Middle Ages The Duke Of Winship

Twelve oz. bottle, 10.03.09. Pours dark brown, off white head. Aroma is smoky, molasses, chocolate, coffee, flavor is similar with anise and maltiness.

2009 Bottle - Thanks corey70! - Pours out a thin dk brown with a small tan head...aroma is roasty fruit and caramel, with some dry grain and cocoa...flavour is similar, toffee malt, fruity esters, a bit of smoke and a lightly sour twang...really liked this one...

12 oz bottle thanks to George. Pours a very dark brown color with a medium beige head. The aroma is heavy malts, light caramel and dried plums and other fruit. The flavor is very much like a Scotch Ale; loads of rich toasted malts, some coffee and chocolates, some more metallic roasted notes as well. Like a mix of a Scotch Ale and Porter. Nice! Easygoing and smooth.

[2355-20090731] Tap. Chocolate malt roast sweet grains aroma. Clear, dark brown body with a medium-lasting creamy light tan head. Lots of coffee roast and burnt wood in the flavour along with a mild bitter evergreen aftertaste. Medium-full body. Quite good.
(@ Middle Ages; Syracuse, NY)

2009-07-31. Brown black body, tan head. Pleasant light roast flavour, mocha character, coffee like bitterness in the finish, taking on some interesting undertones as it warms. Aroma is mild, dilute coffee and dark malt. (6+) Average palate. Decent. On tap at the brewery

kind of dark but looks a bit like a very dark brown ale rather than a porter. head is light tan...average retention and minimal lacing. aroma is very malty...sweet and syrupy of caramel and roasted malts but very muddled. flavor is also overly sweet and lacks balance...has an odd chalkiness and is a touch sour but not old. mouthfeel is average but the finish is mildly unpleasant. i could do without having this one again.

Courtesy of grandet. Pours deep dark brown with garnet edges and one minute tan head. The aroma is caramel laced with a bit of earthiness along with moderately roasted malts, grapes and plums. Enjoyable flavor bringing forth roasted malts eventually leading to dry burnt malts with milder notes of earthiness, caramel and faint dark fruitiness. It really dries out with highly roasted malts and mild dusty earthiness into the finish. After a few ounces it tends to end increasingly roasty to burnt.

12 oz bottle shared. Aromas were weak difficult to pick up. Flavors were touches of malty sweetness, but with an overshadow of cardboard and bandage that really killed this for us.