3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20Deep amber/brown pour with thin off white head and light sticky lacing ... aroma of roasted, caramel and chocolate malts .... taste is chocolatey with a nice caramel and lightly roasted malt .... nice balanced flavors ... mouthfeel is a little slick and body isn’t too thin for a porter .... finishes dry and malty .... nice easy drinking porter abv hidden very well
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours deep, dark brown with thin, creamy beige head; short retention and some lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel, espresso, plums, cherries, floral hops, and light vanilla. Flavor is roast malts forward with supporting dark fruit esters, earthy hops, vanilla, and light ash; dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a bottle. Pours black with a thin light head. Tastes like burnt, smokey coffee. Smells like like coffee beans and spices. Medium body and medium carbonation.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown pour with a large khaki head, a lot of foamy lacing sticks around. Super-sweet aroma of chocolate, malt, and caramel. Taste follows - maybe a little too sweet, and the booziness isn’t balanced in the taste. Good enough, but probably wouldn’t buy again.
3.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nose: roast coffee, dark roasted malt. Occasional floral/herbal notes.
Taste: lots of dark roast coffee. Just enough bittering hops. Good mouth feel, not too syrupy.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 11, 2013 Coffee bitter like taste. Solid porter, but lacking a bit of mouth feel. Malt in the middle, but only slight.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. This is a porter that is too thin and too high in alcohol. When I think southern beer I do not think of porter.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 fl oz bottle at Abraxas, Miami Beach, on December 2, 2012.
Clear dark brown color, huge rocky tan head. Sweet, spicy, herbal scent. Smoke, mineral, malty, toffee taste. Coffee aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness. Very spritzy mouthfeel.
When drinking from the bottle instead of the glass it grows a lot in the mouth. Some dough scent too.
I think this bottle was a bad one.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz botte pour a dark brown color with a medium off white head. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Medium bodied with coffee cand chocolate up front, smooth.
3 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a dark mahogany brownish black, with a large foamy head. Nose is malty and chocolate. Taste is malty with a nice chocolate taste, not over the top regarding sweetness. Carbonation is soft, with a medium texture. Finish is dry, and finishes light despite the ABV. Quaff Score 7 / 10
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