7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to sirpsycho for this one - shared at Peter’s NY gathering - this is a quality smoked porter - rich smoke and woody flavors behind strong roasted malts - creamy mouthfeel, low carbonation - the smoke isn’t strong, but it works quite well with the roasty dryness - equal parts sweet and mildly tannic in the finish - reminds me very much of CL smoked porter.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2009
at 22:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From bottle, blind #14. Pours hazy orange with a small tan head. Dry phenolic and roasted malt aroma, light spiced. Sweet caramel, roasted malt, mild spiced and solid pinewood to liqourice hoppy flavoured. Roaste caramel and light acidic bitterness into the far finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2009
at 19:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Bocktown through a banana chips and nutmeg randall. Color is glowing, hazy straw, cannot see through it. Aroma is lightly sticky sweet and sugary. There is a little bit of nutmeg, maybe, just a smidgen. But lots of sweet, light banana esters. Taste is less sharp on the sweet but pretty similar. I feel there is that banana chip character outside the beer but maybe I was imagining it.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2009
at 15:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Bocktown in Pittsburgh. Comes to me completely black, it is thick looking. Aroma is a prune-y thick and some mineral qualities. Taste has a little bit of light chocolate and the mineral part is stronger. There is a little bit of that light watery prune in there as well. Basic comment, it was a very mineral type of stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 May 2009
at 14:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
@Jimmacks pre BeerWars Gathering-33.8oz bottle–pours a brown head and black color. Aroma is chocolate/molasses, dark malt, ashy. Taste is chocolate/molasses, dark malt, ashy. lots pf earthy hops. Thanks to rciesla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2009
at 12:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Pre DLD ... dark brown ... smokey malt nose ... little treacle ... deep fruity roast malts ... again more treacle in linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2009
at 14:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of Beerman6686, thanks again Dan. Pours deep dark brown with thin tan head. The aroma is sweet molasses, some burnt malts, a nice level of smokiness, a bit of char and a sense of bacon. The taste starts with a pleasing pulse of smoke and a touch of bacon. It then moves into burnt notes and sweet caramel. Very even smooth flavors leaving burnt malts and modest smoke to linger deep into the after taste.
Tried
on 24 Apr 2009
at 21:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a light tan head over a dark brown body. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, nuts and alcohol. Taste is coffee nuts and smoke. Syrupy mouthfeel, light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2009
at 17:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours thick and black with a dark brown head. Glass coating. Aroma is smokey, with chocolate, charcoal, coffee and tar. Taste is chocolate, yeast, tar and coffee. Syrupy with light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2009
at 17:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a small white head over a hazy golden body. Aroma of mango, fennel, pear, spices and vinegar-dill. Taste is coriander and spices, and quite bitter. Oily mouthfeel with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2009
at 17:18