3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Date: September 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear dark brown with ruby edges, wispy beige head, streaks of lace
Aroma: light sweet chocolate and caramel aroma
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, caramel sweetness, touch of roasted, hint of coffee, nice bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark brown colour. Nutty, coffeeish malt aroma. Toasty, slightly creamy character. Clean, straightforward, somewhat thin, underdeveloped example.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(draft) Red-black body with tan head, nice lacing. Aroma is sweet, roasty, chococoffee. Taste is moderately sweet, chococoffee with sweetness, rather than coffee bitter, in finish. Otherwise, fairly generic flavor. Medium body.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle… Pours dark brown and sits black in my glass with a large, pillowy, off-white head. Fantastic creamy retention. The aroma furnishes a wealth of fudge and brownie notes flanked by a hint of vanilla and a suggestion of toasted pistachios. Full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and airy carbonation. The flavor is perfectly balanced and solid, but certainly less decadent than the nose. Quite roasty, a touch chocolaty and a smidge nutty. Finishes deeply roasted and mildly bitter. Impressive.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours very brown/black with a transient tan head. Aroma is sorta smokey chocolate. Full bodied. Smokey it is, but it is still very chocolate. Pretty smooth. Really outstanding.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12oz bottle acquired in trade with riversideAK (thanks!). Poured a dark brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of caramel, chocolate, and buttery. Tastes of roast, caramel, chocolate, and light coffee. The butteriness that was in the aroma was, thankfully, not in the tastes.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a thin white ring of bubbles. Smells of roasted malt, some caramel. Tastes of spice, earthy, chocolate, pepper, caramel with a light fruity finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle. Poured medium-deeper brown with a short cap of tan head. The aroma picked up a whole great deal of molasses paired with some licorice and vanilla.. some smoke too.. ooh.. this was surprisingly good. The flavor found toasty black patent malts, coffee, and molasses at the core with light earth and coffee bitterness and some smoke around.. picked up a little cocoa to go along with coffee on the finish. Light-medium bodied and dry on the palate.. very well balance. I’m shocked.. all the other Scuttlebutt stuff I’ve found locally has been brutal.. this was a great porter.
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