 donteatpoop (112), Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Jun 1, 2008
Pours a dark chocolate color with an inch of cream colored head and little retention or lacing.
Smells of dark roasted malts.
The taste has initial hints of chocolate and coffee, finishing with a moce roasted malt flavor.
Great balance in the mouth, good carbonation level, but leaves the mouth a little dry.
Excellent beer, but not for sessions. One or two of these and I’m done.
Serving type: bottle
1_2many (220), Ohio, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Bottle. Black with a small tan head. Roasty chocolate and coffee aroma. Sweet roasty malt flavor with a small aftertaste. Easy drinking and smooth.
naivepegasus (143), USA
Aug 27, 2008 Pours black with a few fingers of creamy, rapidly dissipating tan head. Sweet dark malts and chocolate in the odor. Soft, almost velvety mouthfeel is accompanied by a little coffee and toast with a nice chocolate aftertaste. Good porter with a nice light sweetness to it.
SSSteve (1512), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 24, 2008 black with ruby highlights under a small creamy brown head. sweet chocolaty roast aroma. flavors of chocolate, coffee. medium bodied. lingering roasty finish.
j_b (735), Rochester, New York, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Big time classic aroma, chocolate, roasted malt, coffee. Palate is rich, oily, with a mocha taste and some hoppy grit. Color is cola with a thin head with some lacing. I just don’t understand the distinction between porter and stout. This is stronger than many stouts I have had and has the hop backing of a traditional stout. But I guess relative to Bell’s stouts, this is a porter weight. Nice balance and good beer.
dmtroyer (339), Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA
Aug 22, 2008 12oz. OH BABY! This is easily the best Porter I have had to date. It seems natural that a brewery well versed in the ways of stouts and imperial stouts should be able to craft a mighty good porter. So this poured an almost perfect cola-brown with a beige head. Nose will not let you down, this has everything from coffee, chocolate, hickory smoke and some grassiness to boot. One of the reasons I like this brew is that the flavors are so articulated of espresso, dark chocolate, cocoa, finishing with some great smokiness and the slightest hint of sour cherry. No one flavor overwhelms the other and they progress for a minute and the finish lingers for at least another two minutes. The palate is also near perfection with some weight and creamy viscosity that is balanced perfectly by carbonation. Another winner from bell’s!
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