DuClaw X-1 (Imperial Chocolate Rye Porter)

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Pours black with a cream brown like foam that just hugs the ring of my glass. The aroma is of malts, chocolate, lite smoke, and lite fruit. The flavor has malts, bitter chocolate, and a touch of rye in the finish. The after taste is pleasant. The X1 is balanced nicely. No ingredient comes off too strong. Overall this was a fine brew, well worth trying.

Black pour with a decent sized khaki head .... aroma is all chocolate baby, with a light roasted and caramel malt ..... taste is of chocolate/cocoa, roasted and caramel malts ..... body is nice and full with a light oily/slickness to it .... finish is lightly bitter ... the rye is hardly there, but this is a solid imperial porter .... almost reminds me of a southern tier choklat

Bottle thanks Kerry! Pours jet black medium khaki head. Big coco aroma. Taste is medium body lots of creamy chocolate and spice from rye

Bottle split with everyone for NYE. Pitch black pour. slight head. Some chocolate notes in the aroma. Taste is rather thin but has some chocolate, roastiness, and just a little bit of heft but not much.

Bottle courtesy of Dallas on NYE shared with Dallas, Moreau, PJ, and Wallace. Pours a deep brownish black body with thin chocolate brown lacing. Aroma is roasty with a touch of smoke and fruit. Mouthfeel is medium to thin with notes of roast, toasted malts, smoke, light fruity malts and a touch of earth.

Bomber from The Perfect Pour, Elkridge, MD. Viscous, oily, near black pour with a silky tan head on top. Nose is richly sweet as expected, but in addition to the hints of roast coffee the spice and grain give this a depth dimension that redeems it from being overly cloying. The hefty mouthfeel gives it even more of a bready quality, an earthy dessert like a hippie muffin or something. Plus breakfast stout. What’s not to like?

Serving: 22 oz. bottle from State Line Liquors. It pours a viscous black with a thick tan head. The nose has notes of soy sauce and chocolate. A little smokiness emerges as it warms. Full bodied and rich on the tongue. A little sweetness combined with notes of soy, dark chocolate, earthy malt, and smoke. Quite the combination. Very tasty stuff.

Bottle. Pours black with thin, tan, fluffy head. Aroma is chocolate and malts. Flavor is awesome. Chocolate, malts and a perfect mouthfeel. Very nice.

Shared bottle at craft ale house. Pours black with no head. The aroma Is rye and sweet dark malt. The taste is sweet with a rye spice.

Pretty amazing stuff! Pours black with no head. Aroma is chocolate, cherries, coffee, tobacco, and light smoke. Silky smooth in mouth, slightly oily. Finish is slightly tobacco / coffee, with a bitter, dry finish.