 Veeve (312), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Apr 17, 2007
for someone who isn’t crazy about porters I seem to buy an awful lot of them. deep garnet-brown body with a small milk chocolate head. smells strongly of alcohol and roasted malts. tastes of strong alcohol roast, malts, chocolate, finishes sweet, like brown sugar. overall palate is a bit filled. not thick but has substance. hard to describe. not bad for a porter. more alcohol taste than more recent porters I’ve tried which I like because I think its balanced with other flavors well.
gueuze_is_god (106), Graham, North Carolina, USA
Aug 12, 2008 22 oz bomber, very little head develops even with an aggressive pour. Aroma contains overripe and dried dark fruits (but not nearly as much as you might find in a doppelbock or dunkel weiss), dark caramel, slight roast, humid wood. Taste is mild roastiness, slight astringent twang, hazlenut chocolate bar. Flavors fall away to leave the hop backbone that was present all along. Nice beer, not huge but still big, balanced. Could use just a bit more fine bubbled carbonation to create a creamier mouthfeel.
nearbeer (1199), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 10, 2008 650 ml. Opaque chocolate with a lasting disc of cream. Nice frosting of lace. Aromas of coffee, cocoa and a touch of woody marshmallow. Flavors of bittersweet chocolate liqueur, whole grain bread, figs, chalk, oak and slight hickory char. Medium-heavy body is softly carbonated and dry, with a nice mouthfeel that is neither too watery nor syrupy.
BREWMUSKCLES (751), WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, USA
Aug 10, 2008 IT IS FLAVORFUL. very typical flavors for the style such as rye seed, licorice and a raisin type flavor bound within rum and plum like attributes and of course alcohol. looks nice all dark black and moderately consistant in pour with a sassafrass in the glass type look and aroma. light sweetness and i suppose a touch of toasty black bread in this mildly astringent brew. ok? yes, but not my cup of tea.
shintriad (663), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 3, 2008 Quite a lot of flavour in this. Chocolate, caramel, malts, dried fruit, some toasted flavours, although the body is kind of thin and the complexity wanes as you drink...it’s sort of a flat ride. Still, quite tasty, pleasant and smooth.
blklab2007 (527), Connecticut, USA
Aug 2, 2008 22 oz bottle aged several months poured into a snifter has a dark brown color and a thin dark brown head. aroma has prunes, raisin, burnt marshmallow, and some sour funk. mouth feel is thin with light carbonation. flavor has burnt coffee, dark over ripe fruit, brown sugar, and a touch of dark chocolate. hazelnut creeps in and there is a good balance of darkness and sweetness.
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