3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 after4ever (5358) - Brier, Washington, USA - SEP 27, 2009
500. thanks, scrizzz! pours an opaque ebony with a clean and continuous but thin tannish head. nice roasty chocolatey nose. watery light schwartzy body, not portery at all. roasty chocolatey mid palate, mild finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 riversideAK (5458) - Shoreline, Washington, USA - SEP 27, 2009
Scrizz. Dark grain, a little chocolate, and roasted malt nose.A little toast. Dark brown pour some red hue, good lace .Roasty and toasty. A little earth. Nice soft dry finish. Rather straightforward, but tasty. Drinkability is good. A nice porter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Rune (6362) - Tromsø, NORWAY - SEP 21, 2009
500ml bottle, unfiltered and unpasteurised, brygg 914, bought at Fenaknoken in Oslo. Solid, off-white foam stand that left spotty lacing on the glass. Nice, deep ruby-brown body. Firm malty aroma, tolerable sweet. Medium roasted and mid-sweet dark malts in flavour with rounded bitterness in the aftermath. Fine made brew, with ingredients that work well together Pleasant on the swallow (hotel room, 18.08.2009).
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 joergen (17722) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 22, 2009
Bottle at home.
Black coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Roasted aroma of caramel, hops and dish washer.
Roasted flavour of dark chocolate and berries with burnt notes.
Roasted finish.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Kestral (506) - Årnes, NORWAY - AUG 20, 2009
Pours dark brown with a big light brown fizzy head, some lacing. Aroma is fairly sour, some berrylike sourness, roasted and burnt notes, dry cocoa. Flavour is roasted, cocoa, coffee, a bit ashy, a bit sour. Too thin, to uneventful, but easy drinkin’ I guess.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 LarsEngen (296) - Sandvika, NORWAY - JUL 25, 2009
50 cl bottle from Ultra Lade (Trondheim) Batch #854. Pours deep brown with a meduim ligth brown head that is a bit creamy. Roasted malt to the nose, flavor is also roasted but a bit watery. Easy to drink porter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Papsoe (25129) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - APR 11, 2009
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yngwie. Clear reddish brown with a handsome beige head. Lightly burned ashy aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malt, a little coffee and ashes. Dry and bitter finish. Decent alright. 210309
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 MiP (12478) - Sønderborg, DENMARK - MAR 30, 2009
Bottle, 4.5%. Fruity aroma, slightly citric. Clear very dark brown colour. The flavour is roasted, slightly dry towards the finish. Good roasted malt note.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 yespr (26476) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAR 21, 2009
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small redish glare and small tan head. Roasted caramel malt and slight hoppy liqourice note in the aroma. Light bitterness to the roasted malt flavours. Smooth malty, liqourice and mild chocolate flavoured into the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 fonefan (29425) - VestJylland, DENMARK - MAR 20, 2009
Bottle 50cl. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ]. Light light unclear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, spicy, wood - forest, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20081230]
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