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Rating: 2.5

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Coffee grain sourness inundates oily dry-bodied porter, fading to frugal hop-fizzed tedium lowering potential of indifferent roasted barley finish.

Rating: 3

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Deep roasted nuttiness pierces burnt coffee dryness, dewy earthiness, and milk chocolate reminder to oily finish of ruby-glowed porter.

Rating: 3.5

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Chocolate-scented deep mahogany-hued porter with firm barley-wheat/ toasted oat mesh allowing sweet yeast to envelop bitter black coffee finish reminiscent of, but less prominent than, Samuel Smith Taddy Porter. Tingling carbonation tickles nose while light malting softer than frothier porters.

Rating: 3.5

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Pour slowly frothy New England islander or risk overt carbonation. Bitter coffee bean profile allows sour chocolate, tangy prune, and tannic grape illusions to offset lactic charge of blackened ruby, rocky beige-headed, bottle-conditioned port. Fuller body texture and richer barley roast would increase worth.

Rating: 4

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Heavy espresso frontage and sour coffee foundation provide moderate creaminess to full-bodied boldness. Loud black chocolate follow-through leans towards bitter side, staving off frugal mocha sweetness by simmering toffee finish. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Rating: 3.5

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Dry black coffee theme allows musty floral fruit nose, toasted malt mouthfeel, doughy yeast sinew, and deep berry seepage to influence chewy molasses-like dark chocolate finish. Inviting as crossover for matured pilsner-lager fans yet timid, watery, and less creamy than full-bodied porters.

Rating: 5

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Well-respected robust porter boasts tongue-coating bitter coffee usurpation, charred hop resilience, and black licorice finish underscored by variant illusions of black cherry, cocoa leaf, ashy tobacco, and tar. Thick molasses oeuvre is perfect for serious ‘bitter’ fans.

Rating: 3.5

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Frothy bottle conditioned mocha-dried porter with pungent roasted coffee persistence and sour chocolate malt extract retains black molasses stickiness to bitter nut finish. Powdery cocoa sweetness and smoked barley conceal blunt fizz-hopped astringency and wavering ashy undertones, decreasing assertive creamy richness a notch.

Rating: 2.5

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Though lacking specificity and mired by antiseptic roasted coffee linger, coarse cola nut-walnut nudge, slim black licorice resonance, and ashen earthy bottom intensify pleasing scorched wood dryness.

Rating: 4

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Swell limited edition porter places ‘100% Hawaiian kona coffee’ atop dark roasted barley-hops. Creamy cappuccino surge soothes chewy vanilla-chocolate confluence and teensy cocoa dusting to mildly dry coffee bean-embittered finish. Fluffy carbolic fizz nearly overwhelms milky texture.

Rating: 3.5

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Dominant iced coffee frontage saturates cascading tan-headed mahogany-hued medium body. Chalky mocha, maple, tobacco, and chestnut illusions endow oncoming brown chocolate insistence as dark fruited finish gathers momentum.

Rating: 4

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Marvelous full-bodied ruby brown dessert beer comes in squat 12-ounce teardrop-shaped bottle and retains delicious Hershey’s chocolate sweetness. Beautiful lactic porter gains complexity as creamy vanilla, burnt caramel, and roasted mocha nicely recede, allowing dry coffee bean roast to become prominent. After initial brown chocolate luster levels off, milky cappuccino bittering strengthens.

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