Three Skulls Black Bonney Porter

Deep brown color with a tan head. Mild coffee mocha aromas. Medium body. Lightly sweet mocha coffee flavors with semi sweet chocolate. Decent.Draft@ Pillager’s Pub.

10/11/09 from 22oz bottle. Aroma is all milk chocolate with moderate roast and a sweet creaminess. Appearance is faintly hazy dark reddish-brown with a well maintained off-white head. Flavor is sweet-sour malt forward that quickly dissipates into a toasty bittering finish that lingers at the back of the tongue just long enough to catch the front end of the next sip. Mouthfeel is medium-low bodied with a medium carb feel and a light grainy texture. This is a true porter with the sessionable body and roast that never edges on a stout like so many of its counterparts.

(Draft) Sampled at GCBF 2009 in Victoria on September 10, 2009. Sweet, Grainy. Ash. Flavour is smooth, chocolate. Fairly plain. 5/3/5/2/10

22 oz bottle from my Seattle Trip. Pours a cola brown with a thin cream head. Nose cheap roasted malts and coffee. Flavors are the same. Pale malt, mixed with some burnt malt, coffee flavor tries to poke out better then it usually is but it cannot make it through. Nothing that good here.

pours black with a red tint when held to the light, a large beige head, and good lacing. smell is of yeast, dark fruit, a little coffee, some grain, and a touch of cocoa. taste is of wheat, some cocoa, a little weak coffee, some caramel, and a little roastiness, ends on the dry side.

Pours nearly opaque very dark brown with a massive, dense and lacy beige head. Soft chocolate aroma. Light body, full carbonation. Tastes sort of like a ’milk porter’ with soft chocolate and coffee notes. Crisp finish.

I’m finding that Baron probably gets down to a lower final gravity than the vast majority of craft brewers, and as a result they’ve delivered a rather refreshing Porter that will likely be under-appreciated due to the lack of body and sweetness.

Taster – 2009 Washington Cask Beer Festival- Seattle, WA
Aroma: Awesome Porter aroma nice chocolate and coffee.
Appearance: Dark Brown in color, clear with a thin head.
Flavor: A very nice flavor this was the first for this place and I really liked what they have thus far.
Palate: Dry finish, with a good Mouthfeel.
Overall: Look forward to what else they have to bring for the future.

What the heck happened here?! Perhaps I was just expecting something.... more? Colour... dark brown with NO head (perhaps I should’ve poured it from ten feet up?). Nose... semi-decent with a light malt and even lighter hop character. Palate... hello?.... palate?? OK, how about, flavour?...... HELLO?! Where the "H" is the flavour?!! Paging Mr. Flavour... please come to a white courtesy telephone, Palate Airlines! OK maybe it’s cork taint..... wait a sec.... there is no cork!! What the "H" went wrong here?! Gadzooks!! This is what I get for letting the label sell me the beer!!!!