4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
First beer of the New Year!
Poured black with a thick creamy brown head.
Aroma and flavor is rich roasty malts, coffee, dark chocolate with a a medium, creamy, chewy body.
Good beer!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Drank it with ghawener for dessert paired with Zebra ice cream. Delicious, silky and smooth mouthfeel, creamy, nice malt backbone, flavors of chocolate and coffee.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Detected some aroma of milk, sweet coffee aromas also. Black beauty with dark tan head good lacing. Sweet creamy body texture with flavors of coffee and dry coco. Dryness lingers for aftertaste. Good brew.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at Capones. Pours a deep brown with a medium creamy tan head that laced. Aroma of caramel, chocolate, tobacco, leather and coffee. Flavor of the same with hints of cherry.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A Mes rate:
50cl bottle at Bier Circus. Wow. What a head. Sim and I have just sat here watching it settle. It came out so thick it looked like you could stand things on top of it. So solid and creamy. Very similar to the Imperial Stout, just a little mellower. Looks better due to the head and easily worth a 5. Slight honey in the nose. Lots of coffee and dark creamy malt. Very definite cocoa. Bitter and alcoholic finish, in fact the finish goes in distinct stages from strong rubbery notes, then bitter, then alcoholic.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
(500 ml bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/maine/portland/ target=blank>Downeast Beverage Co., cellared for 8 mos. after purchase) Thick, rich, roasty and chocolatey...Pours very dark brown with some highlights along edges. Three fingers of creamy-looking mocha head. Aroma of dark chocolate, a bit of coffee roast and grain. Mouthfeel is quite full and thick, some oiliness, some smooth milk-shakey creaminess. Heavy, weepy rings of lacing. Flavor is heavy dark chocolate with some hints of milk chocolate along with fresh coffee roast. At times veers towards a stout. Not much complexity but quite tasty and thick.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from LS tasted on St Patty’s at Tom’s house. This, like the nogne impy, was a little bit different, bit a very refreshing change. roasted malts, chocolate, and generic fruits highlight the flavore with smooth bready notes and very mild hop flavor in the finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black, brown head. Liquorice and malt in the aroma. Flavor is a little more dry, still maltiness and liquorice most dominant. Long bitter finish. An excellent porter, full and balanced.
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