3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
An opaque brown beer with a small light brown head. The aroma is sweet malty, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of yeast, chocolate, and hints of coffee.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl9 Courtesy of iowaherkey. Clear, reddish brown with a dense and creamy, beige head. Roasted malty aroma. Medium-bodied with lightly sweet hard roasted malt and some fruit. Dry, lightly malt bitter finish. 201008
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours deep brown with a small redish/deep amber with a small tan head. Light woody and caramel aroma. Flavour is mild bitter and chocolate malty with a light roasted note. Ends smooth and chocolate flavoured with a vague acidic roasted note.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Dark brown. Roasty coffee aroma. Dry and medium bodied. Hoppy. Salty licorice dominates until the really bitter finish.
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
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Black color. Light aroma, some caramel, roasted malt and paperboard. Roasted malt caramel and malt taste; very light coffee presence in the bitter finish. Ordinary.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown with reddish glimts. Sweet aroma with plenty of roasted malt, chocolate and caramel. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle) Pours a dark brown (almost black) with a large frothy tan head. Aroma of roasted coffee, chcolate, and hints of burnt candy. Medium body with a creamy mouthfeel. Long flavor retention of raosted coffee and chocolate. A yummy treat! Thanks Kevin42!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Thanks to SB for this one. Pours a black color with a tan head. Roasted malty aroma with some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty flavor with lots of coffee and chocolate. Roasted malty finish with lots o coffee in the aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark porter, stoutish in appearance. Serious coffee aroma -- do a blind smell test and you’d have trouble picking out the Starbucks. Flavor is bitter coffee. Between this and the Java Stout, it’s clear Larry likes his coffee almost as much as he likes his beer.
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