 rocbyter (916), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 5, 2009 Dark malt aroma with a light amount of chocolate hints. Amber color with a medium tan head. Mild beginning with a sweet finish. Palate is a little light.
Cletus (5055), Connecticut, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 |
Jan 10, 2009 Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of up front liquid smoke, peppery, roasty, some chocolate. Tastes smoky with some earthiness on the finish. Flavor does not live up to the nose. Watery mouthfeel.
JoeMcPhee (5000), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 1, 2009 Deep amber beer with a thin head. Aroma is pretty nicely smoky. It’s not really a porter at all, more like a rauchbier. Soft herbal hop aroma. Smoky and a little bit briny. Smokey and a little bit toasty. Earthy/spicy hoppiness. Strange but not bad.
riversideAK (2727), Shoreline, Washington, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 30, 2008 Bomber from hellbilly. Thanks man! Nice aroma of chocolate, roast, and sweet smokey bbq. Pours dark brown with some red hues, a thin bubbly head turns into nothing eventually. Bitter roast, chocolate, smoke, earth. A long lingering sharp bitterness. Great mix of bitter, sweet, and smoke. Pretty malty, some alcohol warmth hits the palate after the bitter sweetness rides out. Creamy full body. Nice stuff, but I am a huge fan of smoked porters.
Bockyhorsey (2528), Mesa, Arizona, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 21, 2008 Bomber. Sweet porter aroma hits the nose with some somke in there as well. Dark amber body with decent head. Big dose of sugar sweetness, bitter and some burnt smoke. Way too sweet no wonder it is to be drank with food. Allright brew wouldnt have to have another.
PilsnerPeter (2617), Flushing, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 18, 2008 Bottle shared by JoeMcPhee. Pours a muddy amber with a dense light tan head-does not look like a porter. Some smoke is present in the aroma- not meaty, but sweet with peat suggestions, dough with an estery quality as well. Rounded carbonation- fairly creamy on the palate. The flavor does have a smoky presence upfront- hearty dark bread as well with a solid hop bitterness to balance. Needs a bit more smoke, and is not a porter by any means, but it is balanced a very drinkable. I just get frustrated with brewers who mislead consumers with inaccurate style descriptions.
Dickinsonbeer (3451), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 17, 2008 Bomber shared by JoeMcPhee. Pours a weird stupid light medium amber color almost orange with an ok head which was nice- but seriously did not look anything close to a porter. Aroma was nice smoke- ok salty meatyness which was ok- good full malt presence- light toast and some caramel. More smokey peaty, meaty and salty stuff going on in the flavor, along with a dry cracker and cold smoked meat and sweet maltiness- light caramel and toast. Ok overall, but they should have called it a smoked amber or something.
puzzl (2619), New York, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 16, 2008 Bottle shared by JoeMcPhee. I drank with some eggplant, salmon steak [light on the sauce], and freshly chopped cherry tomatoes. No just kidding. So pretentious. Anyway, this pours rather brown, not even close to porter color. Where is the double smoked in this? Perhaps the label could spend more time describing the beer than the ideal meal to go with it, down to minute details. Easy drinking, lightly smoky, with a mild vegetal sweet flavor to it. Aroma is a slight bit spicy and maybe smoky. Whatever. Pretty dull beer. But then, I havent had it with a grilled salmon steak with lemmon butter sauce — light on the sauce.
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