Unspecific limited edition porter never finds the groove. Ephemeral chocolate-roasted smoked malts wither into soy-sauced cherry-fig-date tartness and acidic sour apple drear. Stove-burnt coffee, earthen nut oils and sooty ashen wood undertones envelop slightly oxidized backend.
On tap at Shannon View Inn, murky black coffee-roasted smoked chocolate entry and dryest black licorice spell coerce easygoing medium-full body. In the canned version, day-old coffee linger envelops cacoa nibs bittering and dark chocolate resilience, allowing the teensiest dark floral nuance to spread acrossa the dirty mocha finish.
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, searing oats-toasted hop char deepens rich black coffee bittering and caramel-burnt dark chocolate roast over charcoal-tarred acridity of ebony-browned full body. Tobacco chaw, raw molasses and espresso illusions thicken robust mocha-dried theme. Black cherry hints come and go.
Surprisingly amber-toned for mocha porter. Like Saranac, most Horny Goat beers seem slick and blue collar in approach. However, the efficient chocolate brownie-like entrance, brown-sugared cinnamon sweetness and cocoa-puffed toffee dollop of this dusky moderate body make a convincing pair. Nevertheless, disturbing diacetyl buttering gets in the way of less effective cacao-nibbed vanilla, gingerbread and honey nut dalliances.
On tap at Copper Mine, dry-hopped black coffee overtones enrich oats-charred walnut bittering contrasting black chocolate-y hazelnut sweetness. Stove-burnt coffee souring and ashen peanut shelling dot mocha nuttiness.
Creamy vanilla sugaring gains heady milk chocolate rush, weakening a tad as hickory-smoked hop roast reaches mild coffee bottom. Thinning maple-sapped molasses sinew fails to deepen vanilla-frosted sweetness informing thematic vanilla latte and vanilla bean illusions. On the nutty backend, brown-sugared cola-hazelnut conflux contrasts ample walnut bittering.