3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUN 16, 2009 Bottled. So I’m sitting here at home after driving around with the wife and kid and her sisters and their kids to the museum, with my car in the shop, and not finding out until late in the evening that they have to keep it another day because the spark plug that they stripped the threads putting in wrong two years ago would have to be worked out carefully, and it was too late to get a loaner so I could go to work tomorrow, and I say to myself, "Self," I say, "You need to settle down with a nice porter. What’s in the fridge?"
Well, this, for one. Pours out a nice deep brown body and a thin brown head. Good smell of chocolate malts. More chicory than coffee. Just a touch of astringency that almost pushes it into stout territory. Roasty and slightly smoky. Nice warming alcohol, despite being a mere 6%. Just the thing to lift my mood, and a great beer to have as part of Bell’s regular lineup, available in finer stores in the Chicago area, too.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma of cocoa, coffee and a slight roast malt. Pours dark brown with a medium white head. Taste is roasty and dry. Coffee, dark chocolate, and sweet beer backing it up. Great porter.
3.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 oz bottle, dark brown appearance, almost black.minimal head. Aroma is very faint and malty with some roasty nuttiness. Taste is very well balanced between sweet and bitter. Fully body, active on the palate, nice mildly bitter almost sweet chocolate aftertaste. Just a very well done porter.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I am especially fond of porter beer and Bell’s is not a disappointment. Long known in the southwest area of Michigan, Bell’s brews a lot of different styles of beer and I think they hit their peak with this porter. Just an excellent beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark fruit notes in the nose. Flavor or mild chocolate and caramel. Realtively smooth finish. Solid offering.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very dark brown, almost pitch black, with some light shining through. Creamy and bubbly tan head, about half a finger thick. Moderate lacing and retention.
Light aromas of roasted malt, some alcohol and faint coffee-like scents. All very light, noticeable by sniffing very attentively. Not bad.
Nice mouth full of chewy roasted malt and other dark flavors, very light as the style usually dictates. Light body with lots of carbonation.
Solid porter, nothing wowing, but porters are not supposed to be. Light but tasty, very satisfying and flavorful without being too light.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark block with thick white fluffy head. Aroma of light smoke and chocolate/coffee. Light and smooth. Very tasty easy drinking porter. I could drink this all day!
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3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours oil black. Thin body for a porter. Slight bitterness. Roasted taste. Some coffee, not much chocolate.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with small head aroma of chocolate grape.. Taste is malty nutty raisen..good stuffs
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tastes like a mouthful of dirty raisins, but not as bad as you'd think. Pours jet black, no head.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
355ml bottle from knightly spirits. FL VC #8. brown tan head. nice dark malt, lightly smokey, well hopped. a touch thin, but a solid session porter.
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