4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pitch black, small head. Nice coffee and chocolate aroma. Taste chocolate, smoked malts, and sweet aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured at Euston Tap, London. Dark beer with a beige head. Dried fruits and lic.orice aroma. Dark chocolate, smokey, licorice flavour
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber. This one was a few months out of date which I think impacted the pour (Huge foam head), but didn’t seem to due too much to the taste. Brown, clear. Roasted coffee aroma with peat. Taste releases more smoke. Finish is somewhat long.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with medium disappearing head with nice lacing. Aroma of coffee, roasted malts, chocolate and some peat smoke. Flavor of sweet malt, dark chocolate, caramel, coffee with moderate carbonation and a slight bitterness that leaves a dryness on the mouth. Really, really nice porter. Does Stone even know how to make a bad beer?
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber from Binny’s on Clybourn. For my 250th rating, I go back to my favorite brewery with a nod to one of my favorite styles - plus I cannot believe I have not rated this particular brew before ... Pours dark brown with reddish highlights. Off white foamy head that sticks around as the glass goes down. Nice lacing. Aroma has smoky meat with some hints of chocolate and of maltiness. Licorice later. Taste brings dark chocolate, some caramel, some coffee. Not much smoke in the flavor. Mouthfeel a touch thin. Really nice flavor mix. Finishes with some length, mostly sweet but with some bitterness and perhaps residual smoke. Always enjoyable to have a Stone creation!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown beer, a good big head. Roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. More dryness, biterness and roastiness then expected. Dry mouthfeel, not bad.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JAN 29, 2012 Bottled from Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Very dark brown colored, thick lasting brown head. Very smoky nose, tar, liquorice, coffee, malts, nice. Initially somewhat sweet flavor, malty, then the liquorice and especially hops take over, resulting in a lasting bitter finish. Relatively thin mouthfeel. Technically a good brew, lots of complexity and still easy to drink. Still, imho the strong bitterness (especially in finish) from the hops disrupts the balance. I prefer bitterness to be an ELEMENT of the flavor, instead of THE character ;-).
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
22oz bottle for Christmas 2011. The porter poured a deep dark brown with a frothy brown head. The head laced down the glass and the aroma of coffee was subtle. This version does not over power you with smoke. The porter is thinner than expected. There are flavors of roasted malt throughout and at the finish. The carbonation was active at the pouring but average at the finish.
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