 stefanje (544), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Jul 3, 2008
12 oz bottle courtesy of lb4lb. Pours an opaque dark brown color with a small khaki head that quickly fades to 1/8 inch and holds. The aroma is moderate in strength with milk chocolate, a bit of molasses and burnt toast. The taste is all chocolate; milk, dark and biter-sweet. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. The finish is short, dry and clean. Overall: One of the better porters I have sampled, complex, delicious and easy drinking. Recommended.
saber2th (7), Harrison Township, Michigan, USA
does not count  Aug 25, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Just a very solid porter! Good color, nice brown head and full of flavor!
brewandbbq (228), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Pours dark mahogany with amber hues on the edges. A half-inch head of beige had moderate retention and smears of lacework lasted throughout.
Roasted coffee, dark malts, caramel, nougat, and oreo shells fill the nose. Very clean and balanced, with a high level of complexity for a porter.
Fullish bodied, shy of thick. A happy medium between chewy and ordinary. Creamy.
Roasted malt, coffee, bitter chocolate, and an underlying fruit note lead off the pallet.
A firm, drying bitterness follows through along with brownie bits and biscuits.
Finishes with lingering bitter chocolate, and fading cookie crumbs.
Nice job on this one, very quaffable without being boring.
jimmay (13), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle. Pours very dark, not black. Brown head, condenses to very fine head. Fairly carbonated. Smokey, a little bit of chocolate. Mildly hopped.
PolakPorter (60), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Aug 15, 2008 12oz with the Flying Burrito Brothers playing (Gordon Lightfoot kind of sucks). Chocolate coffee...normally two flavors that I could live without. When combined in the form of ale, we get the Edmund Fitz Porter. While not as crisp as some Brit porters, or as big and heavy as American porters, it finds a nice centerqueef. Overall, very tasty, well-rounded and complex and incredibly easy to drink. Meow. Even tastes good on a hot summer night, just feeding the ol spider, makin that sucker grow. Tonight a grasshopper, tomorrow a centipede. Life is good.
AskForJenny (430), Ontario, New York, USA
Aug 12, 2008 12oz With Gordon Lightfoot playing in the background - Black liquid under light brown head. Chocolate malt to beat the band. Bitter chocolate on the front, fading to malt then a brush of bitter hops. Really well built and well thought out.
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