SKA Nefarious Ten Pin Imperial Porter

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

Interesting. Not quite sure if it’s an error or on purpose. Poured with a nice fluffy, frothy, foamy, tan head and lots of lace. Color isan opaque dark brown almost black. Aroma is earthy, funky, tangy, rich, nasty, good, yet bad. Flavs the same. Baltic Porter? maybe. Shat’s good. let’s not get too hinky. good solid finish good bye.

22oz, blue wax dipped bomber from bruisin’ ales. pours a deep, dark brown with a thin, bubbly tan head and solid ring of lace. aroma is mild but very nice with dark, roasted malts, dark chocolate, and black coffee with subtle hints of toffee, char, and dark fruits. flavor is very nice as well with bittersweet dark chocolate, cold coffee, and roast up front backed by notes of licorice, dark fruit, and earthy hops with a smokey, roasted finish. palate is medium bodied with solid carbonation and a hint of alcohol on the swallow. overall, and solid imperial porter.

22oz bottle. A dark pour with a thin tan head. a dark chocolate aroma. Well carbonated with a dry sweet funky finish. A good porter, but not a robust one I come to expect from this style.

gracias ramenend, con davo en el lago esta riquisima esta birria. es mi tipo, imperial con stout va muy bien. seguire buscando de estas. next - ACC championship

Pours a dark brown almost black color with a thin head. Intense chocolate and coffee aromas with some toffee and fruit as well. Chocolate flavors dominate followed by the roasted coffee and some fruit to balance it out - carbonation was just right. I was very tentative about trying another beer by SKA since I thought the Nut Busta Brown was one of the worst beers I have had in recent memories - but as much as I didn’t like that beer - I liked this one. Glad I was able to put aside my prejudice and try this one - it was a great beer.

Aroma is of sweet chocolate malts. I’m also picking up some honey and hersheys syrup. No hops are detected Pours a big 2 finger chocolate head. Body is pitch black in color. Head retention and lacing were above average, not that great Flavor is of chocolate malts, slightly roasted. Some hops and bitter coffee come in midway. There is also a burnt smokiness that shows up as the beer warms up. Alcohol provides some warmth at the end. Dried dark fruits come in and out, this beer is surprisingly complex Mouth feel is nice and medium bodied. Beer is well carbonated. Wish head contributed more to the mouth feel of the beer, creaminess wasnt really there. Overall was pretty good. For an 8% beer it was rather light and the alcohol wasnt very present. Had the regular ten pin porter about a week ago and this is a much improved version of it, at 6 bucks a bomber very much worth the price

Bottle from Archer Liquors. Pours quite black with a slim tan head. Nice clean chocolate aroma. Hey, my nose may be an uncommon nose. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is smooth toasted malt with treacle, coffee and chocolate notes. I’d say the finish is bitter and chocolate. Coffee ever present. It’s well balanced, and slightly dryish. Damn good ale.

Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury that I brought courtesy of jbye. Pours black with a thin tan head. Roast, char, and smoke on the nose. Medium bodied with a lot of echoes in the flavor of the initial aromas, redolent with smoky char and roast character. Finishes up with some toast and a nice roast bitterness.