 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 (3494), 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 (2635), 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.
BOLTZ7555 (1099), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 1/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 7, 2008 Sampled at Big Pour Mesa, AZ. This is likely the ugliest beer Ive ever had the pleasure to sample. Got the bottom of the bottle. Diarrhea brown...literally...with a pea soup green tint and tons of chunky sediment. Had flash backs of The Exorcist while drinking this brew. Tasty, but not very porter like. Rauchbier influence, a lot of smoke, slight chocolate and coffee. Kind of thin.
Sparky27 (1608), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours a strange greenish brown with small tan head. Nose is campfire and bacon. Taste is smoked ham, burnt chocolate and waxy hops. Medium mouth feel. Decent smoke – strange appearance though.
SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 28, 2008 Pours a near black color with a near creamy tan head that sticks to everything. Aroma of dark chocolate, molasses, smoky wood and a hint of hops. Flavor is very good with all of the above, and the smoke never overtaking the other elements. Just a touch of hops, alcohol and smoke on finish. Creamy and smooth on the palate. Impressive.
hellbilly (1532), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 20, 2008 bomber brewed 08/08 and fwiw i drank this on 09/08... pours a dark ruby brown (which turns opaque when the yeast sludge is added) with a wispy light tan head and a ton of drippy/trails of lacing. very mildly smoked aroma with umame notes, chocolate, lactic sourness, almond paste and hops which are grassy, spicy and lightly piney. (the aroma pales in comparison to the flavor) soft sour smokey flavor is beautiful... chocolate, roasty malt, cooked cream, caramel, astringency, bitterness and insanely hoppy/grassy/earthy. pleasantly tart finish is quite dry and leads to a lingering charred aftertaste. full bodied but the acidity keeps it crazy drinkable... slick soft carbonation is super smooth on the tongue. (scored as a porter =4.6) btw, the recipe on the label is spot on for this!
after4ever (2783), Brier, Washington, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Oct 27, 2008 22. Thanks, 46er3498! Black with a loose, light gray head. Big roasty sharp chocolate nose. Roasty, smoky notes there too. Creamy, grainy, fizzy body. Rich chocolate, roast, campfire and beef jerky notes on the mid-palate, but all in balance. Nothing too powerful, not even the 8%. Very drinkable.
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