3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle pours all foam, khaki with a black drip at the bottom, seems way over carbonated like a bad home brew project. The snarl is rotated gain and dark fruit. Taste wise it seems ok, roasted beyond most porters, a good bit of bitter chocolate, a little espresso and a dry hoppy kick with some under lying cherry like flavor. Overall ok, would like to try a non jacked up bottle.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle in Chicago. Surprisingly light bodied and pitch black in color, with a very small amount of foam on the pour. There are some minor malt and nutty tastes, but overall it lacks any substantive flavor....uhhh, watery is the word. Cool, loud label art (points for making a recognizable brand style), but not too impressive of a brew. Maybe Ska is better known for other varieties?
4.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
A friend sent me a bottle and I looked at the silly label and thought that this can’t be very good. Boy, was I ever wrong. Great, great flavor and finish. One of the better domestic porters that I have tasted.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Sam’s in Durham. Poured most of it into some chili, but what I had was fine. Medium to dark brown pour with big bubbly tan head. Tastes is grainy, malty, slightly metallic. Notes of mild chocolate and coffee. Not a bad porter, but not super remarkable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at old Chicago. Pours black with a thin khaki head. Leaves no lacing in the glass. Slight chocolate malt on the tongue with some hop bitterness on the finish for balance. Pretty bland for the style.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
bottled. pours black with a small tight light tan head. aromas of chocolate and roasted malt. moderately sour with bitterness from the roasted malt. heavy mouth feel with a lively astringent finish that lingers on the tongue.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours a beige, long duration head, over a clear dark brown (SRM 35) body.....nose is coffee, chocolate, mild toffee/caramel.....tasste is mile coffee, slight toffee/caramel, ending with a light bitter finish....mouth feel light of medium, carbonation high. This is slightly lighter and less complex than the best, but it fits well into the style. BJCP 7/3/12/4/6
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Espresso, charcoal, and raisin aroma. Clear mahogany, medium tan head, nice lacing. Charcoal and mulberry flavor, tame. Creamy mouthfeel. This did not strike me as being robust at all. It tastes fine, but was rather weak.
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