Comparably light-bodied for its class, though ‘dark, rich, sexy’ chestnut porter sustains soothing dry nuttiness and mellow burnt coffee restraint ’til milk-sugared black chocolate lines brief lactic finish. Cocoa-powdered cola nut, hazelnut and walnut illusions add depth.
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MAC TARNAHAN’S BLACKWATCH CREAM PORTER
POCONO CARAMEL PORTER
SLO COLE PORTER
Named after fabulous Jazz musician, hoppy porter offers stylistic change of pace. Instead of leading with chocolate or coffee expectancy, heavy-headed, pekoe tea-hued competitor relies on bittersweet grain subtleties, toasted malt thickness, and fruity notes. Yet it’s as rich and assertive as most challengers.
BLUEGRASS DARK STAR PORTER
Robust English-styled ruby red port gluts dry coffee prominence with charred hop bitterness, powdered chocolate souring, unrefined maple sapping and chalky cocoa snip for creamy chocolate milkshake thickness. Hickory-seared charcoal, pine tar, cigar ash and tobacco chew undertones deepen black cherry conviction and soured raisin stipend to vegetative bottom.
FULLERS LONDON PORTER
(MAD RIVER) STEELHEAD SCOTCH PORTER
Truly complex tawny-hued maroon-highlighted lactic porter (with lovely cascading tan bubbles surfacing on initial pour) plies luxuriant whiskey nose to sweet maple-powdered cocoa linger. Responsive chocolate-hazelnut affluence stormed by peat moss, tobacco leaf, fig, and date as adjacent cherry-raisin illusion builds. Then, charred pine, black tar, and charcoal bluntness thickens bitterly off dry finish.
RED HOOK BLACK HOOK PORTER
SMOKY MOUNTAIN TUCKALEECHEE PORTER
BLUE HEN CHOCOLATE PORTER
FULL SAIL HALF PIPE PORTER
MAGIC HAT RAVELL
Resilient sienna maroon-hued ruby-highlighted vanilla porter brings Tootsie Roll-like milk chocolate sweetness to sour burnt coffee froth. Bourbon and port notes surface, complementing tart red grape, black cherry, fig, and hazelnut undertones. Espresso finish deepens inspiring vanilla latte resolve, creamy lactose urging, and teensy cinnamon swirl. A sheer joy.






