 Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 29, 2006 Roasted coffee, one dimentional in every way, i love this brewery but this is thier worst offering.
hopscotch (5543), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 12, 2007 Bottle... Pitch black ale with a small, creamy, light beige head. The aroma is of chocolate-covered cherries, toasted nuts, light smoke phenols and coffee. The flavor is slightly oxidized. Good balance. Subtle chocolate, light pungency and cardboard, light sweetness. Medium-bodied and chewy with lively carbonation. Chocolaty, charcoal-dry finish. Thanks to boboski for the bottle!
CaptainCougar (5532), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 17, 2007 Bottle sampled on 8/16/06: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a thin coating of tan head. Sweet roasty dark caramel malty aroma has some bready yeasty notes. Body starts semi-full sweet and smooth with a touch of milk chocolate and good bittering hoppy balance. Very drinkable and enjoyable porter.
Bov (5514), Bienne, Switzerland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 27, 2005 bottled; thanks to fiulijn - pitch-black and a fine creamy, brown-tainted head gives it a perfect appearance; it has a powerful nose where toasted coffee first comes to mind but it is in fact complexer than that as chocolatey and plumy notes are here also; a bit acidic, sweet and quite oily, fairly strong malt body supported by a rather high carbonation; the finish is dry and very roasted with more coffeish and cocolatey notes, the whole thing being quickly overtaken by a strong and warming alcohol kick
duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 22, 2005 Cask@Chelmsford Beer Festival. A really nice soft roasty porter. Smoky chocolate flavours also notice, touches of dark fruit.berries but the main thing is the roasty characters. Finish is quite dry and more-ish, i like this a lot.
JorisPPattyn (5192), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 1, 2005 Good dark-beige head, slightly irregular on nearly totally black beer. Creamy, chocolatey nose, dark & burnt malts. Burnt malts, and typical sourish taste, fortified by carbonations. Tad of bitter chocolate, grainy. Some acid/roast burn, well bodied, but thinned by the acids. Good, but nowhere exceptional porter.
ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jan 31, 2005 Dark brown / black body with large frothy beige head. Roasted malty aroma with some coffee and a slight sweetness. Flavor is burnt malts with a slight vanilla sweetness and hints of chocolate.
MartinT (5075), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 15, 2006 Any first impressions?
-Barely a ring of head rests atop the opaque brownish-black.
-Dark cocoa proffers a clean perfume.
-Mouthfeel is powdery and thin-bubbled.
-Flavors are balanced, but not too expressive.
What if you dig deeper?
-Subtle vinosity flows under the chocolate.
-The meager malt roastiness is of a short length.
-Herbal hoppiness undermines the roasty malt.
-No alcohol apparency for this quiet, humble porter.
Bottle; batch 147, best before May ’08.
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