4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle from someplace cheaper than CountyWide Beverage. Rich dark dark brown with lasting tan ring, Aromas of coffee smoke dark fruit and the chipotle chili I made last night. Nice and medium rich dark chocolate roasted coffee and dark fruity sweetness with medium assertive roasted bitter smoky dry finish and lingering smoky heat. Excellent.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark reddish brown with small khaki colored head that disappears almost immediately. Aroma is mostly plum/raisin, roasted malt and a bit floral. Flavor is similar with a little heat... but its muted. Would rate much higher if the flavor was more robust. Good beer though
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a thin head on a black body.
The aroma is roasted malt with a quick hit of chipotle pepper smoke at the end.
The taste gets lost between the smoke and chili, neither which is overpowering. It’s a bit watery with a pepper taste. The chipotle comes back at the end for a warm finish.
The texture is crisp with moderate carbonation.
I like chili beers, but this just didn’t mix well together.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the ceremonial tapping at the St. Paul Beer Dabbler. Don’t want too much of this, but it’s good to feel the throat burn a bit.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a bottle. Smells peppery and musky. Tasted like chili peppers and cocoa, but is not spicy. Light foamy head.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap. Pours deep, dark brown with thin, creamy beige head; short retention and spare lacing. Aroma is chipotle peppers, roasted and caramel malts, vanilla, plums, figs, earthy and floral hops, and smoke. Flavor is roast malts forward with supporting smoke, dark fruit esters, earthy hops, and light oak; chipotle undertones throughout with a dry, ashy finish. Medium body and low carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap pours an dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is smoky malty with a little bit of chipotle and chocolate. Flavor is rich malt very well rounded porter with good smoke and nice pepper on the back end. Overall it was a nice porter with solid elements and a nice pepper character that got better as you drank.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
The chipotle pepper flavor didn’t really shine, although I’ve always liked the stone smoked porter, so not a loss.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pour is a deep leathery brown with a medium to large head and aromas of leather, chocolate and just a hint of peppers. Flavor is very nice... Maybe a little thinner than I would like, but the peppers are just enough to give it a little bite against the chocolate and leather of the dark porter. Smoke is pretty balanced but noticeable, especially early and late across the palate. Very nice.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
roasty, toast, earthy, raisin, brown, hazy, minimal head, medium bitternessfull body, bitter, long finish,
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