4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Huge creamy head and a super dark body. The flavor and appearance of this one could pass for a stout. Not alot of bitter malt flavors though, just smooth chocolates and roasted malts (i.e. light coffee flavors). Quite nice. A growler made it back to Seattle in fine shape.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
sampled @ brewpub - thin dark brown with slight tan head around the edges; thick aroma mix of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate; creamy texture with lots of chocolate and coffee coming out in the flavors; drinks very smooth and slightly dry; a very nice robust porter
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sampled a pint of this one on draught at the brewpub in Bend, OR. This beer pours to a deep brown to black color, with a thick, white head, and a moderate carbonation. The nose is very nice on this beer, with good aromas of chocolate malts, coffee, light roast, and piney hops. The palate is soft, with good dark chocolate and coffee flavors, with light estery notes of currants, and light roast. This beer finishes with good dark chocolate and coffee flavors, then end roasty, with a piney hop bite that lingers on the tongue. Nice, easy drinking, social pint of porter. Good beer to relax with at the bar, and a nice beer to match with the pub grub on the menu.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown with ruby hued edges. Brown head and big lacing. Chocolate and roast aromas. Soy and bitter hops. Slightly floral. Chocolate mocha with some roast malts. Not strong though. Bitter hops and coffee. Creamy milky body with a thick finish of chocolate and roast.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Bend pub. Oh yeah, Baby. Pours opaque with medium sized frothy tan head. Nice roasty, malty flavor with coffee notes. Creamy mouth feel. Piney hops kick in for a smooth bitter finish. Yum. I should drink more porters.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On Tapat Bend Brewing, poured a deep dark brown with a small light brown head. Spotty lacing. Nice soft roasted aromas and a thin but smooth feel. Lacing the sour bitter burnt flavors of other porters. Nice
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draft: Bend Brewing Company in Bend, OR) Roasted coffee and very chocolaty nose doesn’t predict the flavor, as the flavor is much less chocolaty than I was expecting. Rather, it’s roasty and smoky and reminiscent of smoked bacon. Only mildly sweet, the palate is fairly dry, but the medium body is a bit light for my kind of porter. Dark brown in color with ruddy highlights. Tan head gradually fades to a ring, but not before leaving a fair amount of patchy lacing on the glass. Along with their Old Ale, this is probably the best beer I’ve tried from Bend Brewery, but it’s also the only dark beer on the menu, so go figure.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Another disappointing appearance. Dark murky brown with minimal to no head. Decent black porter, great balanced roastiness, some nice herbal hoppiness. Tasty chocolate flavor.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Served on Tap at the Bend Brewery..in Bend Oregon.
Nice dark brown colour..almost black.Large an lasting creamy tan head.
the aroma is subdued but pleasant..mostly of chocoalte malts.
Nice taste very smooth woth loads of dark chocolate flavour.Esspresso coffee too..nice.
Very smooth and creamy on the palte..very good.
A very drinkable porter.I enjoyed this one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep brown, lasting tan head.Lightly roasted nose.Medium roasted profile, somewhat bitter finish
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