3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ the brewpub in Wilmington. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with hints of caramel. Has a rosted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Iron Hill Wilmington. Poured a deep dark brown with a thick creamy tan head that hung around and fell to a thin cap. Big roasty malt aromas along with cocoa and some faint coffee. Taste is smootha nd creamy following the aroma with coffee and chocolate coming through in the roasted malt. A nice dry bitter bite shows in the end and lingers for a long finish. Creamy and smooth full bodied.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at Maple Shade. Poured with an overly foamy off white head and a dark chocolate flat body. Aroma of dusty grains, chocolate. Flavor has a touch of chocolate, dark grains, wheat bread, Tootsie roll. Thin to medium bodied with soft carbonation from the nitro pour. I like it despite the overly foamy head.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
20110314 nitro at Wton. Dark cola brown with typically lasting brown head. Aroma is roasty malts with some cocoa and tobacco, ashtray hints. Thinner body, quite dry, not much hops. Good enough.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampler at Iron Hll Phoenixville. Pours dark with thin head. Pretty much delivers as advertised. Roasted, espresso flavor with a touch of bitterness. Body was super light.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Iron Hill in Media, PA (05/26/09). Black in color with a good sized cream colored head. Aroma is of vinegar, roasted malts, rye bread and coffee. Taste is of vinegar, coffee, light chocolate and toasted nuts. Smooth and dry.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at North Wales. In Nitro. Black color with an off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, and a bit of chocolate. Flavor of coffee, and roasted malts. Creamy but light body.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at Newark location. Black in color, good cascading head. Aroma of some light roasted malts. Texture is soooooo light. Not watery just light. Taste is light roasted malts, just a vanilla touch. Overall not bad...the texture was to light for my liking.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nitrogen at Phoenixville BrewPub: Aroma of chocolate, malts, roasting, light bitter coffee, and some burnt coffee and chocolate. Poured very dark brown in color with a large, creamy, dense, nitrogen, tan head that lasted throughout. Opaque. Excellent lacing. Flavor was light to medium bitter and lightly sweet. Tastes of bitter chocolate, bitter coffee, espresso, burnt malts, and slight cream. Light to medium body. Thin, creamy, dry, texture. Nitrogen carbonation. Burnt coffee and burnt chocolate finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nitro at p-ville. Pours a nice deep grayish black with a gray-tan head and good lace. Aroma is nutty, dry toasted malts, light coffee and roast malts- and some acrid burnt malts going on. Flavor is roasted malts, black patent, light sweetness up front, drys out in the end, body is a bit bigger than Guinness, but at 3.9% it is really quite nice. Very well made dry stout.
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