 fordest (1655), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
Dec 6, 2007 GABF. Dark pour. Aromas were a little watered down. Some roastiness on the flavor, but not much else. Just OKAY
ChainGangGuy (1393), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Oct 2, 2007 Appearance: Pours a clear, brownish body with ruby-hued edges and a thin, off-white head.
Smell: Aroma of watered down chocolate and still more of the diacetyl character these Northwoods beers seem to be absolutely riddled with.
Taste: Light, sweet chocolate flavor and a tiny spritz of lemon. The chocolate tries in vain to hide the butter. Finishes with the taste of buttered cocoa.
Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Mild carbonation.
Drinkability: The porter qualities failed to hide the glaring flaws of Northwoods. Their stout is up next, so let’s try and keep a little optimism.
kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 30, 2007 Date: 09/29/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
clear brown, fine beige head, bits of drippy lace,
light chocolate aroma with a butterscotch sweetness,
creamy body partually due to the dyactyl,
flavor starts of sweet with chocolate and caramel and then makes an abrupt uturn with a strong tartness,
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4
CaptainCougar (4596), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Sep 29, 2007 Bottle: Pours a transparent copper brown with a thin, spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly roasted, dry, nutty character with a hint of diacetyl. Body starts thin, buttery, and with plenty of infected acidity. Blah, a drainpour. I have not had a good beer from them yet.
Ughsmash (2776), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 1, 2007 Bottle thanks to Skyview! Poured a translucent, iced tea brown with a short cap of creamy beige head. Aroma was quite odd.. picked up sweet molasses with just a touch of barely-roasted cocoa.. very, very heavily sweetened.. fructose? The flavor was also very sweet with simple sugars as the focal points.. dry cocoa shows up with some nuttiness at the drawn-out, grainy finish.. methinks not much malt went into this one. Light-bodied on the palate and watery for most of it... somewhere in the middle I think all semblance of beer was lost and I found some stale water.. where there was substance it was grainy. Just a poor attempt at a porter.
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