 Mr_Stitch (138), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 18, 2008
Bottle. Pours a deep dark earthy brown with a one finger frothy tan head. Aroma is coffee, malt, dark fruits, with a hint of candy sweetness and some of the alcohol. Taste is smooth starts off with a nice malty flavor then moves into chocolate and finishes with the taste of freshly brewed espresso. Mouthfeel is thick, smooth, and warming. An excellent beer I would recommend it to all that haven’t tried it yet.
bdigi66 (443), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
Aug 30, 2008 Bottle: Dark amber/brown color pour...huge aroma of figs, raisins, chocolate and coffee with some mild vanilla and cream notes present as well. A bit hot in the taste with flavors of caramel, chocolate and dark fruits present. Pretty good.
JCB (1012), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Aug 27, 2008 22oz from Canal’s, Burlington. Very deep black pour, with a big head that lessens quickly. The nose is initially just a tad off-putting, I have to say, with a funky vegetal quality that gives me pause. But after a few minutes getting to room temp, there are lots of chocolate malts in the nose, intriguing because I don’t quite remember this in Perkuno’s Hammer. Comparisons only go so far, I suppose. Nicely creamy mouthfeel, if not the lactic quality I tend to expect from a Baltic Porter. Low bitterness, even though there’s a smidgen of roast coffee in there. But overall it’s a very solid, enjoyable brew, even if it doesn’t really match up to the Hammer.
joshwilfong (518), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 25, 2008 dark brown/black with large but quickly disappearing head. flavor of crystal, chocolate malt with a fruity finish of a lager yeast, which adds a nice finish. not a lot of alcohol presence for the high abv. a very good beer, i wish i had a pekuno’s hammer to compare it to
DrBayern (952), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Date: 08/20.08, 22 oz. bottle
Aroma - Brwon sugar, chocolate, burnt caramel, peppery spice, roasted grain
Appearance - Ruby tinged mahogany pour, large light tan head that recedes slowly, sliding bands of thick lace.
Flavor - Sweet dark caramel kicks off, and the chocolate and roasted malt flavors follow. Soft bitterness arrives late, and has a certain harshness.
Palate - Medium body, lightly carbonated, very smooth and pretty clean
Overall - Pretty decent, and my only objection is the mildly harsh finish.
pnista (888), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Updated: Aug 24, 2008(Courtesy of Mike, thanks man!) Pours a dark warm brown with an average creamy tan colored head. Roast pops out over a creamy and very slightly sweet nose. There’s a strong fruitiness to the roast, but also some subtle spice, very nice. The mouthfeel is full and creamy, smooth, subdued carbonation. The flavor is in line with the nose, robust strong roast pops quite a bit more. Almost charcoal-like. It really comes across as roastier than any beer I can think of off the top of my head, but it’s well executed. A bit creamy, some small residual sugar. A bit fruity perhaps. Lingering roast, acidity, and some alcohol, though the latter gives way to the roast and acidity that dominate the after taste for quite some time. A rather solid brew, in my opinion.
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