 beerbuzzmontreal (2743), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 5, 2007 Dark brown pour with a thin beige head. Decent aroma of coffee and black chocolate with a bitter finish. The body is light with a dry mouthfeel and moderate carbonation.
pobenohne (504), Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 8, 2004 On draft at the brew pub. A "big" porter - more like a stout, lots of roasted malt, roasted aroma, roasted flavor. These guys should try serving this under nitrogen.
jollyraider (253), Los Angeles (Westwood), California, USA
Apr 30, 2004 Light head for a porter. Nice roastiness, like PsychProf I think the chocolate was subdued, but this was alright. A tasty porter.
Schroppfy (1733), Ohio, USA
Jul 10, 2003 I'll agree with Sean here on the "muddied" comment - also called London Porter at 27 IBUs. Fairly standard, good closing bitterness but a bit strange/chemically, not chocolate overloaded.
hennes (932), Fountain, Michigan, USA
Jun 10, 2003 Called the "London Porter" when I had it on tap, claiming 27 IBUs. Unfortunately for this beer, I drank it on the same night I saw Natalie McMaster in concert at the Wharton Center. Natalie is, to my ears, the premier fiddle player in the universe, full of grace and energy and creativty. Her ability to blend genres and explode through styles is amazing - she can do a lot of things very well. This beer tries to do a lot of things - heavy chocolate malt, significant smoky element, alternating blasts of burnt coffee and sweet chocolate. It has a dazzling fresh aroma and a nice thick brown appearance, but what it all adds up to is muddied by all that is going on. The Natalie concert was amazing because she did so much and pulled it off - this beer is good, maybe very good, but not amazing becuase it doesn't have the concentrated ease of the Cape Breton fiddler.
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