3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a deep brown color with aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. Taste of coffee mixed with sweetness of chocolate and caramel. A very complex beer, that melds all the flavors wonderfully. A smooth tasting porter that I had the pleasure of drinking an entire bottle of.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Let down by this one. I might be jaded b/c I was in SF yesterday and had an Anchor Porter fresh on draft at their restaurant in SFO and I consider that the measure by which I pretty much judge all porters. This one was dull by comparison. Some light coffee, some caramel malts, maybe a little chocolate. A rare miss by Firestone for me.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at Churchkey. Thin black pour. Nose and flavor are rife with milk and dark chocolate, cream, roasted malt, and beautiful touches of dark fruit. The fruity sweetness and cream are what put this into the upper echelons of the style, with a beautiful dry roasty finish to the palate. Damn good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Fairly normal looking porter with ok beige head and some lace. Aroma is clean and bright with light sweet chocolate and rounded toasted malts. Flavor is semisweet chocolate at first, a very well rounded malt middle, and a drying light tannin and spicy bitter finish. Body is substantial but crisp...yet it lingers. Quite a complex beer with lots of subtleties. Sessionable actually.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep mahogany pour with cocoa head. Nose is tart with bittersweet chocolate. On the tongue subtle raisin, chocolate, molasses. Well balanced and quite drinkable.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Everybody at the bar has proclaimed the greatness of Firestone Walkers Reserve. First try of Walkers is a shift drink for me. Medium bodied, coffee, oats and roasted malts. Woodiness prevails but Cascade hops are backing up the malts. Well put together Robust Porter.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours dark brown to almost black with nice fluffy head and medium lacing. Aromas of cocoa and chocolate. Medium bitterness. Full body, creamy, with the malts taking over the palate at the finish. Very sessionable for a porter.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz. bottle- Pours almost black with a nice light tan two finger head. The aroma is wood, slightly tart, weird aroma for a porter, but good, hard to identify. The taste is cocolatey and coffee, with wood added, tasty. Body is medium, creamy, carbonation is medium. Overall one of the best porters I have had, great beer!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black in color. Off-white head. Okay lacing. Earhty aroma. There is a slight hoppy aroma. Watery texture with a heavy finish. Not what i was hoping. Kind of dissappointing for a firestone walker.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Very good beer. Dark brown color with a thin dissipating head. I love the way this one goes down, pretty thin gut doesn’t lack any flavor. Great bitterness and coffee tones. Drinking a bomber but think it was a little better on draft. Another great selection from Firestone Walker.
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