3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep dark robust chocolaty semi-sweet falvor to match the picturesque body and frothy off-white head. Quite deletable and complex. Finished calmly and dessert like.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Sample - Brewery]
A deep bropwn color with a very thin head. This had aroma, flavor, looks, and was a very good beer to drink. This was perfect for lunch,. I really liked the dark malts and the flavors. Good job.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown and hazy, with a small rocky head. The aroma is full on roasted coffee and a dab of chocolate. Has a very nice hazelnut flavor, full of roasted coffee and sweet milk chocolate. Very easy to drink.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown appearance decent head formation. Strong roasted coffee malt aroma, nutty chocolate. Salted peanut flavor, almond with chocolate, mocha and strong coffee. The salty peanut taste seems to dominate but makes this an interesting blend. Tastey? Yes. Drink again? Unlikely.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This is an interesting and tasty brew, but in a blind taste test, I may not guess it to be a porter. To me it tastes akin to maritime dark ale. Brown, rich cola pour with a slight off-white head. Mild toasted nuts and light smoke in the aroma. Taste is very hoppy and juicy, lemon, limes and melons, some bitter chocolate and a bit of roastedness. Lots of sourness like a Flanders oak aged red, with cherries. Interesting for sure, tasty, but odd. Thank André.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Draft: Harmon Brewery & Restaurant in Tacoma, WA) With the wonderfully toasty and moderately sweet chocolate aroma starting off this beer, I’m really expecting something great here. Man, I can sit here and smell this beer all day. Mmm, mmm, sweet and toasty initially, the chocolate really comes out in the mid-palate. Medium-to-full bodied, lightly carbonated, and extremely easy to drink. Medium brown color, translucent next to light, with a light tan head that like all their other beers, starts small and quickly settles to a small ring, leaving no lacing. Wow this is tasty stuff. Highly recommended.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at the brewery
Deep brown with a tan head. Smoky chocolate malts and rich coffee in the nose. Flavor is semi-harsh chocolate, sweet with some oak flavors. A very good porter, almost to style but a little more smoky than the ideal. Sweet, rich and finishing with some smoky dark fruit.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown colour. Coffeeish, peanutty aroma with hints of almond skins. Nutty, chocolatey, slightly coffeeish body. Sort of thin and the flavours are simplistic. Woody, dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Small tan head on a ruby/black body. Aroma is sweet, malty with ssome chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel was smooth but a little thin. Flavour was nice with a roasted and light choclate taste ending with a slight bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very flavorful smoked malt combined with a chocolatiness that is typical porteresque but very good. Although, I can’t shake the feelling that this is only good because of the ingredients rather than the process - you know, the whole deal where you can make anything taste good if you put enough A1 on it, well sometimes the same goes for smoked chocolate malt. But sometimes I like to allow myself to be easily lead so what the hell, this was good.
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