8

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

16 ounce prowler into pint glass, filled on 2/10/2019. Pours crystal clear dark ruby reddish/brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts; light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast, and earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, roast, char bitterness; and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crusts, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, herbal, wood, grass, peppercorn, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness and balance of dark/roast/bready malts; light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast, and earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet, and yeast spiciness balance; with no acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness and yeast spiciness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy, bready, grainy, sticky, chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.6%. Overall this an excellent English style porter. All around great complexity, robustness and balance of dark/roast/bready malts; light-moderate fruity/spicy yeast, and earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Not overly bitter/charred. Awesome balance of rich malts, earthy German noble hops, and fruity/spicy Kviek yeast complexities. A very enjoyable and unique offering. Really well made style example, even with the Kviek yeast. Still tasted like the English porter I expected.