2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Black body with a smattering of tan bubbles on top. The aroma has dry chocolate and grain. I’d consider the flavor to be sort of light in that there’s a dry chocolate roast that’s sort of cut down the middle with a sugar-sweet caramel. The finish is pretty sweet, I get some cane sugar with a slight touch of bitterness.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
On tap at the brewpub, 4/13/06: Dark black with an off-white foam top. Light smoky aroma. Smooth and lightly bittered with an odd twist. Bit thin. But OK.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Very light malt aroma, could never tell its a porter by smelling it, a simple light slightly roasted malt taste, with not much happening otherwise It’s like a light schwarzbier
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Draught sampled at the brewery. beer was clear, very dark brown with a small, light brwn, frothy, mostly diminishing head. The aroma was moderately malty with a note of husky roasted grain; Yeasty with a trace of cheese. The flavor was moderately sweet, lightly bitter with a long, lightly acidic, moderately bittersweet finish. Cheesy/roasty retros. The body was medium, the texture was watery and the carbonation was less-than-lively.
2.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Little aroma. I did not like this. Strainy, with a hint of roast and smoke, but not a good flavor. A little sweet.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Alas, a dark beer from Estes Park… hope… uh, no. Gusher of a bottle… Brown with a mammoth tan head. Aroma of grain, sweet malt, chocolate, tree bark and a something sour. Body is chewy, dusty and astringent with mild notes of chocolate and malt. Perhaps this bottle was a touch old, however I’m sure this wouldn’t be that good straight from the tap.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Watery pour. Hints of sweet chocolate and coffee. Tastes like its water down. Overpowering bitterness is all I can taste. Hey at the end I can taste a little coffee.
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.
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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