Um ok. Bottle from brewpub. And this isn’t a porter? Poured a black body, small head, aroma of roast, coffee and some nut. Roasty doughy taste with some nut. Fairly watery on the palate. This really looks like a Guinness, but when it’s right in the light it’s a very dark brown. Almost everyone seemed to hate this beer, but I didn’t see it as a huge letdown. I’m not gonna say it’s some amazing beer either, but it’s better than 2.5 range. To make fun of the commercial description - I WAS SHOCKED THAT THIS BEER WAS DARK AND SO EASY TO DRINK OMG.

April 2004. Clear brown ale with a very light malt aroma, some soy sauce. Nutty taste with malts, light hops. Watery , too light, needs more malts???

Brown with reddish hues when held to the light with a thin white head. The initial taste is nutty but it is quickly overpowered by a sour, stale taste. The body is thin and watery. Extremely disappointing. Newcastle is better, and I don’t believe a macrobrewery should ever beat out a micro.

Practical absence of aroma leaving way for little earthiness and nuttiness in the malt...Otherwise, near absence of malt flavors and true vapidity in the hops...This is an aqueous void for a brown ale...

Roasty aroma. Fairly dark brown, clear body with off-white head that diminishes to ring. Chocolate malt flavour. Some dark malt in finish. Medium-light mouthfeel without being watery. A fair brown ale. On tap at the brewpub.