 dukefan (163), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Dec 19, 2002
Hearty, smoky, flavorful beer that keeps you warm on a cold winter’s night. Take a great, great Porter, and add an acceptable level of smokiness, and this is a classically flavored beer.
malrubius (402), USA
Aug 12, 2008 Updated: Aug 13, 200812 ounce bottle, warm from the shelf because I forgot to put it in the fridge, in pint glass. Dark brown/black with lasting light brown head. Earthy chocolate yeasty fresh aroma. Dark chocolate earthy dark fruit with mild smoke and underlying English bitterness. Very smooth, nice mouthfeel. Medium body. medium-low carbo. Deceptively strong. Excellent.
radiomgb (1730), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Aug 8, 2008 Deep brown in colour with a large and lingering tan coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is starting to turn a bit to the sour side, very light roast, some chocolate sweetness. The flavour is roasty, creamy and sweet, milk chocolate, sugar with some very light sourness but nowhere near what was in the aroma. Mildly biiter and roasty mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes with a lingering roasty bitterness.
Not bad, this bottle might be a bit old but I opened it only a couple months after buying it. Another reason for brewers to start dating bottles.
355ml bottle from the Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York.
Opened on March 2 2008.
No date.
esjaygee (721), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 7, 2008 Dark brown with an extra large tan sudsy head, slowly dissipating. Aroma of sweet malt, roasted malt, coffee and mild hops. Thick body contains roasted malt, coffee, peat and light chocolate. Decently balanced with a nice bitter finish.
gunnfryd (2718), Kristiansand, Norway
Aug 4, 2008 Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is sour , berries, licorice coffee. Flavour is sour, sweet, roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Nice blend. Nice beer.
yngwie (3394), Kristiansand, Norway
Jul 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours a really dark brown body under a beige head. Sourish and funky nose, barnyard-like, with chocolate and some roasted malt and coffee. Funky flavors too, with a light citrus touch, as well as chocolate and coffee. Medium body with a little sourish touch. Judging from the other ratings, it seems the funk shouldn’t be there, but it was, and it was nice. Really nice. (080620)
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