 Gusler (2656), Tucson, Arizona, USA
Jul 13, 2001
This is my dream beer:
Dark, malty, strong hop presence, high ABV, wonderful burnt grain nose and flavor, hearty and a true old style porter from days long before ’Light’/’Lite’ was even imagined.
Malt at the start somewhat sweet, the middle a blend of hop spiciness and the toasted grains, the finish hop bitter and pleasently dry. Love porter a must, sorry it is probably a real hard beer to find outside the East Coast. Thanks to a trade with a fellow beer lover I had the pleasure, a new top ten porter on my master list. Borders on being a ’Stout’ to my nose and palate, what a treat.
jason (1506), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Bottle. Poured a deep brown/light black body with thin head. Aroma is a nice blend of chocolate, sweet malt, and cocoa. Flavor is sweet milk chocolate, cocoa and light hops. Slightly dry.
mcox90 (342), Wilton, New Hampshire, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle. Pours a dark brown, almost black, with a foamy tan head and rings of lacing. Aroma is coffee and bakers chocolate. Palate is smooth, but a bit on the thin side. Dry too. Flavor is roasted malts, coffee and cocoa. A fairly typical porter.
timsilvia32 (204), born in Michigan, North Carolina, USA
Aug 7, 2008 Dark brown pour with an unending tan head. Had to pour, wait, pour wait to actually fill up the glass. I’ll even try to take some of the blame for that, but damn. Roasty malt with alcohol nose. Pretty dry, some mocha, roast malts, burnt tones. To me the carbonation gets in the way of potentially a nice beer. A bit of a bitter coffee finish. A "Belgian" style porter for lack of a better description. Don’t care for it, just like I don’t care for the Belgian style stouts.
hellbilly (865), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Jul 22, 2008 bottle from alldaydrinker... pours a nice opaque black shade of brown dominated by a gigantic cafe au lait colored head (we’re talkin’ one part beer to five parts foamy head!). as it eventually fades it leaves behind a soapy film and lots of spotty lacing on the glass. the aroma is very floral... kinda like the way nail polish remover is floral?... so, not in a good way. there are some good qualities... ripe dark stone fruit, rich grain, mildly scalded cream and chocolate. the flavor is tasty but definitely flawed... a touch of sweetness on an otherwise dry palate, chocolate, toasted nuts, ashy grain, vanilla, coffee and tart cherries right before a very unpleasant sour finish. normally a good thing in a porter, this is just too much. floral, medicinal and almost provoking a gag reflex i let it sit for a good forty five minutes... the negative aspects have faded or perhaps i’ve just come to expect them but are still present... harsh. ashy burnt cream and chocolate flavored coffee in the aftertaste. light bodied, over carbonated and very acidic. it does have some good characters to it but they are well hidden beneath a blanket of meh...
mephisto (1099), Taiwan
May 13, 2008 deep black in appearance with offwhite head, the aroma is coffee and heavy in roasted barley. fruity and caramel flavor anchor the body, it has a very chocolatey finish.
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