Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a glass mug. Aroma is caramel, medium body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is caramel and bread.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Shared bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee. Taste is roasted malt, espresso, dark chocolate, cigarette ash. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into snifter; not sure on bottle dating, but has the 12 notched out on the label. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a small dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, nuttiness, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, cherry, sherry, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, nuttiness, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, cherry, sherry, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very minimal herbal/roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, nuttiness, toasted dark/brown bread, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Minimal dryness. Light carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is an awesome Baltic porter! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV, with minimally bitter/drying finish. Very rich malt complexity, and complementing restrained dark fruity yeast notes. A very enjoyable and spot on style example. Not sure of the age, but likely has a couple years on it. Very impressive.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pour is a complete black with a small tan head. Aroma is a complete roast with cocoa and some burnt marshmallow. Flavor is more roasted almost to the point of being charred malt with some slight tart cherry and sarsaparilla. This was quite flavorful and thick as hell. This is like drinking a milk shake. Maybe a little alcohol heat comes out but that's ok. This was a nice dark and heavy porter.
bkbergen (9250) ticked Milk Stout from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is a real nice roast with some bitter bakers chocolate, maybe even a bit of dark fruit and sugar. Flavor is more roast and bakes chocolate but it kind of loses a bit of sweetness I was looking for. Finishes more dry than sweet. Still this was a solid beer. Everything your looking for in a milk stout, it's just a little more dry than sweet.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Porter from The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Translucent dark brown color. Small creamy tan head. Roasty malt nose hints at chocolate and toasted bread. First sip brings notes of cocoa, roasted malt, tobacco and brown butter. As the Porter warms, the flavor evolves and there are hints of earthy, woody, burnt sugar and burnt raisins. Quite flavorful, this one, Agnes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle) clear, bright orange brown colour with a small white head; aroma of soy sauce, toffee