3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 saxo (7442) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - FEB 6, 2012
Bottle. Nice creamy tan head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich licorice, roast malt, caramel, chocolate and hops. Great beer. I love licorice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Nightfall (1231) - Hamburg, GERMANY - JAN 11, 2012
Tasting @ Home with J&C, October 2011. Clear black with very nice and rich brown head. Lovely yet not so intense roasty malt aroma. Medium to full body, balanced taste, sweet and raosted matls, coffee, caramel , ash. Not the typical porter you can find in Germany and quite a nice yet unexpected surprise from this brewer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Plovmand (4687) - Helsinge, DENMARK - JAN 10, 2012
Bottle at home. Pours very dark brown with a creamy dense mushroom coloured head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, tobacco, dried dark fruit and some cocoa. Good malty flavour with some smoke and tobacco notes. Leather and light chocolate notes. Full bodied. Nice one!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 OleR (3510) - Oslo, NORWAY - JAN 3, 2012
Bottle @L’assassina, Göteborg, in courtesy of Bengt the importer. A firm choco head on near black body. Sweet dark malts and sour bread to the nose. Rounded roasted malt flavor. Sweet without being harsh or cloying. Bread and coffee tones and a fine spicy caramel character. Soft on the palate. Healthy body. Balanced malty, light fruity, lightly caramelly finish. Drinks very good. Nice one!
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 POLK (1288) - Hørning, DENMARK - DEC 24, 2011
Black body with thin brown head. Smoke in aroma and taste. Sweet beer with some caramel.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 jaghana (1803) - Strasbourg (France), FRANCE - DEC 4, 2011
Bottle from Quack-duck thanks a lot, a dark beer with good creamy off white head. Nose is fantastic on roasted and chocolate notes. Aroma is malty, grainy, cereal like, brown bread, roasted, toasted, sweet, nice body, a very nice porter. Not acrid, easily drinkable, a nice one.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Quack-Duck (5601) - Down South, GERMANY - NOV 18, 2011
bottle from Bierpost. Deep black colour, large brown head, very creamy. Aroma of caramel and chocolate. Lots of roasetd malts, chocolate, shy hints of coffee, hints of fudge. Full-bodied and pleasantly malty sweet. Good!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 gunnar (2279) - Sandnes, NORWAY - NOV 15, 2011
Bottle in Andra Langgatan 32, Gøteborg, courtesy of Bengt. Pours almost pitch black with a big off-white head. Sweet malty and light roasted aroma. Taste is smooth, moderate sweet with a good creamy mouthfeel.Very light bitterness with a clear note of some smoked malts. Not bad.
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