1.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
12 oz. bottle into tulip glass. Purchased at some grocery store in Brookfield, WI sometime in 2004. Smells yeasty and malty with some lemon grass thrown in. Deep red-brown with absolutely no head. Sweet; not much roastiness at all; very flat (I wonder if I got a bad bottle?); not much hop character; slight fruitiness, like diluted cherry juice. Very watery with light to medium body. No character to this beer at all.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
This is very orindinary. Sub-ordinary, in fact. Watery and weak in flavor and body.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle, poured a deep opaque brown with very little head. Aroma is a bit weak, but is mainly toasted malt and cocoa. Body is kind of weak with light malt/chocolate flavors. Most of the flavor comes on the front of the palate and the finish is watery. Slight coffee aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
had at the brewery on a recent visit to estes park. coffee and coco dominate the aroma while a dry hops flavor comes through on the taste. underrated!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours an opaque black into the glass with a smallish tan head. Nose is cocoa and chocolate. Mouthfeel is fairly creamy. Nice flavor of coffee, cocoa, toffee and licorice. Not overly carbonated. Nice finish. A good porter than can pair well with wild game, elk steaks or buffalo burgers.
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black in color......opaque. An almost nonexistent head. Complex aroma with varying roasted and sweet notes. Slightly sweet malt taste up front......fairly smooth mouthfeel with a hint of crispness. Finishes with a basic malt back.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Not too bad--didn't seem to have a lot of heft but the flavor was decent. Initial full roasted malt flavor & some chocolate overtones, with a moderate hop finish. Like some other raters, I thought it was slightly watery too.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Malty aroma, little head. Initial flavor but it rapidly fades to nothing. Slightly sweet, roasted finish. Overall, a pretty bland porter. The Estes Park Winter Warlock beer is 10 times better!
1.1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
This beer made the mediocre Samson stout seem impressive. The appearance was weak, the head was non-existant which seems to be standard with any Estes Park brew. I could not detect any discernable aroma at all. The flavor was dark and bitter with a watery, oily body followed by a metallic aftertaste. I haven’t had many porters but this is easily the worst.
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