En fût. Pinte dégustée directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de café et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de café et de chocolat avec une pointe de noix. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #1684)

My Bottom Line:
Roasted molasses and blueberry fruitiness are balanced out by leafy hops in this dryish Porter.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam surrounds the brown-sleeved black.
-Maltiness could be more expressive; as is, the flavor profile is quite simple.
-Body is well rounded and allows high drinkability.
-The finish is lightly bitter and pretty dry.

On tap at the brewpub.

750 ml bottle. Dark black-brown in color. Somewhat thin, cola-like in appearance. Roasted nuts, chocolate, classic - coffee hints. Quick, even flavor to the tongue with a wooden, nut pinging of the back of the throat. lightly acidic but not unpleasant. Like a drive into the light rough . . . not perfect, but it’ll play.

Dark brown with a ruddy tint. Toasted malt aroma, lightly chocolatey and toasty aroma. Herbal root beer type of aroma. Flavour is okay, fairly lean body with light chocolate and toasted barley. A touch of light acidity. As the temperature comes up, the body improves a bit, but it’s still not a great example. Earthy hop flavour on the back.

(22 oz bottle: Obtained 14-Dec-05 in trade with jjpm74, thanks John!) Bottled in October, 2005. Pours opaque and very dark brown in color with a bit of ruddiness at the extreme edges. Sizeable light tan head shows better than average retention, taking a good 5 to 7 minutes to settle to a filmy layer, eventually diminishing to a wide ring with some wisps scattered across the top. This is a very roasty, fairly bitter porter with only a slight sweetness to it and a mild yeastiness in the finish. Light hoppiness seems to be responsible for some of the bitterness, but I think the vast majority is just a product of the dark roasting. Stronger hints of chocolate emerge in the finish as the beer warms toward toward room temperature. Aromas of strong, dry roast and a bit of grain are less interesting than what the overall flavor presents. Medium bodied, probably right about where it should be for a standard porter. There’s a good deal of flavor in this porter, but with all the roast, it’s fairly one-dimensional. Still, a solid entry that competently delivers what is expected of a porter, but doesn’t do anything more than that.