4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured from a bottle and enjoyed in an imperial pint. Pours a flat black with a medium tan head. Sweet aroma of sugar and molasses with a dry, mild flavor. An easy drinking porter that is uncharacteristically light.
SJL \m/
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Looks and smells like a Hershey’s kiss with an off white foam. More carbonated than expected, but was perfect. Great balance of chocolate, roasted malt, and coffee. Finishes smooth - want to drink many despite the richness
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4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Smells of very sweet chocolate. Tastes like it smells and has nice smooth finish. Would go great with some vanilla ice cream.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma - chocolate, coffee, mild fruity something.
Appearance - dark brown with ruby highlights, clear, moderate head.
Taste - starts with chocolate/coffee roastiness, moves to butterscotch/caramel with something fruity fig/raisin in the finish.
Mouthfeel - creamy but with a bit of prickly carbonation.
Overall - best brown porter I’ve had.
3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
3.5 A: Black color. One and a half fingers of frothy, but fairly dense light brown head. Retention is about average and a small ring of lacing is left.
4.5 S: The aroma is near perfection. The parts form an elegant whole. Light roastiness with a stronger toastiness. Creamy milk chocolate and a light nuttiness. Hints of coffee. I only wish that the nose was stronger.
3.0 T: What a letdown! The strongest flavor is an almost astringent burntness. This is much, much drier than the nose suggested. Bitter roastiness is powerful, while the sweet chocolate and the nuttiness is all but lost. The overall vibe is a strange mixture of bready and grainy. Coffee manifests in a slightly stronger manner.
3.0 M: Medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Not creamy at all!
3.0 D: I don’t know how the nose is so good while the taste is so mediocre. Either way, for some reason I expected a lot out of this brew and good very little.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 11-09-2011 23:28:42
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma of roasted dates and other dark fruits. Pours black with a small white head. Lacing keeps throughout. Tasts of dark fruits (almost like a bock) with a decent roast in the malts. Clean mouthfeel and another easy beer to love from Sam Smith. Definitely a go to.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with a tan head nice retention and lacing... creamy kinda roasty dark fruits chocolate raisin with a touch of a light tartness... big dark fruits dominate a less than roasty palate medium bodied, roast comes at the end... quite creamy, lightly dry finish...
2.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
I really liked this beer until the tobacco flavor hit me. It’s an intense tobacco flavor on the back end. I could only finish one.
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