8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Dark brown. Thin head. Rich, soy saucey aroma with light fruitiness - a juicy orange component. Juicy, with blackberry, chocolate and coffee. This is complex and delicious. It has the flavour profile of top of the line espresso - one of those Intelligentia single estates. Wood, and light vanilla late. Alchemic.
Tried
on 08 May 2009
at 13:18
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden-tan. Slight haze. There’s some light fruitiness and vague malts. Some thick malts, fairly dull. Lacks brightness and roundness of sugars.
Tried
on 08 May 2009
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Courtesy of keifdog. Pours dark brown with thin mocha head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malts and molasses that roll up into nearly robust bourbon, vanilla and oak. The taste feels a bit thin with notes of chocolate, and roasty to burnt malts. Then a I get a wave of solid bourbon, vanilla and oak. Beyond midway and into the finish a flash of sour barrel notes is noticed from time to time creating a bit of twang to go along with molasses and chocolate taking this to closure.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2009
at 22:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours dark brown with brown edges and thin mocha head. The aroma is mildly malty moving into burnt and coffee notes as well as molasses, caramel and chocolate. The taste is smooth with roasty malts pierced with sweeter molasses and caramel. A layer of chocolate joins in about midway along with a sense of burnt malts taking this to a pleasing finish.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2009
at 22:55
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
FRO throwdown: Very dark, opaque, thin head. Alot of vanilla and oak with some roast underneath. Dark sweet roast flavors with undertones of oak. This one is over the top!
Tried
on 17 Mar 2009
at 00:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 pours black with golden lacing. Aroma of bourbon was easy to spot and sweet. Taste of dark fruits, with some notes of bourbon, hints of vanilla light bitter chocolate finish. Pretty good stuff, can’t go wrong when bourbon is well used.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2009
at 20:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Muddy light brown color with a slightly off-white head. Weak aroma of malts... barely noticeable at least for me. Slightly fruity taste. Kind of dry feeling overall. Very minimal hops. Moderate taste of malts through and through.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2009
at 14:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Orange color. Malt flavor and aroma. Ther is only so much to do with this style and Berkshire has done a fine job with it. Lightly caramelized malt.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2009
at 20:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice tan head witha black body. Light espresso aroma and chocolate. Chocolate and espresso taste. Some honey perhaps. Medium body. And this beer has a wonderful aftertaste. Overall, this was a very good porter, although nothing too unique.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2009
at 15:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Off-white head recedes to hug rim. Cocoa and coffee aromas. Light and sprightly with upfront dark caramel and a lasting bitter chocolate finish.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2009
at 20:01