3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Richmond 17th, 10th beer I think. Big coffee aroma, go figure. Flavor is coffee, light chocolate, faintly spicy finish. Just a touch acrid, but this was only released a day or two ago, so the acid will fall off a bit. Dry finish. Another really good beer from these guys.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
750mL c&c thanks to Travlr. Clear deep mahogany poor. With medium coffee head. Spotty weak lace. Spicy jalapeño nose with DMS bell pepper and vegetables. Perhaps faux DMS brought on by inappropriate coffee adjunct. Taste is malty, starchy, oatmeal, spicy pepper, baked potato and starchy vegetables. Lots of creamed corn and milky corn soup hinting at a DMS problem.
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2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours with little head, deep brown in the glass with burnt orange highlights on the edges. The aroma is sweet coffee and the taste is VERY sweet coffee blended with a medium, indistinct porter. Very rich. Too rich. Too sweet for my taste. About half a glass might be right as a dessert beverage, but not something I’d have again.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Had at the brewery. Very brown color, dissipating tan head. Aroma of toast, cocoa. Taste like a watery coffee with a bit of burn at the finish. Probably would not have again, not really my taste.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
750-pours black with a dissipating tan head. Aroma is mocha/coffee, some earthy bitter. Taste is mocha/coffee-rich sweet dark malt, 2nd earthy bitter hops. Not my taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A pretty solid brew. Nice Belgian yeast esters, coffee, fruit, chocolate, it ins’t amazing but standard US craft beer.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the source. Very dark brown color, medium tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of burnt toast, vanilla, burnt espresso and dark cocoa. Taste is coffee grounds, black pepper and a spicy bite at the finish. Medium body. Nice stuff.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle shared during the willblake’s in NJ tasting. Didn’t like this one at all. The pour was a deep burgundy/blackish body with no head at all. Aroma was dirty chocolate, earth, bad rotting coffee and lots of mud. The body was on the thin side and dead with not much carbonation at all. Flavor of bad coffee, earth, mud and rotting citrus. Blah...drainpour.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Tastes like Allagash Black brewed with coffee. A superb belgian style coffee porter. Very sessionable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2012 Bottle shared by jcwattsrugger. Pours black. Nose/taste of fresh coffee, roasted black malt, vanilla and chocolate. Like a cup of fresh coffee. Medium body.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Spectacularly fresh (though I’ve only ever had it straight from the brewery). A strong, fresh coffee aroma that belies the more potent chocolate taste. Pours a dark brown, similar to a dark roast coffee. Light enough to drink on a warm day, full-bodied enough to keep you warm when there’s a chill in the air.
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