 sebletitje (404), Tampa, Florida, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Courtesy of Cigarcitybrew.
Pours light black, off white, thick.
Aroma grilled, cofeeish.
Taste, roasted as well, light hoppy after taste, grainy finish, with nice chocolate malts.
One fantastic porter, this is really the dark beer specialist.
merlin48 (354), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Bottle pours a dark brown that shows ruby hues when held to light. Creamy tan head leaves sheet lacing. Aroma has nutty almond and a hint of chocolate. Creamy medium body has an ideal soft carbonation. Taste has the same nuttiness as the aroma, with notes of milk chocolate, grassy hops, and some dark roasty malt bitterness. Very solid.
juiceisloose (339), Orlando, Florida, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Pours an almost opaque black color with some mahogany at the edges. A huge, foamy beige head that just keep coming and eventually with some help settles to a thin film. Their beers are certainly carbonated. The aroma is nice and shows notes of milk chocolate, roasted coffee, and creamy malts. The flavor follows the same with the chocolate, coffee, and cream all blended together nicely. Medium bodied and pretty smooth and easy to drink. Some raosted coffee is left behind on the short finish. There is just a bit too much carbonation though. This is a pretty nice session porter.
tarheels86 (45), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Oct 9, 2008 355 mL bottle. Pours fairly dark- a very deep, cloudy red. Head is small and carbonation is fairly high for a porter. Aroma is of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt. Could be slightly fruity..I agree with Bigmmartin that this could be a Unibroue Porter if one existed. Taste is a little watery, hops are outweighed by the roasted malt...could be a little sour in my opinion. Aftertaste is dry and tart. Overall, smells a lot better than it tastes. DR is the dark beer specialist but I have to say the seasonal varieties (all four) are much more impressive. As for the normal DRs I would stick to the Milk Stout.
ilovedarkbeer (766), Dallas, Texas, USA
Oct 3, 2008 Bottle courtesy of BMan1113VR. Pours almost black with a small tope head. Nose is papaya, coffee, apple brandy, and dark chocolate. Really taste nose. Taste is good but not great. Mouthfeel is on the thinner side, tastes like bacon, smoke, metal, chocolate, and some dried dark fruit. Pretty good but the nose is the real high point.
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