3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is coffee grounds and light dark chocolate. Like a porter, really.
Appears ruby-red brown. Nice rocky head that sticks around. Still, clear enough to see through. (No imperfections!!!!!!&
Flavor is light, crisp lager backborne, but with some coffee malt and mocha chocolate notes. Light enough to be a lager (with German malts). Minor (very minor) woody/oak hop at the end.
Feels smooth like a lager, but has an unusual (good) bite on the way down. It’s nice and dark, but light enough for the layman. Solid.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark cola pour with light brown edges. Tiny fizzy head. Nutty with light banana wood and caramel malt with molasses in the nose. Clean caramel malt flavor upfront with some burnt molasses and a bit of light nuttiness. Simple yet tastey. Props to harpoon.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap in Boston (I forget where). Deep red brown colour. Thin off-white head. Caramel aroma. Fruity malt flavour. Quite sweet. Not much hop presence. A little sticky. Not especially bad, just not my thing.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown color with an off white head, left a little bit of lacing. Aroma of toasted malt and some chocolate. Flavors of caramel, roasted malt and nuts. Palate was a bit thin, but overall a solid beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown-red with a creamy beige head, sheets of soft lacing. Aroma is burnt sugar, caramel, toast, cocoa, lightly metallic. Taste is roasted malt, more chocolatey, caramel, sweet, a bit thin with a light metallic note.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a rather attractive dark, reddish mahogany with thin, lasting cream-colored head. The aroma is caramel, toast, a little bit of fruit, a hint of stale bubblegum, and very distant oregano. The flavor is caramel and toast again, but with a very strong nutty taste. Finish has some earthy hops in it. Overall it gets astringent after a few sips. Not bad, I guess, but the nuttiness turns me off.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured into a pint glass from the bottle.
The color is a brownish color with a foamy white head.
The smell is of roasted malts, some hint of hops.
The Taste is of dark chocolate,a hint of coffee flavor, roasted malts, and some hop feel.
This beer has a nice lightness to it. Easy drinking.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at The Oyster Bar in Boston. Brown in color with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is of malt, chocolate and caramel. Taste is of caramel, nuts, lots of chocolate and malt.
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