General Lafayette Double Thunder

Formerly brewed at General Lafayette Inn and Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania USA

Dark brown. Head fades. Roasty porter like aroma (go figure). Big roasty flavor. Alcohol well hidden. Very drinkable.

On tap at the GLI. Poured a dark black with an averaged sized brownish head. Aromas and tastes of chocolates, roasted malts, and some dark fruits lurking in the back ground. Starts of lightly sweet and ends in a nice coffee bitter finish. I didn’t get any alcohol in the aromas and tastes - I wouldn’t have guessed it was 9.4%. Lacing left on the glass.

Excellent porter. Had it at the brewpub. Dark brown in color. Roasty aroma. It has a big roasty flavor. Very good.

Excellent example of a Baltic Porter. Excellent roasted aroma and flavor added to a sweet finish. First sip had me imagining an "Imperial Porter". Excellent beer from GLI, worth seeking out and sampling.

Pours a black color with a tiny ring of light brown lace. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and subtle fruits. Good flavor of roasted malt, chocolate and underlying fruits with a bitter finish. The body is light with a dry texture and low carbonation. This is good, maybe not as I thought it would be but still a very pleasant experience.

25oz bottle from basement at brew pub.2005 version. Pures very dark brown with no head or carbonation. Smell of coffee, brown sugar, and roasted malts. Taste mildy sweet with coffee, roasted malty flavors throughout.The body was kind of thin but o.k. The flavors dissapers fast and leaves and dry hoppy aftertaste.

The Lure:
Subtle grapiness escapes the chocolatey sweet malt pond. A straightforward dessert must ensue. The cask version has much more vanilla, and is sweeter and bolder.

The Festivities:
Roasted malt flavor and bitterness lathers the cocoa powder and smooth vinosity. Hot alcohol laces on the dark chocolate bar and warns of its warming effect. The cask version showcases more alcohol, a flatter feel, and a disparate amalgamation of flavors. The regular tap serves it much better, no doubt.

Transcendence:
Those ice cream bars do their job very well.

Dark brown pour, light brown ring. I tried both the cask and draft version and they were quite different. The cask felt a bit dull, soy saucy and kind of like a dark malts soup. On the other hand, the keg offered a more interesting cakey sweetness with certainly a beany aspect, but it was more vanilla-ish than vegetal this time. The mouthfeel was quite oily with that low carbonation, full and fatiguing. Rather complex flavours with good supporting hops and roastiness hinting at cocoa and herbs. Still, more integration and roundness would have been welcome and the usual fruitiness forgot the meeting.