3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2008 I tried this several times over the course of a week. Each time I had a slightly different impression. Overall, I didn’t find the beer all that special, all though it’s a solid porter. Average malt w/ notes of molasses and coffee; average hops; medium body
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 13, 2012
Date: April 02, 1998
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: Hazy dark brown, whispy tan head
Aroma: chocolate malt aroma
Flavor: damaged malt flavor, bitter
Date: November 05, 2004
Aroma: lots of roasted aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of hop bitterness, touch of smokey roasted character, still not porterish
Date: April 28, 2006
Source: brewpub
Score: i to ii
picking up more chocolate to go with the roasted, this is a porter
Date: May 23, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.0 to 3.3
more chocolate than roasted, keeps getting better
Date: May 05, 2012
Mode: cask
Source: bsp
Aroma: dry chocolate aroma, light smoke
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, mostly dry and earthy, touch of sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 6, 2008 12oz bottle sans batch number. Pours a cola brown with a small, light tan head. Aroma is very sweet, beery, a lot of dark fruits, and smoke. Significant smoke. Nutty. Not completely pleasant and certainly does not have the aromatic characteristics I like in a porter. Flavor is better. Slight roast, a nudge of chocolate with a quick finish. Small amount of fruit in the taste. Medium bodied, just heavy enough for me not to complain that it’s too light-bodied. Drinkability is high. Uniqueness is low. A bit of a let down.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, thanks to after4ever. Pours opaque blackish brown with a substantial beige head. Coffee aroma. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Nutty chocolate taste with a piney bitterness behind it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. This has all the normal characteristics of a good porter. Dark color. Strong codffee/malt aromas and flavors. Not the best but well worth a drink.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12-ounce. Thanks, Theisti! Pours deep opaque black with a thick, off-white, moussy head. Oddly soured nose, almost like sour milk. Rauchmalt? Almost smoky sour. Medium body with gentle carb, definitely forward flavors: all the coffee, chocolate, smoke, and roast promised by the brewer’s notes. Pleasing, slightly creamy mid-palate. A bit off overall, but not obviously flawed.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle, Batch 7990. Pours dark brown with small brown head. Aroma roasted coffee. Taste of coffee and chocolate with bitter after taste.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Aroma of roasted malts light smokiness. Pours a dark brown almost black very thin head quickly dissapated. Flavor is roast malts, smoke and a taste of cocoa. Palate was nice evenly lively. Overall I liked it want to get more. What can I say Ring the Bells!!!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz Bottle pours out a very dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nice dark roast aroma along with a little smoke. Tast of sweet chocolate. A little thin but still ok. A nice brew. thanks S Santa for another fine Bell’s brew.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A decent brew, poured a dark brown, slight head, easy drinking, plenty of roasted malt, along with some chocolate, Some smoke flavor to it, an enjoyable brew!
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