2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A deep amber beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with a quite strong berry presence. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of fruits, some what stored, leading to a dry end. Not very Porterish, but OK.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a beautiful, clear mahogony with a warm, reddish hue. Small, off-white head. Aroma of hard roasted malt. Medium body with lightly sweet, roasted malty accents with a discreet ashy edge. Subdued bitterness in the finish. Courtesy of Santa (Immy). 160806
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle.
Clear red brown coloured with a beige head.
Sweet and roasted aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits.
Flavour of dried fruits and coffee with roasted notes.
2.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Date: 09/13/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville
well hopped rich chocolate aroma, big body, rich malt flavor, nice bitterness, too much per style, but still nice, touch of roasted in the finish,
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Date: 10/29/2006
Mode: bottle
black with ruby edges, scant tan head, rich dry chocolate malt aroma with a hint of sweet licorice, thin body, dry chalky chocolate malt flavor, just too dry yet rich
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a medium-sized brown head. Aroma of cocoa, roasted malt, and a hint of vinous. Flavor of roasted malt, hops, and chocolate.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours more like a cola than a beer, right down to the quickly dissipating light brown head. Still, it ends up pitch black. Aroma of sweet chocolate and strong mocha. Flavor starts quite chocolaty, and sweet. Mid tongue it shifts to bitter coffee, and finishes coffee/hop bitter. Slightly syrupy. Not a bad beer, but nothing special.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This beer rocks!
Pours a very dark, crystal clear ruby hue. Small, khaki-colored, creamy head. Mostly diminishing with no lacing.
Milk chocolate and malt (Whoppers!) in the nose. Whispers of vanilla and light alcohol as well.
The flavor is of dark chocolate and darkly roasted coffee beans up front. Perfectly balanced with a pleasantly bitter and lightly tart hop addition on the backside.
Full-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Lengthy, tongue-numbingly tangy, bitter and dry finish. Complex, actually! World Class Porter! Very heavy for a low gravity brew! Underrated!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, July 2006. Deep red colour. Light roasty aroma. Full malt flavour. Smooth and creamy with powdery cocoa in evidence. Quite dry with a fairly light body. Very pleasant, although not the most muscular of porters, which denies it a higher rating for me (at least in this stout-like porter style). Still pretty good, without any obvious or major shortcomings.
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