5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
@ gambrinus, Udine. Smell roasty and many other things. Great caramel and liquorice taste. There is a whole world inside this beer! Great great great porter, the best for me.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Smells roasty and a little bit of chocolate and black coffee. Poured a pitch black with a big tan head that stayed on top for a while. Tastes a lot like the smell and has a slight bitter aftertaste. Feels velvety smooth and full bodied.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle - pours black with lacy beige head. Nose is smoky and roasty chocolate. Flavor adds coffee and caramel. Sweet on the lips but bitter due to the roast. Medium bodied. Easy to drink and tasty. Creamy mouthfeel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Roast and caramel aromas. Pours really dark, with thin tan head, vanishing, some lacing. Maedium body and soft carbonation. Taste is roasted malt, caramel. Quite enjoyable. Really nice porter.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
poured from bottle into a pint glass. Pours a real nice dark chocolate color with a nice head to it.
Well balanced, but seeming a bit shy in the aroma department. Good aromas of coffee, malts and chocolate. Wasn’t all too giving though.
Full bodied with a really nice smooth and complete feel. Good depth with flavors of coffee and chocolate with a really nice roasted malt finish.
This was consumed at room temperature. The aromas were the only real let down, but this is a quality english porter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured from 12 oz. bottle at at Quarry House Tavern in Silver Spring, MD.
Clear, very deep mahogany brown with a very large, tan head and excellent lacing.
Aroma of cocoa and roasted malt.
Taste of cocoa, roast coffee and some tart dark fruit. Toast at the finish.
Medium body and carbonation. Smooth, light, fluffy mouthfeel.
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3.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Originally reviewed: 9/14/09. Had a bottle of this while watching my Packers take it to the Bears. Poured into my pint glass. Pours a deep thick black with a good-sized tan head on top. Decent retention, and it leaves some nice sticky lacing on the glass for good measure. Scents of chocolate powder and roasted malts waft out, but they are weaker than expected. Not very bold at all.
The mouth is extremely creamy and smooth. This is like silk going down. Very pleasant. Decent chocolate flavors mix with a subtle sweet creaminess that make this a very drinkable dark brew. Some roasted nuttiness finishes this one out. I really like this, and I could drink a few at a time. Well done.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Smokey and dry. Caramel and a slight hint of licorice, this goes down slightly too easily. Only wish I had a bottle more to carry on tasting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Roasty malt, sweet chocolate, and prune aroma. Black brown with a moderate tan head. Slightly smoky roasted malt, smooth sweet chocolate, dark fruit flavor. Creamy medium body with a tangy dry finish. Nice porter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Perfect balance in the aroma and the flavor. The smooth gives the impression of sweetness that changes to a deep, delicious roastiness.
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