SKA Nefarious Ten Pin Imperial Porter

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Durango, Colorado USA

Translucent dark brown color, thin, even white head. Nice mix of chocolate and roast on the aroma, more on the chocolately side. Thin on the taste, no real roast or chocolate, very bland. Pretty thin and not impressive beyond the aroma.

Courtesy of Gunhaver. Pours deep darkness with a thin tan head. The aroma is roasty with mild burnt malts, faint nuttiness and some alcohol heat. The taste is porter-like with notes of chocolate, fruit cake, vanilla and some tasty burnt malt notes. Very nice roasty to toffee to burnt malts into the finish. Yum.

Bottle, courtesy Santa. Pours a dark brownish red, with a creamy head and nice lacing. Sweet caramel nose, chocolate, roasted notes, brown sugar and some coffee. Flavor has sinuous chocolate, coffee, licorice, roasted notes. Thick body, somehow crisp and refreshing, quite drinkable. Enjoyed it.

22oz from Whole Foods, Raleigh. Fairly substantial pour, not oily like others in the style but a somewhat clean, almost crisp brew with a handsome mahogany color, some decent carbonation, strong chocolate and toffee notes. Finish is slightly thin, but it’s a very solid brew.

Dark brown pour, khaki fluffy head. Molasses aroma very similar to rum. Thin bodied. Very fruity and loads of chocolate. Easily my favorite beer from ska

When it comes to porter’s--this is pretty high on my list. Where most breweries tend to use chocolate as an accessory, SKA actually manages to incorporate their use of milk chocolate in this beer as if it occurred naturally. The only big problem with this beer is getting it out of it’s wax-sealed bottle...

Pours a very dark brownish black with a fully tan head. Aroma is a bit fruity with some sweet chocolate vanilla malt notes. Flavor is similar, very chocolate and vanilla with some strong fruit presence. Medium bodied. Not bad but definitely a mediocre imperial porter

Courtesy hopscotch. Pours dark brown/black, with a smallish, creamy, light beige head. Smells of rich, sweet, syrupy molasses, dark chocolate, dark fruits, and vanilla toffee. The flavor is fairly sweet, has a touch of tartness to it, which I didnt especially care for. Some caramel and toffee flavors are noticeable in th finish. Overall not too bad, but the tartness was definitely out of place and was too abundant to be overlooked.