4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Had this glass from a tap at Puff n Stuff. Big & black. Smell is odd sweet off fruit & volatile. Nose carries over to the taste. Stout with odd fruity pepper coffee fruit backbone. Unique and weird. Its almost like its tanted with vinegar without the tartness. Yes, odd coffee brew thang that is almost difficult in the end, not one of my favorite coffee brews.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2017
at 10:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle, rated April 2017 - Lightly hazy pale gold pour. Aroma is hop led with citrus and some bready malt. Flavor is moderately bitter with bready malt, maybe lightly toasted, and some citrus. It's decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2017
at 07:55
3.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
From Jan 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!
This one pours from 22oz bottle a hazy deep gold with about a 1" head of foam and plenty of nice lacing.
The smell is pretty hoppy with some notes of malt and a weird nose that reminds me of iodine.(I know it's the pine but I'm sticking to what I said)
The taste on first sip has a nice malt to hops balance and is pretty nice but....the iodine smell that I noted is in the taste as well. Hopefully, after a few more sips, I won't notice it as much or it'll just go away.
After a few more sips...no. It's still there and I'm not liking that one bit. :^( I guess I'm not a fan of really "piney" beers. Not recommended based on this sample.
I got this bottle in a trade with Wasatch. Thanks John!
This one pours from 22oz bottle a hazy deep gold with about a 1" head of foam and plenty of nice lacing.
The smell is pretty hoppy with some notes of malt and a weird nose that reminds me of iodine.(I know it's the pine but I'm sticking to what I said)
The taste on first sip has a nice malt to hops balance and is pretty nice but....the iodine smell that I noted is in the taste as well. Hopefully, after a few more sips, I won't notice it as much or it'll just go away.
After a few more sips...no. It's still there and I'm not liking that one bit. :^( I guess I'm not a fan of really "piney" beers. Not recommended based on this sample.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2017
at 12:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into snifter, 2017 vintage bottling. Pours hazy dark reddish brown color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the lace cap. Aromas of huge caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, red apple, and red grape; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, molasses, rum, leather, tobacco, sherry, red wine, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel notes; with big strength. Taste of huge caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, raisin, plum, fig, cherry, date, red apple, and red grape; with lighter notes of chocolate, cocoa, molasses, rum, leather, tobacco, sherry, red wine, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light herbal hop bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, toasted oak, brown bread, dark fruit, cherry, apple, light chocolate/cocoa, rum, leather, tobacco, sherry, red wine, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; with a nice malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/silky, and slightly slick/sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; zero warming alcohol or barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged English barleywine! All around excellent complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, fruity yeast, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Definitely an improvement over the base beer, but not by a huge margin. Pretty much perfectly balanced fruity yeast and malt complexity. Awesome bourbon barrel integration; never boozy, tannic, or overly drying. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2017
at 20:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 9/22/2017. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big nutty dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of smoke, vanilla, cream, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big nutty dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of smoke, vanilla, cream, dark fruit, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal hop and roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of nutty coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toasted dark bread, light vanilla/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet balance, zero cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Minimal dryness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and lightly silky/sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.4%. Overall this is an excellent coffee porter! All around great dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Nicely rich for the modest ABV. Really great fruity/nutty coffee vibrancy; with perfectly balanced malts. Very well rounded on complexity, never overly roasty or bitter. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 18:54
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
From May 2007
Compliments of jwc215. Thanks, Joe!
This pours from 12oz bottle almost a pitch black with a small head of foam that shrinks quickly to a few islands and it has some good lacing.
The smell is very sweetish. I'm getting sweet malt and some raosted malt.
The taste at first hits me with a lot of sweetness but that is taken over almost immediately by an oat and a roasted malt flavour and...there's something in the taste that is really a sour bitter. It's distracting me from enjoying this brew as much as I should be able to.
More sips in and nothing is changing. I *will* say that the finish ends up on a semisweet note and is nice but that distraction that I mentioned is going to knock off some points in the taste department. Too bad.
Compliments of jwc215. Thanks, Joe!
This pours from 12oz bottle almost a pitch black with a small head of foam that shrinks quickly to a few islands and it has some good lacing.
The smell is very sweetish. I'm getting sweet malt and some raosted malt.
The taste at first hits me with a lot of sweetness but that is taken over almost immediately by an oat and a roasted malt flavour and...there's something in the taste that is really a sour bitter. It's distracting me from enjoying this brew as much as I should be able to.
More sips in and nothing is changing. I *will* say that the finish ends up on a semisweet note and is nice but that distraction that I mentioned is going to knock off some points in the taste department. Too bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2017
at 10:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Dec 2006
Poured from 12oz bottle(conditioned) a dark brown with a very large head of tannish foam. That eventually winds down to a solid layer and lots of lacing hugging the glass.
The smell is really nice. There's sweet malt and a fruitiness that I can't quite put my finger on but it goes well with the malt, for sure.
The taste on first sip...there's that fruitiness! Sour cherries, my palate yells out, and sweet and roasted malt. Dang. Further sips verify the fact that the flavours are working very well together and then there's a touch of bitterness along with a dash of alcohol in the finish. It's *quite* warming and pleasant. Good stuff!
PS: I haven't had that many Baltic Porters but this is quite a tasty example. I recommend it!
Thanks to Nutbrown for this sample!
Poured from 12oz bottle(conditioned) a dark brown with a very large head of tannish foam. That eventually winds down to a solid layer and lots of lacing hugging the glass.
The smell is really nice. There's sweet malt and a fruitiness that I can't quite put my finger on but it goes well with the malt, for sure.
The taste on first sip...there's that fruitiness! Sour cherries, my palate yells out, and sweet and roasted malt. Dang. Further sips verify the fact that the flavours are working very well together and then there's a touch of bitterness along with a dash of alcohol in the finish. It's *quite* warming and pleasant. Good stuff!
PS: I haven't had that many Baltic Porters but this is quite a tasty example. I recommend it!
Thanks to Nutbrown for this sample!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2017
at 14:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a cloudy yellow gold color with a huge foamy yellow-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet and tangy with orange, lemon band a touch if grapefruit. The flavor was bitter and tart with lemon, chalk and perfume. Medium length finish. Medium body. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2017
at 21:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dégustée au Mondial de la Bière de Montréal 2009 (De mes notes papiers). .
Tried
on 20 Aug 2017
at 04:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
light citrus. soft carbonation like old coke. golden pour with decent head. Light bitter finish. easy drinking.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 20:52