4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20bottle from ingles sylva. 7/12/11.
dark porter color with a clingy beige head.
big chocolate nose... lesser notes of roast, charcoal, malt powder, citrus and grass.
the flavor is the same... there’s an orange dark chocolate truffle thing going on in there which i’m really digging. it finishes with some charcoal dryness which lingers into the aftertaste along with more malt.
it’s on the full side of medium and very nice. 8/4/8/4/16+
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Undated 12 ounce brown glass bottle of "DARK ROBUST PORTER" served in a snifter.
Appearance: Very dark and reddish mahogany body that looks nearly black but is clear and has exceptional ruby-mahogany edges. Creamy tan colored head soon reduces to a ring but leaves some decent lacing on the glass.
Nose: Medium and dark roasted malts with light spicy hops and hints of coffee and roasted nuts. Aroma strengthens and improves with warming.
Taste: Hops contribute a nice bit of spiciness and lead to an excellent sweet/bitter balance, but the flavor is clearly dominated by roasted malts. Mostly a dark roast and there’s a touch of smoke in the finish, but no unwanted burnt flavors. Coffee, roasted nuts and dark malt in the lingering aftertaste..
Mouthfeel: Nice smooth medium+ body with near perfect carbonation.
O: a relatively gentle, subtle and refined American porter with admirable balance and complexity. Not as rich or strong as a typical Robust Porter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle - Roasted malts, molasses and some plum. Jet black and thin brown head. Nice quick bitterness, roasted malts and some chocolate. Nice light body, quite a nice sessionable porter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draft at Soacebar Falls Church VA. Pours a dark cola with an off white head. Smoky malt aroma. Flavors of coffee and chocolate. Nice porter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Norm’s DOB 02/09/12 - pours pitch, little head. Aroma is roasty and woody. Taste leans bitter and a tad metallic. Overall, meh.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewery. Pours black but don't let that fool you. Light and refreshing taste.
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3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAY 6, 2013 Draught at Southern Tier. Poured black with rim of head. Smokey roasted malty aroma. Smooth nutty taste. Smoke up front.
---Rated via Beer Buddy
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cola brown with a thin quick clearing head, quite high carbonation. The initial aroma is some roast and chocolate, the flavour is pretty much the same. The body is thin. Fairly one dimensional and not as id hoped.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 33cl, a dark beer with huge copper head. Nose is on dark malt and floral hops. Aroma is medium sweet, on dark chocolate with a creamt body, light licorice and ashes, coffee, good and easy drinking porter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Pours a dark near black with slight head. Aroma is chocolate and grain, pretty strong. Taste is coffee, roasted malt, cocoa. Fairly tame, but still pretty decent and very drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
The aroma is reminiscent of roasted malts, earth, and vanilla, which is pleasing to the nose, and the appearance of this beer fuses a very dark brown color with a small tan head that fades quickly yet leaves a persistent ring. The taste is slightly sweet, slightly sour, and a touch bitter, which doesn’t really meet the expectations I had for this porter (due to the 5 types of malts advertised on the bottle), but the palate is great as a result of the medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation, and an abrupt finish.
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