3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle, blindtasting #6. Pours hazy and golden deep amber to brown with huge tan and slowly collapsing head. Dry malty and slight hoppy, vague yeasty note. Sweet malty, slight metallic touch. Light spice note and roasted caramel malt base. Ends with a light bitterness.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of roasted malt, molasses, some caramel, raisins, some figs. Tastes sweet and malty with a rich velvety mouthfeel. Excellent balance of roastiness to sweetness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Beer pack from one of my loyal patrons. Good nose with a rich toasted, almost sweet aroma. Big roasted barley taste with a smooth finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Courtesy of Hopdog. Thank you, sir. Toasty, roasty malt aroma that leans toward fresh baked dark bread rather than chocolate or sweet coffee. The body is mostly black though it pours brown and holds a lasting thumb thick, bubbly, tan head. First sip is black roasted coffee, dry toasted malt and grains. There are suggestions of dark fruit, but they are fleeting. This is mostly black roasted coffee and burnt/toasted malt. And I love it. Has an intense burnt bitterness in the finish. It’s a touch thin for a robust porter, which the abv leans to, but thicker than any brown porter I can think of. Very nice and underrated in my opinion.
3.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was a very delicious and different porter. Aroma was nice. Roasted malt and dark chocolate. Pour was a nice deep dark brown with a one finger tan head. Taste ws great. Dark chocolate, coffee and a wierd vinous element I’ve never had in a porter. Made it a lot more interesting and complex. Dark roasted malt and ash in the aftertaste. Nice suprise!
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Opened with a huge "pfft" and poured clear iced tea brown.. waaaay too much head rose above the liquid (we’re talkin’ a 10-1 ratio here!). The aroma was quite enjoyable.. toasted semi-sweet chocolate and nutty notes with dry, maybe-a-touch-stale coffee grounds around.. drier overall and dusty. The flavor was along the same lines.. chalky, roasty darker chocolate and coffee grounds with a touch of dark fruit on the stale-ish finish.. OK, but nothing great going on here. About medium-bodied and chalky on the palate.. carbonation was out of control.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
5-19-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to risser09
Semi thick red brown with a yellowish beige head and very thin lacing. Smell is sage and roasted smokiness. Flavor is roasted malt and muted hops - not wildly bitter or crisp. Nice, unique and it works together fairly well.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from risser09 in trade. Thanks man! Pours dark reddish brown with a medium lived tan head that leaves lacing. Smell is fresh and piney and hoppy actually rather than roasty, but nice and a slight hint of coffee beans. Taste is like a hoppy pale ale with a slight hint of coffee perhaps. Interesting take on porter, and not what I expected, but still pretty decent. More like a rich pale ale than a porter.
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