3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub. Brown color, chocolate/dirt aroma (dirt in a good way), smooth in the mouth, fizzy during the swallow. A decent mellow porter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark mahogany with reddish tints and a white head. Chocolate, caramel, coffee, lactic sugars, and roasted malts. Not too good for the style.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells roasty and sweet. Tastes roasty and sweet with a light peppery finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
on tap-pours a light brown head and black color with red tint. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate/ashy. Taste is dark malt-peat/chocolate, some earthy hops. Medium body.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured from a growler. It poured a very dark brown to almost black with a puffy tan head. It leaves a good amount of lacing. The aroma is of cocoa, chocolate, malts, and some hops. Medium motuhfeel and creamy on the tongue. The hops are quite noticeable. It finishes dry. I thought it was pretty good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On-tap at the brewpub in New London, NH. Two finger tan head that fades slowly leaving a trace of lace. Almost black color. Light carbonation and heavy bodied. Chocolate/coffee nose. Starts with a bitter chocolate/coffee flavor, hints of sweetness, bakers chocolate finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Clear dark brown color with no head. Aroma of roasted malt and licorice. Very average flavor of roasted malt. The palate is light and dry.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Strong roasty aroma with some herbal notes. Medium brown colour with shy off-white head that recedes to ring. Flavour is predominantly roasty, thin and vinous with a sour grape character that sticks to the tongue. Medium light body with very low carbonation. Another beer from this brewpub that seems stale or oxidised and not fully fermented. Sampled at the brewpub with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Burnt toast emulating ashes...Watery thin body and dunkel-like appearance...A frown appears on the taster’s face as sourness surges...
1.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2005 Sample at the brewpub. Brewer Kevin Kerner told me he didn’t really like or "get" porters, and I guess that shows in this interesting but uneven oddity. Very vinous and sweet, acidic, "off" in a way but I have to say I kind of enjoyed it. Not "true to style" at all; I think you’ll like this more if you’re a wine drinker.6/4/5/3/12 3.0
March 25, 2005: way too kind to this before, I was...very light, solid unadorned roasty nose is decent..but vinous, lactic (unfermented?) spoiled character really destroys it.
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