3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour from a 22oz bottle. inky dark brew with ample tan head. Aroma of chocolate, smoke, licorice, burnt grains. taste is a bit of sweet at the start followed by burnt grains, coffee, a little chocolate, fair amount of licorice / anise. Finish is dry with no lingering taste. Palate is light and a little oily. Overall, a really good porter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at the DC Local Tasting a 22oz bottle pours a watery, opaque black with one ring of creamy white head. Nose is nice, nutty, brown sugar, toasted bread, coffee grounds, a little vanilla. Flavor is sweet, malty, coffee, vanilla, brown sugar. Medium bodied, dry finish. Really solid porter. Love to have this as my local.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours dark brown with thin tan head; good lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, caramel, and spice. Flavor is chocolate, espresso, and roasted malt. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
651mL thanks to nimbleprop. Pours deep clear brune with a thickish mocha head. Yeast particulate in suspension. Decent retention and little to no lace. Seaweed nose. Taste is ashy with lots of newspaper character. Very papery. Too much cigarette ash and newspaper. Ick.
3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Almost black, tan head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate, earth. Taste is coffee grounds and subtle anise. Not bad.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
lack, thin tan wisp head. Nose is roast, cocoa, light anise and chocolate. Flavor is watery, light roast, chocolate through mid, but short and empty.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sweet and simple milk chocolate porter, and very light roast. Fairly solid.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours black with a medium, fizzy light tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is caramel and chocolate malt, earthy hops and dark fruity esters. Flavor is roast malt, dark fruity esters and light hops with a dry finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at an esbls tasting. I bought this in Michigan. The pour is very dark with akmost no head. I smell coffee and ash tray. A bit of chocolate on the second whiff. I also taste ash with coffee. A bit of that cocoa, again. A nice feel.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Rich dark coloured body with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, yeast, a bit of wort and a touch of anise. Medium-bodied; Robust licorice and roasted malt flavours with some pungent dark spices and a lingering flavour. Aftertaste shows a lot of spices, a ton of anise and licorice and some light chocolate and coffee - nice. Overall, a very nice and pungent porter with a lot of spices and a ton of licorice - very nice to sample and well worth tasting. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan two days ago on 28-April-2011 for US$6.49 sampled at a friends house in Northville, Michigan on 30-April-2011.
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