3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a red brown with an off white head. Aroma is coffee with a bit of smoke. Flavor has lots of roasted chocolate notes and a nice bit of hops and earthiness on the finish. Palate is a little watery. Overall, mild and tasty.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown color with a tan head. Roasty malt, chocolate aromas. Smooth chewy mouthfeel. Nice chocolate and bitter black malt flavors with some coffee.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Tustin Brewing’s 13th Anniversary party, this porter is roasty with a nice finish. pretty tasty.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Washington Brewers Festival – Kenmore, WA
Aroma: Dark roasty malt aroma with a nice chocolate backing.
Appearance: Brown in color, clear with a thin head.
Flavor: Deep dark malt, smokey and chocolate flavors.
Palate: Dry finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: My first beer from this new place. This was a great beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours clear brown with a lacy off-white head. Sweet chocolate aroma. Nuttly taste with bits of chocolate, and a bit of coffee shows up in the finish. Seems to me like this beer can’t decide if it wants to be a porter or a brown ale. It’s a good, sessionable beer, but I’d be happier it it came down squarely on the porter side of the equation.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Big roasted coffee bean nose. Thin sweet malt backbone, earthy nutty component with strong roasted malt and coffee. Slight root spice character.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler. Thanks, Homebrew! Pours dark brown with bright caramel highlights. Dense, creamy tan head. Big coffee nose. Creamy medium body. Graham crackers, coffee, and chocolate on the mid-palate. Nice mild finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
4/14/09 On draft at the taproom. Aroma is semi-sweet roast with no dark toast or hop character. Appearance is clear brown with a very well maintained cream colored head. Flavor is lightly sweet malt forward with moderate earthy bittering and a lingering sourness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slight astringency and medium carb feel. Overall, quite drinkable and good roast complexity, takes a couple of minutes to open up, though.
3.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Growler from the Black Raven tasting room. Deep brown color with a reasonable one finger head. Slightly smoky, hints of hickory, tobacco. Excellent carbonation and a bit of alcohol in the finish. Bodes very well for a brand new Washington brewry.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had on draft in the tasting room at Black Raven. Nice brown color. They say it is a brown porter. Coffee malt gives way to nice hop finish.
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