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RATINGS: 1098   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.83   EST. CALORIES: 171   ABV: 5.7%
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A hearty ebony colored ale that starts with a rich malty palate finished with clean hops and notes of coffee and chocolate.


decaturstevo's rating

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
decaturstevo (4083) - decatur, Tennessee, USA - AUG 7, 2008
Dark brown pour with tan head and lace it even looks creamy. Toasted malt, coffee, and chocolate on the nose. Thick chocolate flavor and burnt coffee and a very good bitter on the taste. Creamy full mouthfeel. Nice finishing bitter and a lingering choco flavor as well.


most recent ratings

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
EricTeusink (113) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - MAY 22, 2013
Westmeister’s Birthday Beer Tasting Extravaganza Beer #7. Brought to the tasting by a longtime friend who mostly prefers to drink Miller High Life. All things considered, he chose well. Smells of coffee and chocolate while pouring black with a tan head. Flavor is chocolatey and roasty. Mouthfeel is just a touch oily. Bottle - Westmeister’s House - Cumming, GA

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
PhilHarmstead (9) - Vermont, USA - MAY 15, 2013 does not count
Lovely dark brew. Like a true porter, it’s smooth easy drinking after work. A fabulous everyday beer for those of us who know that dark beers are not simply a winter phenomenon. Good notes of coffee, toastiness, delicious yum yum time.

3.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jookos (764) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 9, 2013
Bottle. Dark, black. Good milk chocolately vibes. Roasted tones. Body is medium, a bit light for the intensivity on the nose.

-- bb/h(n9)

2.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Tac (85) - Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - MAY 8, 2013
Dark brown body with thick brownish head with fair lacing. Strong aromas of dark roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, some cardboard. Body is quite thick , low in carbonation, dry and very bitter. Not well balanced, very bitter aftertaste.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Pyrmir (1211) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - MAY 2, 2013
330 ml bottle. Aroma malt, biscuit, caramel and some perfume. Taste is malty and grainy. Finish is very herby and bitter.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
trollcat (11) - Boston, Massachusetts, USA - APR 27, 2013
Poured into an imperial pint glass it fills in nicely with a light coffee color head on top of an almost black body. Has almost a faint coffee smell mixed with malt. A little too far on the malty side for me (although that’s primarily because the taste associates slightly with soy sauce personally). Other than that it was a full and rich beer which I would have again.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
tmoreau (1625) - Lombard, Illinois, USA - APR 20, 2013
12 oz. bottle from "the Beer Cave" at the Kane County Cougars stadium in Geneva, IL.. Poured to plastic with a black/brown hue, a modest but frothy, brownish tan head, and a quickly diminishing ring of lacing. Both aroma and taste were chocolate, roasted coffee, and just a touch of woody smokiness. The body was medium to full, with a mouthfeel that had a nice creaminess to it, and no bite to the moderate hop bitterness. Went down smoothly as I enjoyed the game.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
khoffman43 (851) - Bloomington, Minnesota, USA - APR 12, 2013
Bottle. Pours really dark. Another porter, better than most. Nothing to say really.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ICEatALAMO (534) - Troy, Michigan, USA - APR 12, 2013
Bottle. The pour is dark with little head. The aroma is a standard porter, lots of malt. The taste is good up front, a mouthful. Fades a little at the end and all you get is some smoke. A good porter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
BMMillsy (685) - Florida, USA - APR 12, 2013
Pours black from the bottle with a creamy kahki head that sticks around. Aroma of coffee and chocolate, with lots of roasty malt. Very smooth mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Coffee and roastiness abound with a hint of chocolate. Hops come in but really fade into a creamy flavorful porter. Very nice beer.


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