3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Mellow Mushroom in Germantown. Pours a dark black with a small creamy head. Aroma of roasted coffee, malts, smoky. Taste follows: roasted malts, not very bitter but somewhat smokey. This is really a good beer.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Had on tap while in memphis. Pours a nice dark brown color with a nice head.
Very nice and balanced aromas of roasted malts, coffee beans, and some chocolate.
This has a real nice feel, but lacking a little bit of body. Balanced with nice flavors of malts and chocolate.
This was a real good beer. One of the better southern brews I had on my trip and very enjoyable.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
With a name like Ghost River Black Magic I’m in! GABF 2011. Pours a dark brown color with a medium beige head. The aroma is sweet earthy roast and caramel. The flavor is a dry sweet porter with a medium roast and lots of caramel and some ash. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown, light brown hints, thin beige cover. Aroma is chocolate, roaste. Taste is more caramel sweet, chocolate, light astringent roast finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at GABF. Dark brown pour with malty, chocolatey aroma. Flavor is roasty, nice, some vanilla and chocolate. Good but nothing special.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008
Malty aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp and bitter slight roast finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught) Pours a brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, roasted malt, and vanilla. Flavor of roasted malt, cocoa, and caramel with a dry, bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
GABF 2008. To be honest, the volunteer pourer wasn’t sure if this was a porter or a stout, and in the end I wonder if it should just be called a brown ale. Dark brown colour, off-white head. Palate is on the thin side, with low roast losing out to caramel malt. Low bitterness. Not terrible, but a little lacking in character.
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