3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Growler brought down to FL by my sister. Pours dark dark brown with brown edges and light mocha head. The aroma comes across as mild at times and then surges up briefly bringing roasty to mildly burnt malts and a hint of nuttiness. The taste seems sessionable, smooth and pretty tasty with burnt to roasty malts that mingle together and grow some to midway. It kind of thins out as the finish draws and the flavor blend of roasty to burnt malts recedes. Not exactly the Perfect Porter as the name may suggest.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nitro draft at Dragonmead. Smooth beer all around and I enjoyed very much. Good finish... better than I remember from previous visits.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
draft... this was the best of the several porters I had but still not something I can recommend
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
nitro body. earthy choco comes out in the nose. flavor of bitter chocolate, peanut shell, nuts and grass. dry finish. creamy, dense mouthfeel
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
a beautiful beer. i wish it was a little bolder/roastier/stronger.. not bad
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Sample at the brewpub. Black pour with a big tan nitro head. Very dry and roasty aroma that is also slightly vegetal. Bready malt flavor with molasses and some roast on the back end.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ Hop Cat, Grand Rapids: Dark brown pour with brown creamy head. Nose is chocolate and vanilla, with hints of roasted coffee beans and nuts... Flavors are chocolate, coffee, nuts, touch of a hint of a suggestion of smoke, and creamy vanilla. Licorice seems to dance around upfront and then again in the finish. A bit too thin-bodied for my liking.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Muted coffee, clay, dust. Dark brown with a wispy tan head. Coffee, clay and muddled with that general earthy messy flavor many Dragonmead beers have.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Growler courtesy Ibrew2or3. Pours black with a large mostly lasting tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, and a hint of papery oxidation. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium thin mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Good.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap @ the brew pub: Pours a dark brown with a big tan head. Aroma, chocolate, some coffee, kinda weak. Flavor, roasted notes, chocolate, some caramel, but it’s on nitro and loses something.
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