 GMCC2181 (358), Bear, Delaware, USA
Jul 2, 2008
Bottle from StFun! Thanks Josh! Black in color, good head but that faded quickly, left a good lacing. Aroma is coffee. Taste is roasted malt, coffee and hint of chocolate. Medium texture. I am not a coffee drinker, but this is still drinkable. It is ashame that this morning I had a beer-geek-breakfast, and that puts this in its place... But overall a decent brew. Thanks josh!
FirmButtstone (14), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Not a bad beer at all. Nice burnt malt character with some decent roast finish. Nice and rich. Nothing amazing but for a rich porter it covers it basis.
JoeMcPhee (3692), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Growler courtesy of Santa. Pours a very dark black colour with a thin brown head. Aroma is full of sweet cocoa, caramel and rich toasted maltiness. No roast, but a very full-bodied rich dark malt character. Milk chocolate and cocoa with a nice lightly herbal bitterness on the back. Nice sweetness and toastiness. A really tasty, well-balanced porter. Thanks again Santa.
drfabulous (704), Columbia, Missouri, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Not bad at all. Lots of chocolate. Big creamy head. Maybe a bit carbonated for a porter. But a nice dark beer.
Retorp (2158), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Courtesy of StFun w2ho I’d like to thank for sending a growler AND a 12 oz bottle of this because it allowed me to just sit back and enjoy the growler, be sociable and just have a good time and then to later rate the bottle when I felt like it.
The aroma has a little bit of milk sugar, powdered malt notes, gobs of milk chocolate and very faint coffee notes. Malted milk ball is a great description of the aroma. The body is a dark ruby hued brown and holds an attractive, thumb thick, creamy mocha head that is quite lasting. It leaves very clingy, clumpy lace.
Very concentrated toffee, caramel and roast malt flavors on the fore. Very caramelized tasting. I wonder if they have a direct fired kettle. Chocolate and more caramel and toffee work well into the finish then leads into milk sugars and alcohol. Overtly sweet, but it works well here. This is a pretty tasty brew on the whole.
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