 frankenkitty (1903), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 23, 2007 Pours deep mahogany with a thick, holding tan head. What an awesome aroma! Perfect... chocolate malts, coffee, roastiness, sweetness/bitterness, light smoke, a hint of dark fruit... nothing wrong in the aroma department. Excellent for the style (or for the "malted genre" in general). Mouth is a little thin and dry, but the flavors are damn solid. Comforting, bittersweet chocolate... with just a drop of alcohol to remove you from your safety-zone. I’ve GOT to get out to Denver again...
<font size=-4>Pint bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/illinois/plainf Plainfield, IL 60544</font>
pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 12, 2006 Pretty standard issue stuff here. Good, but nothing to brag about. Standard porter taste meaing coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, but with much more molasses.
jeffc666 (1895), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 4, 2004 Deep dark ruby-brown with a dense tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, light on the chocolate, but good amounts of grapefruit. Flavor is roasted malt and coffee with the expected burst of citrus hops and bitterness. Medium body, bitter finish. A good but not great porter.
emacgee (1892), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 7, 2007 The color is black with carbonation that sticks to the glass. Looks like dark root beer in consistency. the head is fairly thin, light tan, and slighty frothy. The aroma is slightly sweet, some molasses, coffee. The flavor is lightly roasted, sweet, coffee, chocolate, and slight alcohol harshness. It had a fairly warm palate and finish with light sweet roastiness in it. Overall a very solid brew with a lot of good attributes.
stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 27, 2006 Bottle. Pours dark with a large tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, nuts. Flavor is smooth, sweet, chocolate, roast. Decent body, decent brew.
iowaherkeye (1873), Los Angeles, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 25, 2006 12 oz. bottle @ Cedar Rapids’ Brick’s. Poured a deep ruby with small tan head. Aroma of some chocolate and toasted malts, with some coffee. There was also a bit of bitter hops. Taste was more of the same with a nice malty sweetness. Been a while since I’ve had a porter, and I’ll have to get this one again and pay a little more attention to taking notes and rerate this one.
BeerLimey (1873), California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 4, 2005 Opaque brown appearance, creamy head formation. Creamy, coffee roast aroma, dry hazelnut. Mildly chocolaty palate, good coffee roast but overall light in body. Fair bitterness in the finish and hazelnut dryness. Easy drinking, decent flavored porter.
nearbeer (1864), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 13, 2007 Bottled 2nd week of January; I assume this is 2007. Nearly opaque brown-black with a medium and mostly lasting head. Aroma of chocolate pine. Flavor has smoked pine hop with cocoa and molasses, raisins, some scorched brown sugar and toasted marshmallow. Wow! Finish is excellent: tingly-bitter herb hops balancing all the malt complexity. Palate is medium-heavy and tingly with both hops and carbonation. Almost a stout with some extra hops; very nice! Way underrated.
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