 Dacrza (256), Great Meadows, New Jersey, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 17, 2009
Situation: Tasting the "winner" of our informal PSU brewfest...
Glassware: HopDevil nonick...
Appearance: dark black bdy with a brown ring of late-arriving head to bubble out the glass--solid and appropriate...
Aroma: burnt, slightly nutty with hints of caramel--mellow overall...
Palate: smooth, peaty, lightly textured and subtley grainy; pleasantly easy drniking with very little effervescence...
Taste: LAZY seems a bit insulting or perjorative (I know it’s the dog referenced), so mellow is the operative here... smoky only to a point, with caramel sweetness added to the chocolatey aftertaste...
Overall: First, a complaint--if you run a brewpub, service ALL growlers that enter your establishment: it’s not a safety, sanitary, or competive issue, it’s a snobbish attempt to squeeze ten bucks or so from someone who enjoys your product and wants to share it with others outside your place...now, as for the beer: a consummate winner this weekend, and some serious beer drinkers (Jer, Ryan and Russ) concurred with my prior opinion of this--even the ladies, nonfans of the "dark"brews, enjoyed its character and profile...
Cletus (5060), Connecticut, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Growler courtesy of balzac. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of roasted malt, coffee. Tastes roasty and sweet with some hoppy undertones and a peppery finish.
jbye4334 (719), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Oct 2, 2009 (cask). Cloudy brown color. Small tan head. Malty aroma with light vinegar. Light sour and vinegar flavor. Avg duration. Finish has lasting sourness. Thin texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.
decaturstevo (2010), decatur, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 16, 2009 Dark brown pour with creamy tan head and lace. Roasted maltiness and coffee on the nose. A sweet start, coffee, and a medium malt bitter. Medium bodied just a hint of thiness kept this baby from being over the top pretty damn good.
EithCubes (2177), Indiana, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 7/20 |
Dec 31, 2008 Draught at the pub. Amber around the edges, otherwise near-pitch. Light roast nose trending toward mocha, some very faint black malt, thankfully applied with restraint. Sticky, slightly nauseous taste of vomitus, light roast and soft ash, but there’s no way of getting our from underneath the cloying malt. Light, not watery body. Old offering or unclean tap lines? I’d hate to think this was the brew that won medals at GABF.
Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 28, 2007 Clear dark burgundy brown. Lasting off-white foam. Pleasant chocolate chunk aromas with a tiny lactic tinge that just gives a nice creamy feel. Not too sweet in mouth and supported by a confident carbonation. Nutty, minty, earthy consecutive flavours. A highly balanced, fresh offering that could, if anything, use a slightly smoother carbonated and fuller palate. Still my favourite offering from Long Valley.
argo0 (7035), Washington DC, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 8, 2007 Clear red-black body with tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, coffee, some roast, chocolate, caramel/toffee. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, roast, light chocolate, light sourness. Light-medium body, light stickiness.
TomDecapolis (3222), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 6, 2007 On tap at the brew pub. Pours a brown with lots of amber highlights and a medium off white creamy head that left some lacing…a little on the light side for a porter. Aroma was on the light side with caramel, toffee, nuts, hints of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Flavor of dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee…really rich and malty…good flavor.
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