On tap at Ambulance, robust English porter spreads smoky mocha-roasted affluence across bitter hop char and ashen nuttiness. Dark chocolate, dried cocoa, black coffee and raw molasses overtones segue into walnut-burnt peanut roast. Mild black cherry tease settles below rich nutty mocha surface.

“Decadent” chocolate porter offers pronounced cocoa nibs adjunct to dark-roasted mocha malting, nutty coffee ascendance and moderate hop char. Bittersweet black chocolate influence deepens dark cocoa insistence. Sinewy molasses sapping seeps into distant raspberry and black cherry rasp.

Rife with dark-roasted peanut butter oiling, rich mocha porter effectively maintains nutty assault upending reticent mocha malting. Peanut-shelled black chocolate,  black coffee and dark cocoa undertones receive raw molasses bittering. Although no countering sweetness seeps thru the heavily roasted peanut grid, its gritty legume intensity needn’t be compromised.

Interestingly hybridized English-styled porter given sour brettanomyces yeast to influence peat-smoked mocha frontage. Dark-roasted black chocolate and black patent malts receive crisp black-peppered hop bittering as crisp lemon rind-soured hop spritz gains intensity. Dark cocoa, black coffee and raw molasses illusions abound. Unique stuff.

Robust full body plies dark-roasted chocolate and caramel malting to bitter tar-like hop char. Prevalent black chocolate, dark cocoa and roasted coffee overtones as well as subsidiary tobacco chaw, Brazil nut and licorice illusions rise above the delicate oats-flaked bottom.

On tap at Ambulance, vaguely stylized porter nearly puts expectant dark chocolate roast on the backburner for earthen wood-dried tangent and honeyed citrus spell. In the deep recess, nutty caramel-toffee sweetness fades away.

On tap at Ambulance, nice dessert treat utilizes ‘coconut and almond’ to backup sweet mocha malting. Coconut-buttered toasted almond splendor drapes mildly creamed brown chocolate, vanilla and molasses sugaring, contrasting light charred hop bittering.

On tap at Cloverleaf, ‘deconstructed’ flavored blunt (circa 2015) brings ashen tobacco, resinous ganja and charcoal acridity to up-front black chocolate richness as well as diminished candied orange peel zest. Black patent malt astringency reinforced by oak-smoked wheat char, dark coffee bean bittering, chalky cocoa beaning and soily peat earthiness.

Thin ‘traditional brown porter’ with nut brown leanings affixes roasted nuttiness to musty mocha malting. Dry peanut-shelled cola and walnut resonance goes astray as murky black chocolate, dark cocoa and light-roast coffee illusions fail to ignite. Tertiary soy sauce, burnt toast and black tea nuances are spotty. 

On tap at Ambulance, 2015 draft-only Mad Scientist series continues with this heady medium-full body. Advertised cherry-pureed Black molasses bittering gains upper hand on charred hop roast and charcoal-burnt nuttiness, gaining coarse edge. Extreme ‘bitter heads’ should check it out.

Signature ‘robust dark ale’ offers light grain roast to nutty mocha richness and charred hop bittering. Toasted walnut-hazelnut conflux picks up black toast, Blackstrap molasses, black chocolate, black coffee and dark cocoa illusions for formidable backdrop.

Satisfying medium-bodied dark ale places dry-roasted rye and chocolate malting above moderate charred hop bittering. Black chocolate, dark cocoa, toffee and coffee overtones dry out as ashen charcoal acridity rises. Distant blackberry and black cherry illusions flutter by. Minor phenol astringency found at lactic mocha finish.