Deep black porter with a thin moka head. No aroma, no chocolates, no nothing. In mouth, chocolate malt, with rather cloying fruitiness. Short and light watery bodied beer. On tap at the CNY Brewfest 2006.

The first thing you notice is the big carbonation, especially for a porter. Malt aroma. Taste of roasted malt, slight chocolate, smoke and coffee. But mostly fizziness. Nothing special.

For years I did not think that I liked porters - this was because the only porter I had ever tried was from Yuengling. This was of course way back in my less adventurous days. Since then I have developed a mild liking for the style though it still is not one of my preferred beer styles. So it occurred to me that as my tastes have somewhat changed - that perhaps I should revisit the first porter I ever had. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a reddish black color with a large brown head. The aroma is malty and mildly vegetal. The flavor is weaker in malt than I would have expected from a porter. It was also sour and bitey. There was only a mild hint of chocolate. No real character to speak of. Just poor sour malt and bitterness. Time and an expanded palate have not improved this beer in my esteem.

Dark dark brown colour with a ligher brown head. Almost no smell, a bit malty but other than that...nothing. A decent taste, initally strong, but really nothing hidden behind any of these flavours. A bit malty, a bit watery and a bit roasty. Not a good example of the style. While it might be a 'decent' beer because of the price, Yings are never great beers. Worth trying if you need to save money, I guess. I had this as a 12 ounce bottle purchased at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.