3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from KAggie97 at the December Houston tasting. I am gay for KAggie! Pours a deep black with amber highlights and a nice beige head. Smells like Pepto Bismol and melon. Weird. Flavor is blunt chocolate with cough syrup and a faint coffee finish. Highly carbonated and fluffy mouthfeel. Interesting. Good for diahrrhea.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Draught at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2008-12-05) Black. Small tan coloured head. Roastedness, chocolate and liquorice in nose. Dry and full bodied palate with medium carbonation. Roastedness, liquorice, bitterness, some coffee, hint of sweetness and chocolate in taste. Roastedness and bitterness in dry aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours with a dark brown to black body topped by a thin to medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. It is slightly sweet yet slightly bitter with a light chocolate note and a touch of roast. Full bodied, smooth and a touch warming.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to kaggie at the RB Houston Impy Stout tasting. Pours black, with a small brown head. Opaque. Nose is chalky, coffee ish but not overwhelming. Very carbonated and fluffy, it sort of disappears in my mouth turning a liquid into a gas. Very strange. Taste is a bit coffeeish with very little alcohol presence. Got better as it warmed but overall did not do much for me.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Best beer of the night at the Publick House near Boston. Deep ruby-red medium-bodied porter with flavors of toffee and coffee, and a slightly smoky finish. It tasted like a true British porter, whereas most American porters taste like stouts.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: JAN 6, 2009 Leave it to the Norsk to create such a good brew. The best porter i have had since Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter. Awesome smoked malt and roasty chocolate coffee taste. Totally a bad ass beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at the Hopsnobbery Collective Porter tasting on 12/4/08: This brew is a solid brownish-black color with a medium thin and rocky light brown head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoked malt and dark chocolate plus a touch of coffee. Medium, round body with flavors of roasted malt, bittersweet chocolate and raisins. Light smoky character throughout. The finish is soft and roasty with a mocha aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Great Porter. Silky malt and wonderful body. On a cold night, this is a sexy fireside share.
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