3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
[929-20071206] 12floz. Boozy roasted malt aroma. Clear, dark brown red body with a long-lasting creamy almond head. Coffee roasted malt flavour has a bit of chocolate. Full body is smooth. Bottle poured by the brewer himself, apparently he had wanted more chocolate than Guinness.
Brewer told me it is also bottled as the Ybor Gold Gaspar Porter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Beerlando and served in my Stone IRS snifter: Deep brown hue with a fading but lasting tan head and spotty lace. The aroma has notes of caramel and charred malts, coffee, hint of chocolate and cola, with just a hint fig esters. The taste is rather mundane with soft dark grains over a yeasty background supported by some coffee and hop bitterness. The finish is chalky and rather flat on the palate. A standard mass produced porter with no clean cut attributes.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Sweet nose, lots of coffee and caramel. Dark brown with an amber tint. Opens sharp and thin, especially thin in the middle, and finishes a bit more smoothly. Strong bittersweet coffee flavor. An okay attempt, but a disappointing porter overall.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
GABF. Dark pour. Some roastiness on the aromas, but the flavor dissapointed somewhat. Burnt malts were there, but a bit too bitter I thought. Just ok
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle... Dark ruby ale with a small, frothy, beige head. Grainy, chocolaty nose with a rumor of coffee. Thin, bland flavor with light sweetness, ultra-mild bitterness and touches of acidity and cocoa. Light to medium-bodied with fizzy carbonation. MIldly chocolaty, modestly tangy finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Dark malts, choclate, mild aroma. pours dark brown, with a thin off white head. Mild chocolate flavor, alright roasted flavors, very mild.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Very dark brown. Small tan head. Nose is bittersweet chocolate and lightly roasted malt. Same flavor, a bit more roasty, almost stout like. Some cereal grains, also. Medium body, balanced carbonation. Mediocre.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours dark brown with a small light tan head. Smells of dark fruits, a little nuttiness, dark malts. Nothing special. The taste is pretty sweet, almost tart, but some mild roast and chocolate in the finish. Medium-bodied and a little thin on the palate. A little too sweet for my taste with this style, I like them more roasty. Not terrible, but nothing to write home about.
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