2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 EithCubes (3053) - GERMANY - AUG 22, 2008
Bottle. Thin roast and caramel nose with a little dusty cardboard. Coke pour with a fizzy tanned - light brown head. Dry, roasty, with a touch of ash and too-strong carbonation. Thin, watery body, caramel and corn syrup with a little bit of earth and near-noble hops. Threatens to cloy but doesn’t quite get there. Simplistic and a bit artificial; finished about a third of the bottle before deciding I’d had enough of this!
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 toddkrem (92) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - AUG 21, 2008
Color is dark with a medium head. Tastes semi smokey and roasted. Has a good taste not too strong but just enough. A good dark beer that isn’t too thick so I can drink it in the summer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 heemer77 (4754) - Urbandale, Iowa, USA - AUG 19, 2008
Nearly black body that show a pretty garnet color when held to light. The head is large and light brown. The aroma is rich with chocolate chip pancakes and light coffee. There is a hint of prunes. The taste is light milk chocolate mixed with cheap coffee. There is also some cola. A decent porter, this could use a little more roast character.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 afireinside96 (924) - Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 18, 2008
12oz bottle served in a shaker glass. Dark brown body that light can barely penetrate topped by a dissipating tan head. Smells of biscuit and chocolate. Smooth roasted flavor with some hints of coffee and bitter chocolate.
This was the only beer of the six in my variety case that doesn’t completely suck! It is too bad that you never see it alone because the variety case was only $24 and I would gladly pay that for a case of this.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 BigBen2120 (688) - Derry, New Hampshire, USA - AUG 18, 2008
12oz brown bottle as part of a multi-pack. Pours a dark brown/black nearly opaque body with ruby-red highlights and a half inch of light tan head. Smells toasty with strong caramel notes and a hint of hops. Tastes toasty with toffee and caramel with slight grassy hops toward the finish. Medium-bodied with ample carbonation. A darn good porter for sure, much better than expected, and certainly the best beer from this brewer I’ve had so far.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 AskForJenny (907) - Ontario, New York, USA - AUG 18, 2008
12oz - Nicely balanced with a decent roasted profile. Tastes like a proper porter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 hopson (633) - Williamsville, New York, USA - AUG 15, 2008
craft sampler- enjoyed this one, and much of the pack- roasted flavors muted appropriately, and coffee able to shine with a somewhat astringent bitterness. Nice.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 BeerGestapo (754) - Mt.Joy, Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 14, 2008
(USA) Courtesy of AFI96, thanks Waylo !! Pours a nice dark brown almost black with a sm-tan head. the aroma is of warm bread, roasted malts and grains. The taste is of roasted malts chocolate and some coffee. The mouthfeel is kind of thin and dry, but very drinkable.
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