3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours moderately thick and black with a thin creamy tan head. Sweet caramel, raisin and molasses aroma with a hint of acrid black malt and cinnamon. Sweet caramel malt flavor with low roast malt presence and a hint of spice. Has a meaty yeast flavor. Low bitterness with little hop flavor. Nice full body. No noticeable alcohol. Kind of interesting but somehow unsatisfying.
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Beautiful head that clung to the glass all the way. Lots of great flavors- toasty, roasty, coffee, chocolate, licorice and a little acidic tang. One of those beers you can drink all day and enjoy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cL bottle, as Refugium - Männerstolz - das potente bier. Pours black, minimal redish glare, and with a small tan head. Dense roasted malt aroma - towards breadish. Flavour is roasted malt, light dark fruity touch. Reminds me a lot about the porter from the same brewery - although head to head this one is far more tar-ish than the Porter. Lingering roasted malt finish. Dark breadish too. Nice and dry and tar-ish finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/17/2008 Total Score: 3.4
50 cL bottle. Pours deep dark brown to black with a minimal redish glare. Dense chocolate brown head. Dense roasted malt aroma - towards a dark breadish note. Flavour is mild spiced, solid roasted malt and a thick breadish flavour underneath. Mild spiced finish with a lingering roasted malt note.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Berlin.
Rather sweet.
Coffee, roasted grain, full mouth feel. Smooth, not very sophisticated.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 18, 2008 Dark witha tan head. Deep fruity/berry aroma with light roasted malts and a touch of sour. Molasses, roasted malts, chocolate, and a sour finish. A little thin, though. Good porter, not amazing though.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black with a dense brown head. Sweet café latte-like aroma, like chezch dark lagers. Malty and burned notes plus some chocolate. Unfurtunately it has an acid feeling towards the finish. Nevertheless, it is very nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black, almost no head. Low carbonation. Very sweet - caramel, malt. I want to hate this but I actually enjoy it for a change. There is enough deep flavour to make up for the lack of bitterness.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
courtesy of Laurent Mouson - dark and clear, almost black with a little foam; toasted, notes of black chocolate and licorice; good malt body, some sweetness and a decent bitterness; long aftertaste of dried raisin - very good!
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