Scotch Irish Black Irish Plain Porter

A pretty darn good beer. A friend brought this home from Waterloo for me. Pour is deep brown black with a thin disappearing head. Aroam is nutty, coffee and malts. Taste is malty with hints of chocolate and coffee, but not too much. Almost flat. A very likable beer.

pours deep brown with a small white head that disappears quickly. Lots of dark flavours with dark chocolate, faint coffee, and roasted malt. Mostly roasted malt with a little aftertaste of hops. No carbonation.

The best smelling porter I’ve smelled in a long time. Chocolate aroma. Subdued coffee flavours. Really nice, medium body that’s perfectly suited to the flavour and style. This brewery has a problem with metallic aftertastes though, really annoying since they’ve got some pretty good brews. A beer I would pick up any day of the week and dddrink with dinner or just socially. Would session on tap like crazy at 4.5%, but alas, have not found on tap.

Bottle courtesy of Sammy sampled on 7/26/09: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a large airy clumpy-lacing dark tan head. Aroma of lightly smoky black malt with a touch of toasty character and a hint of dark chocolate. Starts with some effervescent carbonation and sticky roasty dark malt before a drier bitter finish. A pretty decent smoky porter.

Shared by CaptainCougar. A bit rough with lots of dark chocolate, coffee and cola.

(341ml bottle, thanks CaptainCougar) Giant tan head atop black body with brown edges. Aroma is moderately sweet, coffee, some milk chocolate, faint anise. Taste is moderately sweet, chococoffee, roast, light earthy. Medium body, light stickiness.

"Gully has me ball warming this beer but he won’t tell me what it is. He has now informed me it is some kind of porter so let the review begin. Oh crap I forgot to write down what it looked like, I’m guessing it was dark brown and had a small cap, yes that seems right. Bland and boring that is what I think of this beer so far, aroma is watery and contains coffee, burnt malt, and earth. Taste is also boring watery and thin. Brew is a waste of time. Coffee, burnt malts, some bakers chocolate, sour finish with a lingering sweetness. Beer is has way to much dirt in the flavour. I’m bored with this subpar brew I’m going home. Gully is drunk."

Bottle. Very dark. Minimal head or rather, bubbles. Moderate charcoaly based scent. A little sweet, a little sour. Coffee and charcoal. Somewhat thin and quiet. Aftertaste is cool, it’s stronger than the initial flavour. Lots of taste in the residue; coffee, soft chocolate and licorice.