A fine beer from a local brewer! THICK and black (alomst chunky). Virtually no head. Slightly roasted aroma, with only the tiniest hint of vanilla. This is beer? Tastes like cold coffee to me! Thick and rich in the mouthfeel department. MMmmm. Drinkable! But filling.

Very dark brown in colour with a thin tan head. 80% opaque. Roasted malt, vanilla & caster sugar in the aroma. Light to Medium-bodied; Decent roasted malt tastee with some sweet characteristics finishing with a metallic twang. Aftertaste bittered from the malt, sweetened from the sugars and tainted by the metal. Overall, a good beer, but could use some work! I am very lucky to have sampled this beer...large thanks go out to Jah_noth for this bottle from Ohio-Thanks Dan! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle on 01-November-2003.

Thanks to alcfron for this interesting brew. This is the first Buckeye beer that was in a 12oz, not 22oz bottle. That may be for the best because this beer was a little disappointing to me. Pours practically black with a thick light beige head. As with Stoney Creek''s version, this is on the carbonated side for a Porter, and the vanilla is not very prevalent in the aroma or flavor. As a matter of fact I liked this one less. It did get noticeably better as it warmed, and I ended up drinking it warmer than I usually drink Porters. Flavor of coffee and malt with underlying sour milk. Finish was a little dry which indeed kept this from being too hard to drink. Either way this won''t be high on my list the next time I get Buckeye beer.