12oz shorty bottle. Black with some stained-glass red corners. Pleasant mild roasty aroma. Medium to light bodied, relatively thin. The taste and flavors are right on however. Middle of the spectrum chocolate malt flavors, with a nice balanced crispness. A touch sandy with a smooth caramel finish. Good stuff.

Bottle. Pours a deep brown with minimal tan head that looks a little sudsy. Aromas are roasty with little complexity. A little bit of cardboard chocolate mix and roasted malt is about all I’m picking up. Flavor is much more interesting and there are some pretty good undercurrents that compliment the roasted malt and chocolate overtones. While this certainly isn’t a heavy palate type of beer, there is a nice bitter side to the darkness and a little bit of prune fruitiness that works well here. Palate is a little thin, but fairly smooth. This is nice enough for a cold winter day session.

Sample from tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma is coffee and roasted malt. Flavour is soft malty, roasted, and coffee which goes into the finish with a lovely bitterness.

12 oz bottle with a twist off cap, shorter than usual and it reminds me of S/N. Twist off the lid and I get an eartly roasty aroma somewhat like a water extinguished camp fire. Back of the throat burnt bitterness greets the palate but this is not over the top, seems to be acceptable at first. The pour is very dark but not opaque, I can see tinges of orange showing thru. Carbonation is decent and welcomed, has a good tingle about it that many dark beers lack. That burnt bitter sensation keeps building on the back of my throat, almost like meat that was burnt on the grill. Good roasted malt or wood flavors. East End Pink Clouds and Yuengling Black & Tan have overall better impressions than this. Better than Arcadia London and Weyer’s Black Hole. Also much, much better than Yard’s General Washington. Overall a good representation of a dark beer, better than average.

A deep dark porter with a thin moka head. A herbal malt and chocolate aroma with light hopping, floral and restrained. Some chick peas develop too. In mouth, a classy robust porter with bitter chocolate, roasted coffee, medium bodied, nice bitterness lingering. Bottle from Piscator, BB July 16 2005, more than 1 yr old. 7-4-8-4-14

Tap version. A deep dark brown porter with a thin light moka head. A pleasant chocolate aroma, with light vanilla, hops and fruity esters. In mouth, a good bitter chocolate with herbal hops, cold coffee, a classic porter. On tap at Ike’s MSP, Sept. 13 2009. 8-3-8-3-14

Pour is a complete black with a small tan head. Aroma is of faint malts and coffee. Flavor is much better, dark chocolate with some roasted malts and finish is very dry. A decent beer that you could drink lots of on a cold rainy evening.

Bottle. Pour is brown, even a touch of reddness. Full porter taste, dark chocolate and roast coffee. Nice full hop taste at the end. Another nice Summit beer.

Pours near black with a garnet halo. Very thin tan head that disappears almost immediately and almost no lacing either. The aroma is pretty nice, smokey and chocolatey. Medium-bodied and fairly effervescent for a Porter. Flavors of malt, nuts and coffee are nicely blended. There is a light smokey character in the flavor too. The finish is short and lightly bitter. Above average overall.

Dark brown body with red highlights, medium light tan head. Toasty aroma with bitter black malt and piney/spicy hops. Dry roasted malt flavor with a hint of citrus or dark fruit, finishing with bitter hops. Thin-bodied and lightly chalky.

Black. Big tan head that laces the glass. Aroma of wood and fruit. This beer has a smokey flavor, with sweet malt. Medium bodied.