Subsidiaries
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The aroma is sweet malty with notes of hops and fruit. The color is orange and it has a small white head. The flavor is very hoppy and it has a very bitter and dry end. A nice bitter.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2004
at 17:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black but clear beer, with a thin head. Bitter chocolate, slightly roasted aroma. Very bitter, roasted malts with some sourness, a good dose of hops, with not much sweetness. medium dry body.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2004
at 09:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled (alc. 4.5%)
Very dark brown, smallish coffee head and lace. Aroma is interesting strong honey mixed with hops. Taste is dark chocolate, roasted malts, some honey. Hops give bitter finish. Mixing porter with honey makes mixed feelings too, but basic of this porter is excellent.
Very dark brown, smallish coffee head and lace. Aroma is interesting strong honey mixed with hops. Taste is dark chocolate, roasted malts, some honey. Hops give bitter finish. Mixing porter with honey makes mixed feelings too, but basic of this porter is excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2004
at 12:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pitch black fine bubbly brown head. It has a lovely aroma of coffee and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee, bitter chocolate, and hints of raisins. It ends on a great bitterness. The mouthfeel is very creamy smooth. A truely great beer.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2004
at 16:50
4.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle - Poured a translucent dark brew with absolutely no head and no carbonation. Aroma of toffee. Taste is a bit sweet, with some toffee and some bitterness. I’m not sure if this is a bad bottle, but the lack of carbonation is very annoying and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. This beer also lacks a strong body and the chocolate/coffee taste should be more detectable. Overall, a very disappointing beer that I will try at least one more time to ensure that I didn’t get a bad bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2004
at 11:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This porter pours a black cherry colour with a rocky light tan head. The aroma consists of Chocolate, grapes,roasted malts and a slight pine hoppy scent. Flavours include coffee, chocolate and burnt malts with a little ash thrown in. The flavours start off slow but the burnt malts come through huge! The palate is bitter with more lingering coffee and chocolate flavours.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2004
at 19:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Appearance: Very dark, near black; only spit-sized head, which ends up lacing the glass. Smell: reminds me of rum raisen... not bad. Taste: Chocolate covered cherries and rum raisen. Very nice holiday feel. Mouthfeel: weak!!! Almost zero carbonation, makes me forget I'm drinking a beer. I almost want to heat this up and drink it out of a tea mug. This has good flavor, but is offset by a poor mouthfeel. However, I'd definitely drink it again, because that taste won't leave my mind.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2004
at 06:13
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
You know, I'm a little confused as to the appearance on this one. It's beautifully black with a small head, but the head poured out in chunks that looked disturbing until they settled. Not much of a smell, but what's there is great. I think I smell raisins. Very mild and plain porter... and very thick and syrupy in my mouth... did I get a bad bottle? First the chunky head and now a syrupy mouthfeel...
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2004
at 06:13
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cloudy dark golden. No head really, just a little lacing. Weird smell. Unsweetened apples?? Odd taste as well... grassy start, smooth mid, tart finish... I don't know if I like it or not. I don't know about this beer... is it good? is it bad? I don't know. I DON'T KNOW, this is one hard beer to review for me for some reason
Tried
on 02 Feb 2004
at 06:12
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours a clear yellow colour with a soapy like head. this one is a slight bit skunky. Through that i think I've found dusty / old book notes. Small amount of citrus and pine. Initial sip found more dusty flavours. Slight hemp beer taste to this one. Smooth / watery with next to no carbonation. Palate has some hop and yeats notes and finishes slightly bitter.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2004
at 20:09