7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours gold onto a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to Skim surface. Sweet caramel aroma. Crisp and dry with caramel and biscuit front to back.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2012
at 19:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Whole Foods Market North Raleigh, NC. Hey Highland, if you’re listening, please send more of your seasonals to Virginia! This one pours a very dark brown color with a large frothy tan head. Average head retention. Aroma of big coffee notes, some ash, roasted malts and caramel. The taste is strong roasty coffee notes, roasted malts, faint sweet malts and a bitter hop finish. Medium bodied. A little over-bearing on the coffee but still solid.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2012
at 20:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at RBWG 2012. Pours a dark brown with a small off white head. The aroma is a strong roast and coffee. Medium mouthfeel with a roadsted coffed with a nice spicey finish. A very good porter from Highland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 22:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Brewvival 2012. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized frothy off-white head. Decent head retention. Big citrus in the aroma with earthy, catty and herbal notes. The taste is citrus and earthy hops with caramel malts. Medium bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2012
at 18:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Served on draft at Brewvival 2012. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a medium sized offwhite head. Good head retention. Aroma of grainy malts, bread, candi sugar, tart fruits. The taste is caramel, bread, spice, earthy notes, faint fruits, light tannic notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2012
at 18:14
7/10
Tea-like bitterness (discreet) with a strong caramel overtone as well as a biscuity side. Earthy hops but malt controls this.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2012
at 04:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Liz. Pours black with a creamy/bubbly tan head. Aromas of dark burnt malt and some herby sort of hop. Med body. Flavor is a confusion of chocolate with arguably coffee and treacle. Flavor goes a bit weak. It’s mildly harsh burnt malt with chocolate and some sort of unidentifiable hop. Drinks nicely, but ....
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 21:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Liz. Pours light amber with a slight white head. Aroma of citrus and floral over mild caramel. Med body. Flavor is light fruit, a bit of floral, and very light malt. So crisp it is, but the flavors are not strong.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 17:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber split at a tasting. Brewed in 2008, consumed in 2011, holds up well. Thick specialty malt tones. Quite roasty, solid chocolate coffee tastes. Slightly oily. Some warm alcohol laced toffee in the finish.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2012
at 12:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours reddish amber with tan head. Nose and taste of sweet caramel candy, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon and spicy hops. Great spice balance. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2011
at 16:48