3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a surprisingly light color for a porter. The color is really a light brown. But despite the light color this brew is not light in any other way. Strong roasted and burnt malty aromas and flavors make this beer a real treat.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
Draft. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of berries on a lightly malty background, leading to a dry buttery finish. Off or unclean lines in the bar.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Roasted malt aroma,a little faint. Flavour is roasted malt, breadish and slight liqourice note. Bitter and roasted finish. Nice and smooth. Vague butterish note
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Date: July 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark red, fine tan head, drippy lace
Flavor: sweet caramel and chocolate flavor
Overall: rich chocolate flavor, light caramel sweetness, light balancing earthyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted at the brewpub on 7/9/2009. This porter pours a medium to dark amber gold color from the tap. Small sized beige head. The aroma is chocolate, coffee and a touch nutty. A medium bodied porter. The malts are roasted, chocolate and coffee. The hops are earthy. Nice balance. Good carbonation. There is a touch of a nutty flavors is this one as well. It just so light in color, not that that is a bad thing, you just expect a porter to be much darker in color. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007
Roast aroma. Small white head. Mid brown coloured and fruity with a slightly dry burnt roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I had this on draft at the Beach Chalet brewpub.
For a porter, a lighter brown than usual, but the dry, roasty, nutty coffee flavors stood out.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draught, Beach Chalet. Head is fully diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, chocolate/cocoa). Flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively/fizzy carbonation. Kind of crude and basic.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at the brewery. Beer is clear, very dark brown with a small, off-white, frothy, mostly and totally diminishing head.<P>Aroma is malty with moderate notes of toasted grain, coffee, chocolate; Trace note of yeasty basement.<P>The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter, light/moderately acidic/bright with an average-length, lightly bittersweet finish. Roasty rets.<P>The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is fizzy.<P>Flat, pale, forgettable.
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