Enviably rich blackened porter aids deliciously chewy molasses malt sweetness with bitter coffee bean density and steep black chocolate density. Hints of licorice fill out creamy rum-candied finish. In lieu of espresso, perfect after dinner winner.

More watery than bitterer mocha porters. Rocky tan-headed mahogany Englander delivers caramel-toffee malting to dry-hopped toasted nut bottom. Black-tarred molasses oatmeal recession deepens wood-seared stove-burnt coffee backend. Cola, hazelnut and peanut illusions lag behind. Not as creamy and hearty as most in its class, yet softly satisfying.

Sam Smith’s been bangin’ out these bold burgundy-tinted dry bodies since 1758. Persistent black coffee bitterness juxtaposes creamy lactose-molasses sweetness, smoked oak-cedar wood tones, dried fruit flux, and dainty floral succulence for mud-honey thickness. Like fine brandy or ripe sherry, perfect after dinner. England’s most richly rewarding porter.

Dryly bitter porter with coffee-burnt dark chocolate creaminess retains semi-rich mocha malt finish. Neither as bold nor as filling as most porters, leaving only trace of roasted cocoa at washed-out toasted grain finish.

Immaculate sweet-scented dark brown porter brewed in the Windy City since the 1800’s in the Great English tradition, Big Shoulders leads with a great chocolate punch and finishes with hop-charred roasted coffee assertiveness. Though stout-like with its maple mocha presence and burnt caramel malts, it’s smooth going down and perfect as a crossover. Brewery defunct: 2002.

Cascading brown bubbles settle at maroon head as sweet chocolate nose befits creamy vanilla surge, chalky cocoa mustiness, and dusky barleymalt traipse. But dank raisin-plum finish lacks authority and cloying maple sugaring scoffs powdered mocha acridity.

Striking stylistic libation flaunts incipient visual stimulation as richly cascading rocky tan head slowly settles above proud mahogany body. Up-front, harsh Blackstrap molasses thickness overlays affluent black chocolate malting and muddy black coffee persuasion. Ensuing hop-roasted tobacco-charred bitterness intensifies burgundy-port influence, coarse walnut-cola nut jot, and earthen mildew bottom. Brewery defunct: 2010.

Waterlogged moderate-bodied porter conveys subdued roasted malt insistence to bolster soft-coated mocha creaminess. Pleasantly milder than most in its class.

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.

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.

Thick mahogany-marooned lactic porter leads with dark chocolate intensity deepened by coffee-roasted bitterness plus black licorice, raw molasses, and fig snips. Vanilla bean souring magnifies sugary maple spell and faint bourbon tinge, finishing even more bitter than it started.

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.