3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Brouwer’s Cafe, Seattle - 08/11/12.
Mid black with a thin tan head that clears to the edge and forms a pond.
Nose is big on roast malts, milk chocolate, liqourice, molasses.
Tastes of milk choclate, molasses, touch of wood, roast malts, a little smoke.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a slightly bitter roasty finish.
A good porter!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber purchased at the brewery. Pours a lovely brown with a great tan head the stayed forever and left lovely lacing. The aroma is malt, caramel, and coffee. The flavor is a great mix of chocolate, coffee, and caramel. On the palate it is thick and silky, but leaves fairly quickly. This beer was gone too soon.
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.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Great porter. The most smooth one I've had to date. Dark mahogany (sp) color. Minimal head and lacing. Good roasty flavor.
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.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught@Harmon Brewery brewpub, Tacoma, WA
Dark opaque brown color, small steady beige head. Aroma of coffee and some sweetish licorice. Medium-bodied. Smooth palate. Sweetish toasted malty, a bit milky, coffee and dark malts. Chocolate too. Really tasty and balanced porter!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a dark beige head. Has a mild roasted coffee aroma. This is a great porter taste and true to style. A really good palate: mild and not too thick or creamy. Just right for a porter.
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.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Saffron Grill.
Deep pour, nice roasty flavor with coffee and an enjoyable but not overbearing sweetness. Slightly nutty, well balanced, and quite a bit better than I would have expected.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 oz bottle brought back from the brewery by good my friend Leems. Pours black as pitch with a decent tan head that is gone quick. Aroma is largely roast, some coffee, chocolate and maybe even some raisins or plums. Flavor is mostly roasted coffee/chocolate, but with light hints of caramel and vanilla. Perhaps a little lighter in mouth than I would prefer, but still a very tasty brew. I would like to try more from this brewery.
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