 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Dec 17, 2008 Bottle at Orsted Olbarog with harrisoni and Fin. Very dark brown/near black with not much head. Vegetable aroma and the same vegetable-esque American chocolate flavour - think Hersheys. Soft palate. Weak overall.
MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 4/20 |
Sep 30, 2003 Starts out looking good. Very dark. Nice brown head. Goes down from there. Smells roasty, yet has a soured edge to it. Tastes roasty, but finishes sour. From my beer club, too. Go figure. Lacto-infection!
beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 4, 2004 Color is a nice dark brown with medium to darker red highlights, soft and supple finger high foam of light tannish hue, lacing of all kinds sticking well.
Aroma is crisp and clean of toasty roasty grains and black malt, dry overall with nice underlayers of coffee and hazelnut and some little levels of cocoa and or dry chocolate.
Smooth taster, firm and slightly drying, just as a good porter should be, and this is. Quick front with only slipping features of sweet malts, just around midway is the fun stuff, chocolate dustings, roasty grainyness, toasted bread, drying out some, but never to the point of departing a level of discontent. Subtle finish of cocoa, coffee, and malted sweetness that has an everpresent and favorable little drying effect.
Feel is about medium body, smooth and mellow, dry with some sweetness and some roastyness to it. Goes down with surprising ease and goodness to the lips. A fine example of an American style porter.
redlight (1496), Winter Park, Florida, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Feb 9, 2007 Roasted coffee and chocolate in the aroma, some vanilla. Pours dark brown/black. Big roasted malt up front, some coffee, chocolate smooth vanilla after taste. Not bad but nothing reall special
Strykzone (1496), Wood River, Illinois, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 8, 2003 What a nice offering from the Great Divide people! This beer is very dark and rich, and very good. So many porters have a burnt taste but not this one. Smooth all the way through.
Cavie (1493), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 4, 2009 Dark on the pour. Nose has hints of roasted caramel and coffee ground. Finishes a bit dry with an aftertaste that leaves you missing something.
RCL (1492), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 14, 2009 Cola/rootbeer/chocolate aroma. Smells like the chocolate Cokes you can buy (or could buy?) at county fairs. Nice cocoa powder flavor. Rich and well balanced. Good porter.
jkwalking05 (1485), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 30, 2009 Black with brown to garnet highlights. Smell of chocolate and coffee from the malts. Sweet like flavor in the taste just not quite robust. Still pretty good.
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