3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very nice aroma, with a nice roasted malt. very bitter at first but nice and balanced flavors of roasted malt, and cocoa.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light choc aroma with slight crystal malt aroma too. Light to medium bodied very clean finish, hoping for a little more body though. Good malt driven finish, clean and dry.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark brown with thinnish light brown head, specks of lace. Head is fizzy. Smells like mocha, light chocolate and coffee. Some sweet malts as well. Body disappoints, mediumish/thin with fizzy carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle from tipples brews. Pours a dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma has roasted malts, coffee beans, and alcohol. Taste is a bit watery, some coffee and malts. Molasses on the backend Light mouthfeel and a bit sticky. Overall i was not impressed with my first rogue brew
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
@1stBP, Bottle:
Light beige lacing.
Color is dark amber brown to black.
Smell oatmeal, rice, hints of roasted malts/ingredients, raisin, malts, bread.
Taste is bit waterish and pretty thin and disappears quick.
Taste rice, hazelnut, slight hint of mocca.
Expected more of this one.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in an elongated tulip glass. The beer pours an opaque black, with a moderately sized tan head that fades within a long moment. The nose is initially fairly hard to ascertain, but begins to open as the sample warms. Toasted bready notes, and herbal hop scents, along with a less noticeable note of chocolate; seemingly targeting the English brown porter style. The palate is hindered somewhat by being overly carbonated. The aforesaid makes it a bit difficult for a fellow to really grasp whether the malt bill advertised really shows itself. Perhaps a touch of coffee, a bit of dark chocolate, and a muddled note that is further muddied by the almost spritzy carbonation. The finish is fairly clean, and surprisingly crisp, saving a nice lingering chocolaty bitterness. Overall, a beer that lacks serious flaw, but also that is rather forgettable.
3.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a nice dark golden brown color. A nice head that stays around, leaving some gorgeous lacing. Very Nice!
Smell is very light carmel, almost a smokey like smell going on (I am not very fond of it). Taste is a strong burnt carmel, along with some dark chocolate.
Not to much carbonation going on here. Drinkability, I would have to say is moderate. It isn’t my favorite porter, and the bottles are quite big, seeing myself only having one at a time.
Overall, not to bad, definitely worth a shot.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 10-04-2008 22:42:34
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Smells strongly of chocolate. Pitch black with next to no light coming through the glass with a long standing thick tan head of foam. Taste of dark malts and chocolate with earthy hop flavors shining through. Very thin on the tongue with a dryness in the finish. A beer that is bursting with flavor and with an alcohol content that allows you to enjoy more than one on your own.
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