On tap at Jealous Monk, dry specialty malts enjoin light hop-charred nuttiness and dark cocoa bittering as ricey emmer flouring and rye-like triticale graining provide brown breaded base.
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ANGRY ERIK 3-BALL PORTER
On tap at Beef Trust, sweet orange-zested cardamom spicing adds piquant Christmastime dimension to treacly black chocolate and roasted coffee overtones. Caramelized cola nuttiness counters minor phenolic astringency deep below creamy cardamom-seasoned mocha fudging.
MUSKOKA PORTLY GENTLEMAN FLAVORED ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, holiday-seasoned porter allows cinnamon-spiced vanilla sweetness to inundate Hershey’s chocolate-like syruping and subtle coffee-cocoa tones. Dry mocha finish gains chewy bourbon vanilla loveliness while cinnamon spicing fades.
HILL FARMSTEAD TWILIGHT OF THE IDOLS PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, marvelously unique vanilla bean-aged holiday porter spiked with roasted coffee and cinnamon truly warms the soul with its smoky chocolate malting and wintry nutmeg-ginger seasoning. Richly creamed mocha syruping increases decadence alongside muscavado-sugared cinnamon coffee caking for affluent dessert treat.
FLYING DOG CINNAMON PORTER
Chewy chocolate cinnamon caking abruptly enjoined by black-peppered ginger spicing above sharp hop char. Evenly spread black chocolate, black coffee and espresso illusions enrich the raw molasses-sapped backend.
CLOWN SHOES GENGHIS PECAN PIE PORTER
Updated “Genghis” version scoffs at former malt extracting for more organic brown-sugared pecan roast, but nutty mocha richness suffers a tad. Bittersweet black chocolate, vanilla and molasses overtones nearly overwhelm pecan pie crusting. Tertiary peanut butter, rum cake, gingerbread, praline and molasses undertones receive watery soap-stoned bleaching.
CLOWN SHOES PECAN PIE PORTER
Superb stylistic hybrid with opulent pecan pie entry and chewy cookie dough richness truly rules the roost. Brown-sugared caramel malting saturates oats-toasted hop char, ashen walnut bittering and dried-fruited raisin-plum-cherry conflux. Praline, hazelnut and almond reinforce peanut-buttered brown chocolate finish. A sensational dessert treat.
(RIDGEWAY) SANTA’S BUTT WINTER PORTER
SAMUEL ADAMS HOLIDAY PORTER
Lactic chocolate chalking never restricts sugary Christmas spicing, debonair coffee-espresso nicety, mild fig-date souring and sharp nut sear of rocky tan-headed maroon-bodied porter. Frothy mocha-molasses broth deepens seasonal cinnamon-nutmeg clip, scanty coriander-currant dip and peanut-shelled hazelnut, butternut and pecan snips. By phenol vanilla finish, toasted Fuggle hop char embitters tobacco chew spew and ashen tar-like thicket.
SUMMIT GREAT NORTHERN PORTER – 20th ANNIVERSARY
THREE FLOYDS ALPHA KLAUS CHRISTMAS PORTER
TOMMYKNOCKER COCOA PORTER WINTER WARMER
Don’t expect noticeable wintry spicing or traditional porter traits from sullied flesh-headed brown-bodied deviant. Stilted sour prune waft burrows through acrid oaken grape astringency and styptic cocoa powder constriction. Charcoal-stained tobacco leaf, black tea, fig, and compost illusions spell dungy earthen bog.