Notes from 5/31/2009. One liter bottle purchased for way too much money up in Boston about a year ago. Decided to maybe open it alongside some birthday cake, but the initial taste was disappointing, so I flipped it shut for later. I eventually lurched back to my desk & finished it off once everyone left for the night. Never leave witnesses. Pours out black & brown, with minimal cocoa-colored head, & not much to look at besides the intimidating bottle it came from. Smell was of cocoa powder, spent grease, & a light hint of spoiled fruit. Uh oh. Taste was better, with a sure tartness & raspberry/tomato-ish sweetness running through it. The porter aspects of it were very sub-standard though. Mildly roasted malt, slight coffee, something like creamer(but a little off-putting with the sour fruit flavor), very very little chocolate, & with just a small tickle on the top of my tongue, I'm not sure if there's anything left from the hops at all. It might just be the carbonation. Actually, the weakest point here is that the beer has absolutely no body to it. It feels almost like a dry stout that someone poured some cocktail mix into. Carbonation is a little too soft too, just a little tingle. Alcohol is negligible. I'm just angry with myself for buying the bottle(I think it was like $14.xx). That's an extra case of Yuengling I missed out on right there! I force myself to drink down the bottle as punishment(Does the beer get another half point here because it wasn't really that difficult to do?).