3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 DJMonarch (9165) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - AUG 28, 2009
Sampler at the Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse, Boulder 12/10/2008 (As Baby Tap Dark Dark Brown)
Big smoked malt aroma. Dark coloured and smooth on the palate with a crisp dry and slightly bitter full malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 caesar (5892) - Bunnik/Utrecht, NETHERLANDS - OCT 9, 2008
Tap @ brewpub. Dark color, medium off-white head. Aroma is slight smoked, malty, coffee. Bit smokey taste, malty. Decent stuff.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 jcwattsrugger (11613) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - NOV 6, 2006
on tap-pours a creamy tan head, black color with red tint. Aroma is dark malt-coffee/chocolate. Taste is smokey, dark malt-coffee/chocolate, slight hops bitterness. Medium/full body, OK carbonation. Not my style but nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20 Braudog (6048) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - APR 26, 2006
4 oz sampler at the brewpub 4/14/06: Dark with a tan head. Surprisingly smoky aroma. Thick and soupy ... almost a whiskey essence. Way too heavy for this hot day.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Ungstrup (30994) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - MAY 14, 2005
An opaque brown beer with a disappearing brown head. Both the flavor and aroma have notes of chocolate and prunes, as well as hints of sourness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 3fourths (8702) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JAN 10, 2005
Nose is milky coffee and roasted malts, smoke in the flavor but not the nose. Light smoke overall, which is good, lets the malts and the hops perform. Roasted grains and some scotch in the finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 OlJuntan64 (1265) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - APR 16, 2004
On Tap: Opaque red brown under a small short lasting beige head. Medium butterscotch and coffee aroma (where's the smoked?). Body is of medium fullness, smooth with a touch of astringency. An old fireplace smoked character comes through in the flavour along with coffee and low sweetness medium bitter roasted malt. There's something else there I can't quite identify - flinty earthy and even metallic? Not unpleasant slightly acrid bitter finish
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 whaleman (2178) - North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 15, 2004
Very dark brown with amber edges and an off-white head. Subtle hint of campfire smoke or, more to the point, a wildfire, in the nose. Smoke is more prominent in the flavor and marries well with some additional malts. No sourness to speak of, but I prefer my porters nice and roasty like this one. My favorite beer sampled at Redfish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20 grant (842) - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA - FEB 25, 2003
Roasty and coffee-like. Notably lacking in smoky taste. Agreed with ecrvich that it is quite similar to the stout but the mouthfeel and warmness are not as good. Resinous hops add a bitter finish. A decent porter.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Ernest (6841) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JAN 6, 2002
UPDATED: FEB 7, 2004 Draught. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, chocolate, roasted grain), lightly hoppy (resin), with a hint of smoke. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation.
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