3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black with generous brown head.Lightly astringent dry roasted nose.Sweet malt,molasses/brown sugar palate, lightly roasted,slightly winey.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a dark mahogany beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of licorice. The flavor is sweet and smoke. The palate is dry and bitter. Overall a good beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Like drinking chocolate milk, very sweet, and lactic, and very roasted caramel malt. Some licorice and molasses, with a dry roasted coffee finish. Very decent, smooth and easy to drink. A nice surprise.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle purchased at BevMo in Vacaville. Kinda surprised I have never rated this. Just realized this after reading grant’s review. Aroma is quite pleasant with a great deal of cocoa, anise, and sugar cane. Quite quaffable. Modestly hazy mahogany-amber body with a medium tan head with adequate lacing. A little sweetness to start, before this becomes more anise-like with some definite underlying choco and coffee tones. A bit musty. Finishes pretty burnt and bitter with a deal of hops. This is pretty good stuff, which is a touch of a surprise.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark brown with a beige head. The aroma is mainly roasted malt with some coffee. The flavor is heavy on the roasted malt. Not as much coffee or chocolate in the flavor as I was expecting. The alcohol is well hidden. Medium mouthfeel and carbonation. Fairly cream finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, at No. 5 (031103).
Dark brown. Aroma moderate to heavy malty (burnt). Flavor moderate sweet, light bitter.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A very nice beer, this one poured a dark brown/black color with a touch of mahogany red edges. The head was substantial but short-lived. Lacing was persistent for the duration of consumption. Flavor was initially malty sweet (touch of molasses and caramel) with noticeable alcohol. Then it turned slightly bitter with a grassy finish. The aftertaste (only) was somewhat reminiscent of Warsteiner’s dunkel, but the heart of this beer and flavor was pretty solid. I’ll return to this one someday - not a bad price for a decent amount of flavor.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared with Jerc, GregClow, and Blankboy after MBG 06, Greg’s bottle. Black, frothy tan head. Nice cola and hop aroma - sweet. Nice taste - good hops, thin body, very sweet. A really nice simple solid Baltic porter.
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