7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. KBC Porter from Trader Joe’s. Dark Brown in color. Small "off white" head. Aroma is burnt grains, coffee. Taste is Coffee, chocolate, burnt vanillia beans.

8

So excited because the location is in!!! I have a home!

5.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle, thanks for sharing. Pours a clear amber brown with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy grains and bread with some straw backing. Flavor has musty grains and earthy roast.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle bought in St. Pete, FL. Clear dark mahogany color with ruby highlights and a tan head and good retention. Minimal lacing. Dark chocolate nose. Roasted barley malt flavor dominates. Medium mouthfeel. Simple but good.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from Trader Joe's. Appearance is clear dark brown/mahogany with trace sparkle, 1/2-finger width fizzy off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel, vanilla. Taste is roasted, slightly burnt, malts with mild vanilla. Palate is medium bodied with thick, smooth texture but the whole drinking experience is dominated by an overly-carbonated fizzy level with sweet, caramel finish. Overall, carbonation dominates the experience though not high marks to begin with. Skippable.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Draught @ the source. Clear brown with slightly reddish tint, very small frothy beige head, sweetish caramel malt aroma, low carbonation, mildly bitter caramel/roasted malt taste, thin body, long medium bitter finish. Not very enticing.

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Poured into a mug, the appearance was a black color with a finger’s worth of white to off white foamy head that dissipated evenly leaving some speckled lace.
The aroma had some roasty coffee bean with some sweet and spicy black licorice. Roasted nuts. Caramel tones.
The flavor leaves some sweet to roasty coffee beans and milk chocolate sweetness flowing underneath a huge amount of caramel and toffee malts. Slick malty aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Roastiness seems tame along my tongue but caramel malts seem to feel slick.
Overall, weird porter, as if there’s too much caramel malts going on. Not necessarily one I would come back to.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From Trader Joe in Vegas. Pours a clear, deep copper colour with a beige head, decent retention and a little lace. Fruity dark malt nose with some light hops. A lot of the same in the taste but with the hops being more powerful in the finish, and roasted malts lingering. I feel some mild infection in this one, so hope this is not in others. Decent average porter.

4.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

12 ounce bottle from Trader Joe’s. Translucent brown color with a moderate fluffy light tan head. Sweet roasted malt nose is redolent of cocoa. Thin bodied with slight notes of cocoa and weak coffee. Slightly lactic with little more to offer. Skip this one.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Olmost black with an off white head - Good malt aroma - Good roasted malt body with some bitterness - The roasted malt goes into the finish - This was nice