
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A very heavy tasting porter. Not as smooth as It could be, in my mind. Nice deep malty flavor, but something is funny here. Can't quite pin it down. Smells and tastes like it's an 7% or 8% beer rather than a mere 5.6% beer. Not the best porter I've ever had...
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nice packaging. Not bad taste or aftertaste. To be honest the first thing I tasted was metal.. Hopefully from the bottlecap. I would probably try something new versus purchasing this again, though.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
kind of so so to me. not very complex. roasted malt and more roasted malt. no head. mouth feel not the greatest, i found it to crisp. need to rate this one again.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
(bottle): Pours a dark black-brown color. Big light brown head, good lacing. Dark heavy aroma, chocolate and some alcohol. Chocolately roasted taste, with some alcohol. Soft mouthfeel, fizzy. Somewhat acidic with meat pizza. An okay porter.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(bottle from Weber St. Liquor in Colorado Springs). Dark brown color. Large tan head, which is mostly diminishing. Sweet malt aroma. Moderate roast coffee flavor. Avg duration. Light bitter finish. Slick texture. Soft carbonation. Good lacing.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2007 Pours a dark brown color with thick frothy tan head that fades quickly. Aroma of malt, chocolate, faint coffee and molasses. Taste is somewhat fruiter then any porter I’ve had, almost a dark fruit flavor. The chocolate and roasted coffee make their expected appearance but are downplayed a bit. Some roasted grain shows up in the finish. Carbonation is moderate. There is a bit of an astringent or citric alcohol taste as well. Not impressed.
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