 PilsnerPeter (2612), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 2, 2008 Bottle: Deep brown with a ruby hue and a light tan head. Roasted nose, slightly ashy with dark chocolate notes. Decent body with fairly creamy carbonation. Flavor has a peppery bite, charred malts and some earthy cocoa. Fairly bitter flavor overall, heavily roasted, and somewhat peppery. Not bad.
urbnhautebourg (974), Annapolis, Maryland, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 1, 2008 I found this to be soft and smooth with some nice dark malt highlights. The flavor was nicely restrained, but I must restrain myself from rating this too highly. A lot of those nice, restrained, softer beers that I treasure always have some identifiable trait which lifts them above the others. Here I didn’t find anything particularly special. Nevertheless, a pleasant-enough experience.
mreusch (724), Olathe, Kansas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 31, 2008 Bomber, with thanks to the man, john_adam2002! Pours a cola brown with a sizable foamy tan head, minimal lacing. Aroma is a bit subdued; malty roast, light smoke, chocolate and some dark fruits. Flavor is also roasty but mild, with more chocolate, smoke, and molasses - I can sense a bit of that black eyed pea thing going on as well. Not too much interesting going on here - not bad, but pretty unexciting. The wife says this is enjoyable with Newman’s Fig Newtons, for those looking for a nice food companion to this beer!
jehoey (766), Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 Pours dark black with a tan head that holds well and becomes a thin layer on the top. Aroma was nicely roasty with a bit of ashiness. Flavor was roasted, smooth, slightly ashy. full mouthfeel, but not overly full. Very good
bigrond (1044), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 this beer was a very very nice porter. Had a deep dark color an da very warming flavor.
Tasted stronger than 8.5 but non ehte less it was a good brew.
Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 Bomber, best by Dec 08. Clear, deep brown with a small beige head. Roasty malt nose, a whiff of smoke, dark chocolate. Nice milk chocolate flavors, roasty and a touch of smoke. Some fruity notes develop as it warms. Medium body, mildly creamy. I never had the pleasure of trying the original, so I can’t compare, but this is pretty nice.
hoplover406 (204), Crofton, Maryland, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 Bomber. Looks like a Coke. No head or lacing. Fruity, sweet, aroma with some coffee and chocolate. Watery, thin body. Flavor is very similar to aroma but a bit too fruity sweet up front. That component domintates the other flavors. It’s tangy and bitter.Quite different from other porters. Not bad, but I’m not impressed.
CheersMate1 (789), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 29, 2008 Heavy aroma of toffee and caramel. This beer has a very sweet aroma. The aroma is very pugnent, the sweet aroma is everywhere. I am not used to a porter being this sweet, but I understand that this is a Baltic Porter. I like the sweet smell to this beer. The beer looks just like Coca-Cola. The beer is very black in color, and looks great. Although, the head did not impress me. The beer is decent looking. Wow, the more the beer warms up the more the molasses aroma just opens up. I can taste the alcohol, but only slightly. Nice caramel, malty, toffe, smoke taste. The smoke is very, very sublte. I am impressed with the beer. The beer is not impressive in regards to palate, it is very average in this regard. Slight alcohol burn. Overall, a nice porter that has an awesome, and pungent aroma, and nice taste.
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