3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewery. Probably the best porter I have ever had. Dark black with a light brown head. Roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, some smoke. Smooth but bitter, very dry and refreshing, moderate body and average carbonation, becomes more bitter but there is a malty sweetness that lends some balance. Great.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thick aroma of raisin. Color is brown, but perfectly opaque. Flavor is sweet up front, carrying the fruit, but dries out quickly. Just the right balance of sweet malt and dry drinkability. Beautiful silky palate. Nice rich flavors, perfect balance. Only thing holding it back is complexity, but for the style and what is being attempted, this is hard to beat.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
notes of milk chocolate, bright bitter roast, cocoa, and coffee. relatively low carbonation. relatively sweet for a hill farmstead brew. good, prefer twighlight of the idols.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pour from a bottle;deep dark brown color with a very cool mocha brown head. Aromas are of roasted smoky malt, and a bit of sweet caramel. Super smooth and rich in your mouth. Perfect balance of medium to full body. Initial sweet roasted malt flavor expands in complexity to include coffee, molasses, bitter hops, and cocoa. Nice long finish of aforementioned flavors. Best porter I have had in some time. Yum.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Brown/black pour. 2 fingers of brown head. Coffee roasted malt and bitter chocolate. Very slight bitterness roasted malt coffee burnt brown sugar. Dark chocolate slight bit of wood. Medium bodied. A joy to drink. Now i want more.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Bottle) Pours dark brown to black with a large sized pale brown head. The aroma holds caramelly and chocolaty malt alongside grapefruity, piny and floral hops. Undertones of tar, ash, meat, ginger, blackberries, cinnamon and cardamom, sweet liquorice alongside a tiny whisper of smoke. Round and friendly nose, really well balanced. The flavour is light sweet, light to medium bitter and tiny acidic. Asphalt, chocolate, coffee, dark caramel, mild citrus, flowers and sweet liquorice. The mouthfeel is super clean and round with a medium carbonation. Pine, tar, liquorice and coffee on the finish. Medium bodied.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Farmhouse, Burlington, VT 12oz ($6.50): Pours a beautiful black with a brown head. Aroma is burnt malts, burnt malts, and smoke, and burnt malts. Normally, I would say a porter has chocolate and coffee; this one doesn’t. All that there is is burnt malts and a delicious sweet fruitiness. It’s like candy that went through a fire of deliciousness. That being said, this is anything but a chugger. I had to nurse this baby, but each wee sip was a pleasure. I like this beer, and am not surprised that it somehow found itself in the 100th percentile.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draft pour. Pitch black with a thick inch tan head. Smokey robust porter. Smooth and very well made. Perfectly smokey.
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