3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 GonZoBeeR (2692) - Ste-Eulalie, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 26, 2013
Aroma:chocolate and rosted malt...
appearance:dark good beige head..
Flavor:chocolate-coffe,rosted malt.. not bad...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 rodenbach99 (2508) - Longueuil, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 13, 2013
Bouteille de 500ml meilleure avant le 28-11-2013. La chance de boire une bière retirée encore en forme n’arrive pas souvent, voyons comment celle-ci se débrouille. Un bruit qui laisse penser à une forte dose de gaz carbonique. Le liquide est presque noir avec une mousse brune, bruyante qui s’estompe rapidement. Le premier nez est tout en alcool. Ensuite arrive des effluves de chocolat, de cerises et encore de l’alcool. La bouche est chaude, puissante avec des notes discordantes de poussière. La réglisse est très présente, il y a des notes fruitées de levure. Trop d’alcool pour vraiment être agréable.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 mathieuc (277) - Québec, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 10, 2013
Pours really really dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is somewhat shy but full of coffee notes and spices. Mouth is fresh and far from heavy, which is really nice for a porter of that strength. Flavors are again coffee, roasted malt and I’m starting to get the licorice now. Silky smooth, it goes down too easily, really. More complex than your average porter it is quite enjoyable, a mighty good one I should say!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 SpringsLicker (2822) - Tennessee, USA - JAN 6, 2013
Thanks to me Secret Santa blomster for this one!
Pours dense and black with a generous, dark tan head.
The aroma has lots of cocoa and roast malts; sweet and nutty.
The flavor is lightly sweet balanced by some roast malt bitterness. Cocoa and caramel.
Very nice.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 BarryKonrad (61) - NORWAY - JAN 5, 2013
Bottle from good old Vinmonopolet, Norway. Pours black, with a generous head that disappears quickly and leaves little lacing. Aroma is complex, with chocolate, dark fruits and alcohol all competing for supremacy. Mouthfeel is medium. The flavour is extremely acidic, with hints of chocolate and coffee in the background. The aftertaste is bitter and quite vinous. It doesn’t taste like any porter I’ve had before, and I almost wonder if this bottle is tainted. It’s not bad, not great, just a bit odd.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 SlovakSniper (2115) - Candiac, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 2, 2013
Une bouteille de 50 cl qui se propose d’être meilleure avant le 28 novembre 2013. Un liquide à la robe bien noire qui développe une tête mousseuse bien foncée et révélatrice d’une courte dentelle. Au nez, des parfums caramélisés qui se frottent à des arômes chocolatés et à de fortes odeurs de réglisse. Au goût, des notes de sauce soya qui se dessinent sur un canevas proprement tissé par une mélasse assaisonnée à la réglisse salée. En bouche, un liquide qui présente un corps moyennement rond avec un pétillement justement modéré et une texture légèrement crémeuse. En finale, une réunion des huiles houblonnées et des flaveurs maltées qui apportent des notes amères et qui développent une acidité presque rampante. Un porter bien intéressant.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 MartinT (6934) - Montreal, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 2, 2013
My Bottom Line:
Vinous fruitiness and lactic suggestions adorn bready and coffee-like malts before leading to an acidic finish with some dark chocolate flashbacks.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A fluffy head of foam sits atop the darkness.
-This was very aromatic upon pouring.
-The smooth and chewy mouthfeel remains palatable throughout, never moving into excessive sugar territory.
-Alcohol is well hidden by the residual sugars and balancing acidity/fruitiness.
-This flavor profile is quite original.
-The fruity acidity is harmonious with the grain bill’s sugars, but I wonder if it was intended...
Bottle.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 Idiosynkrasie (1839) - Bielefeld, GERMANY - DEC 31, 2012
500ml bottle. Black colour with average to huge, frothy, lasting, moderately lacing, brown head. Roasty dark malty aroma, minimally salty, hoppy overtones, hints of juniper berries. Taste is initially minimally sweet dark malty, then dry, spicy roasty, slightly salty; underlying subtle sweetness with hints of dark berries remains.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 BeerGolem (499) - Quebec, CANADA - DEC 21, 2012
Bouteile 500 ml. Robe noire surmontée d’un collet beige qui disparaît rapidement. Arôme envoûtante de chocolat, vanille, malt roti et café. Le goût est semblable. Bière costaude, très intéressante.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 kjorup (17) - DENMARK - DEC 21, 2012
500ml bottle, slightly refrigerated. Pours very dark but not black, with a medium thick brown head. Very nice. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla.
Medium body, moderate carbonation, dry.
Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, English licorice but also a little acidic. Lacks a little depth. The finish is bitter roasted. Acidic aftertaste lasts for a while.
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