3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 2, 2010 RE-RATE BOTTLE LESS COLD - no plastic this time, pleasing hops reminiscent of Hoptical Illusion, maybe a little stronger lemon, and has some more caramel malt, maybe a little roast - not a lot of porter characteristics and passes for decent everyday beer for the snob. --ORIG RATE 7 3 6 3 13 = 3.2. Served ice cold it has dark brown with small tan head, smell nice herbal and hemp hops + some mineral and citrus. Taste nice lemony hops over a tart-sweet malty and fruit base. Slight note plastic. Decent non-conformist style of ale, not exactly a porter but I love the lemon-hop character.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle ( 341ml ). At Cowbell. Clear yet nearly opaque ruby / brown-black with a somewhat small creamy tan head with a bit of lacing. Up-front Cascade resiny hop bitterness decently backed with dry roast cocoa/nutty malt and a hint of powdered milk. Taste is quite dry, slightly sweet but mostly nutty, coffee & cocoa - slightly herbal bitter, not as much "C" hoppiness as in the aroma. Average body, pleasing low-level but lasting carbonation, with a sweet up-front and a dry, somewhat quick grassy bitterness for a linger. Overall quite decent, could be a tad roastier, but it’s clean, not sour or harsh - I would drink it again.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from the brewery. Pours deep brown, with tan head, leaves some lacing. Aroma and sweet hocoately malt, big cascade hop finish! Really good!
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at Volo. Pours a very deep, dark ruby with a small diminishing creamy tan head. Mild aroma of roasted malt, some coffee, light hops and a hint of smoke -- not too shabby. Flavour: Wha’!? Along with the roasted malt I’m getting fish in there, and it’s salty too. Weird. Average bodied. Maybe I got a dirty glass or something? I don’t know, I’ll have to have this again to be sure.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 10, 2010 On tap at C’est What - pours a deep brown, almost black, with some very faint reddish bits at the edges. Middle-of-a-Malteser coloured head, left some intricate lace. Aroma big on the Amarillo and a bit of Cascade comes through as well as a touch of lactic sourness. Flavour is the same, basic, straight up, a handful of roast, some molasses and anise, but for thew most part the beer is about the hops. Could use a bit more body if was going to stand up in the porter camp, but it’s still a nice quaff. Style-wise? Ha ha, don’t go there...rules are made to be broken, I guess. But man, it’s a unique beer, kinda similar to County Durham’s Black Eye. Not sure why that one’s called an IPA and this is a porter, but, hell, what do I know? Sex change.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at C’est What.
dark pour with hues of red come through in the light. Aroma of spicy hops with a good dose of roasted malt. The flavor is spicy, and it mixes so well with the roasted malt, and smoke. Really an interesting, and flavorful brew!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Volo. Appearance: Cola black, small white head. Aroma: Slight smoke with some peat and a little corn in there too. Flavour: Malt, bran, peat with smoke too. Nice enough.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[2614-20091129] Tap. Roasted sweet malt grain aroma with mild chocolate notes. Clear, very dark brown red body with a medium-lasting creamy off-white head and thick lacing. Roasted bittersweet chocolate malt grain flavour has a little bit of spruce hops throughout. Medium-full body. Tasty, could even hold more body.
(@ Volo, Toronto, ON)
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Volo
Appearance: clear brown with mid creamy top.
Nose: soft nose , mellow with leafy hops, clean in character , touch of brown malt.
Flavor/Palate : brown malts , with creamy textures , slight fruity notes , bit thin as whole.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Chancey Smith’s- Thanks for getting this on Milos!- A very deep brown that only lets a bit of light in. Comes topped with a very generous mocha froth that lasted the entire length I drank the beer. Interesting nose is slightly roasty, with fresh leafy hops, citrus, a bit of pine, and vanilla. Tastes interesting. Only slightly of roasted malts and then come the fresh hops, pine, mint. There is some soft fruit towards the end with a bit of oak. Medium bodied. Very much a cross style. Very good job Peter!
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