Darwin's Forehead
Fonta Flora Brewery in Nebo, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Rotating|
Score
6.90
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Caramalized and chocolate malts blended w/ caramel. Notes of smoked salt, roasted cocoa, arabica coffee beans
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, 6.2% ABV. Very dark brown, a dense cm of light tan head. Gentle roasty aroma with bread, mocha, hints of berries, mere suggestions of smoke. Creamy texture. Smoke is more obvious upon a taste; the salt is more a hardness beneath the light, creamy texture. Crackery bread. Moderate roast, decent bitterness, salty end. Nothing dominates and it's almost like everything is a distraction from everything else. Clever.
Tried
on 08 May 2026
at 14:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2025
at 21:36
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Black with a small tan head. Roasty, woody, dry and a touch smoky. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 01:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 9
hazelnut and milk chocolate. Malty and nice. Full body. Good stuff.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2024
at 02:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 6
Black body with thin off white head. Light toast aroma. Very full malt and caramel toast taste with a roast finish.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2023
at 05:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 oz. draft. Aroma of nuts and dried leaves. Flavor is caramel, autumn leaves, and English ale yeast. Proper in every regard.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2023
at 14:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Dark brown beer with a tan head. Caramel and light chocolate aroma. Caramel and light salt flavor with light chocolate. Medium bodied. Caramel and light salt linger with light chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2020
at 22:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a dark cola brown with some brown edges and a little sudsy head. Nose has smoke, caramel, cola, some brownie. Flavor is chewy with malts and Charleston Chews and toffee and cocoa powder. Finishes dry, malty. Nice change of pace.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2020
at 00:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Mekelberg's: pours dark brown with off white head. Aroma is chocolate and a hefty bit of coffee. Taste is sweet, caramel, chocolate, coffee. OK. Edit: I cannot say I tasted much salt...
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2019
at 06:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, thanks to Travlr. Pours clear dark brown with ruby highlights, small frothy dark beige head, mocha aroma, adequate carbonation, mildly bitter dark chocolate-mocha taste with a bit of salt, somewhat thick body, long finish. Smooth and tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2019
at 17:59