Waterlogged moderate-bodied porter conveys subdued roasted malt insistence to bolster soft-coated mocha creaminess. Pleasantly milder than most in its class.
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TYRANENA CHIEF BLACKHAWK PORTER
Small rural Wisconsin brewery crafts six year-round bottled beers as of ’07. Robust mahogany-hued garnet-highlighted porter brings bittersweet powdered chocolate, molasses, and cocoa initiation to roasted coffee continuation. Brown sugar snatch tempers dried cherry and walnut-pecan illusions, finishing with mild resin-y acidic tang.
(COAST RANGE) BAGEL BEER PUMPERNICKEL PORTER
Contract brewed for Lotso Lox Brewery, this black beauty lives up to its bagel-centric promise. ‘Well bread beer’ piles heavy maple oats and black chocolate malts atop pumpernickel, marble rye, and whole-wheat illusions. At busy finish, black honey bittering reigns in black currant souring and dry coffee bean remnant. Brewery defunct: 2009.
LAKE PLACID VANILLA PORTER
OAKEN BARREL SNAKE PIT PORTER
Dry mahogany-bodied ruby-glowed English-styled moderation bridges black chocolate-y frontage to acrid walnut-pecan coarseness plus evenly dispersed peat-kindled earthiness, wispy pine-hopped char, and smoked meat reminder. Bitter grape esters counter slimmest milk creaminess near sharp alcoholic finish, heightening deferred black licorice deluge.
SARANAC CARAMEL PORTER
Nearly as robust as label indicates, creamy porter features dark caramel, toffee, and overripe cherry notes atop roasted barleymalts. Shades of mocha bitterness seep through chocolate-maple-brown sugar sweetness as toasted hops accentuate lively bittersweet finish. Try in lieu of Sugar Daddy candy bar.
(UINTA) KING’S PEAK PORTER
CONCORD JUNCTION PORTER
LANCASTER PORTER
Lingered coffee thickness and heavy mocha-chocolate confluence provide early promise, but toasted malts never overcome obtrusive fizz, lowering overall effectiveness. Musty barley dredge picks up tar-like residue, evaporating quickly to chalky powdered chocolate dryness. Just not as definitive as finest porters.
O’DELLS CUTTHROAT PORTER
SEA DOG RIVERDRIVER PORTER
Withered hazelnut acridity becomes too one dimensional and overbearing for dry coffee and sweet chocolate to penetrate indifferent porter. Questionable dried fruit souring and tannic grape parch leave tart mouth pucker as disturbingly ashen coal-like hop char moderates compromised espresso bittering.