6.9

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

Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours cloudy very dark brown with stable dark tan head. Clear aroma of cinnamon, ginger and yeast. Bitter, roasty flavour with notes of yeast, coffee and spices. Peppery and estery aftertaste with malty notes. Reasonable. Well-balanced and tasty.

7.6

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

500 ml bottle, as AF Brew Black Magic American Porter, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.8%. Black colour, large tan head. Nice aroma of roast malts, coffee and chocolate, also hints of piney hops. Flavour with the same elements as the aroma, also hints of citric hops. Moderate bitterness.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, chocolate and some dark fruits. Taste of dark malt, chocolate, dark fruits, bread.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Draft. A black beer with a thin dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, and bread. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, and dark chocolate, leading to a bitter finish. Thei body is light.

7.2

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

Tap and bottle. Black porter with normal foam. Aromas: coffee, burnt barley, chocolate and piney hops. Taste: pine, blackcurrants mixed with coffee and chocolate notes, good porter.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Panema, Helsinki. Poured almost black in color with a thick off white head. Milk chocolate, coffee and mocha notes. Smooth with mild nutty notes, chocolate, and coffee. Ok.

6.5

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

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Russian-made American porter from a 50 cc bottle shared with Goedele. Very thick and foamy, fluffy, cobweb-lacing, greyish beige, well-retaining head on a black beer with thin, hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of green coffee beans, roasted chicory, charcoal, cigar ashes, 'blood'-like iron, dried juniper berries, old dry 'herbes de Provençe', leather. Dry onset, light cured meat-like umami, very restrained in sweetness, sourish trail of roasted grains; medium carbonation, slick oily mouthfeel, feeling thicker than its ABV would suggest. Deeply toasty bitter from the start, only very light nutty 'roundness', roasty-chicory bitter finish, ashy even, the dryness and bitterness further accentuated by herbal, powdery and eventually rooty-quinine-like hop bitterness lasting for a while. Herbal, roasty and ashy bitter ending - lacking the nuttiness and caramelliness of a true porter, even an American one (if e.g. Sierra Nevada Porter is to be taken as an archetype) so in terms of 'truth to style', I dare suggest that this is not a great success - but who cares, this is an uncompromizing, bold and powerful roasted black ale, indeed a dry stout much more than a porter, but a good one at that.

8

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

0,5l bottle (bottled 14/03/2019) from Etre Gourmet web shop. F: big, tanned, good retention. C: black, opaque. A: dark malty, roasted tones, orange, bit pine resin, chocolate, coffee, nice hoppy. T: medium malty base, roasted tones, chocolate, coffee, dark caramel, bit pine resin, orange, grapefruits, medium carbonation, very good for American porter, enjoyed.