Vertigo Tawny Port Barrel Aged Chocolate Porter

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

My review is not quite as coherent at my friend Mitch. That would be one of the perils of beer cycle-touring. And drinking in general. Sadly this was a forgettable and regrettable beer. It had a really strange flavour that made me wonder if it was off. Sour fruit aroma, which didn't make for a sour flavour, but still left me feeling this was an unimpressive beer. Like watching a bad movie where at the end you wish you could have those two hours of your life back.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Chocolate on the nose, roasted barley, slightly odd fruity tone--making the assumption that is the port. I have to say it tastes cool; most often fruityness in a porter may come from a spicy yeast, but this is different--a lively plum/blueberry/blackberry. Thin mouth, roasty toasty and a complete separate fruit profile, but the two faces of the beer a very much separate and I am not sure their friendship is mutual. As in the fruit and chocolate seem to compete and not necessarily get along. This beer has real potential to get the recipe right and be outstanding but its not there yet.