lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 9/20 | Jul 18, 2009 Pours black with a beige short lived head. Smell is buttery and dry roasty malt. Watery. Not very good. Unimpressed, and still looking for a good Portsmouth beer or at least one I’d want to have again... thirdeye11 (558), Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Jul 12, 2009 (22oz bottle thanks to jkwalking05) Pours very dark brown with a tan head. Nose is smoky peat moss. Flavor is also smoky, coffee, with bitter dark chocolate finish. RollinHard (761), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Jun 29, 2009 Black pour with light brown head. Aroma of earth, nuts, and leaves. Tastes of earth, dirt, chocolate, and leaves. Pretty nice,but suffers from predictability. bu11zeye (5655), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jun 28, 2009 (22oz bottle, courtesy of jkwalking05) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted grain, chocolate, and caramel. Flavor of roasted malt, coffee, nuts, and chocolate with a bitter finish. ericandersnavy (1139), crossroads, Texas, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jun 27, 2009 bottle thanks to jkwalking05. poured a dark brown with a beige head. aroma of toffee, butterscotch, coffee. flavor was chocolate, coffee, toffee, and dark roast. light body for a stout. mar (1972), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Jun 26, 2009 bottle thanks to jkwalking05. black with a thin beige head. nose is roasted malts with vanilla and a background of bittersweet chocolate. smooth on the palate with a roasted coffee flavor that finishes with some chocolate. blutt59 (2172), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Jun 20, 2009 bottle, thanks to jkwalking05, dark walnut color, aroma of nutty butterscotch, flavors of dry coffee, a light peaty smoke and roasted nuts, finish is on thin side Swalden28 (1531), McKinney, Texas, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Jun 18, 2009 Bottle thanks to jkwalking. Pours a deep, dark brown/black with beige head. Aroma of dark roast and some light dark fruit. Flavor of some dark roast and faint dark fruit, a little baking cocoa. Mouth feel is medium body with medium-high carbonation. Overall, not bad at all...
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