3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Better than the ESB from French Broad. Better put together. Looks and tastes like a porter but like the ESB still isn’t perfect. This guy is a bit thin. Not particularly great, but I keep finding myself drinking more and more. The bottle is going pretty fast. So it couldn’t be that bad could it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber. Pours a deep red with a medium tan head. Scent is malts and chocolate. Taste is light roasted malt and dark chocolate. Very thin feel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bomber from Bruisin’. Pours a really dark brown with low carbonation and virtually no head. The aroma is very malty, mostly notes of cacao with some toffee and instant coffee. This is an English leaning porter with notes of soy sauce, toffee, chocolate and low, wooden hoppiness. It’s not too bad and works for a simple but fulfilling porter.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
a good porter and nice to see that it will be a regular. They are doing some good stuff here. keep it coming.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Taco Mac. Chocolate brown with but a thin head. Nice aroma of baking chocolate. Mild flavors and easy to drink. (#4068, 2/1/2011)
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
16 ounce pint - $5.25 at Taco Mac in Woodstock, Georgia.
Appearance: Effectively, a black body, though, as you drink it down, some mahogany shades appear at the edges. Scant, beige head, but they really fill ’er up here at Taco Mac.
Smell: Dark kilned malts, though not overtly roasty or burnt, instead calmly leaning towards sweetish chocolate and caramel.
Taste: Dark maltiness prominently featuring sweet chocolate tones, though a bit Tootsie Roll-esque. Also, some sweet caramel. It’s never particularly roasty, at best you’re given a hint of sugar sweetened coffee. A few drops of prune juice. Understated hoppiness and a low level of bitterness. Remains chocolaty approaching the finish, picking up a bit of vanilla, and ends with still a bit of residing residual sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Stays on the soft, sweet, malty side of things, making for a pleasing, tasty brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Flying Saucer. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma of ale esters and dark roasted malts. Medium bodied with semi soft carbonations, and a earthy mouth feel. Flavor of dark roasted malts, cocoa, and nutty malts countered by a moderate spicy bitterness. Dry finish with some hints of green apple.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown pour, small tan head. Hints of chocolate in the aroma, flavor of chocolate and some coffee but very thin and watery on the finish and overall.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours thin and medium brown -very simple porter - smoky notes of chocolate. Mild, but tasty.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the Fed in Durham. It was sort of dark, but given the thinness of the beer, I assume it poured closer to a dark brown than a black, with a thin dark beige head. Nose is creamy and mildly roasty and sweet. Mild chocolate notes. A bit thin, but solid. Simple in the best way.
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