The body has a medium brownish/red color with a very clear appearance and visible carbonation. On top is a thin white head that quickly fades out to just a wispy thin ring of bubbles that makes no lacing at all. Its aroma has hints of lightly roasted sweet malt and metallic/salty minerals with a touch of leafy hops. There is a big buttery grain flavor with some lighter hints of roasted malt. The malt up front has modest sweetness is lightly balanced by some mineral/leafy hop flavor and mild bitterness. Into the finish there are some citrus orange peel and salty metallic notes. The body is light to medium with a slick fizzy texture.

Bottle from Brandon - thanks. Deep cola pour with a small head. Mild caramel sweetness. Quite watery. Bleh.

Aroma is nutty malts with an off edge to them. The flavor is nutty malts and a hint of fruit in the finish.

UPDATED: AUG 27, 2018 Catch up rating from notes, 2012: Bottle from American Heritage Beer collection picked up at Ramstein Shopette. Pours out a dark, but clear brown, small bubbly head which soon subsides. Aroma is dark malts, hint of bitter chocolate. Taste is mildly sweet, without a lot of the bitterness normally found in the style. Beer seems watery, thin. Kind of a bit off to my taste, but supposedly brewed from a historical recipe.

Lots of sugar taste. Very dark brown color, no head. Great mellow porter, no hop notes. The label had no bar code and said 1996, not sure the date was correct. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Wonderful toasty flavor with nut characteristics. Would expect to have a heavy aftertaste but does not. Would pair well with a sweet desert such as gingerbread cookies.

Dark amber, off white head, and lite lacing. Mild dark fruit, lite roast, and lite hop aroma. Full bodied, zippy carbonation, mild roast, mild caramel, Mild lemon flavor. Medium malt start and dry bitter finish . ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle: Brown color with a off white head. Aroma sweet roasted malt. Taste is roasted malt with some chalky chocolate.

Sweet, maple syrup thin. Wow just not that great. How did they get this stuff in Arizona? No hops, to sweet... DONT GET THIS

Nothing redeemable here. Watery, sour excuse for a porter. No flavor you would find in a traditional porter (roast, coffee, chocolate). I drank half of it and poured the rest out.