21st Amendment General Pippos Porter

Brewed by 21st Amendment Brewery
Style: Porter
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Deep dark roasty all over, bit of charcoal, light bodied, nitrogenated, appreciable but not substantial hops. These are lighter, not necessarily more balanced brews and a daring move in a region full of gargantuan beers.

~Pours black with ruby tints. Brown head. ~Roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, and malt husk in scent. ~Bitter burnt malt flavor with some sweetness. ~Medium feel, burnt bitter finish. ~Nice porter. Enjoyable.

On tap at the brewery. This dark brown ale poured with a foamy tan head and a treacle aroma. There is a thin chocolate malt flavor with a litlle coffed. A mediocre brew.

Tap at the brewery. Dark brown color with a tan head. Aroma of sweet malt, roast, and chocolate. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and a somewhat hoppy finish. Seemed like more than 28 IBUs. Palate pretty standard for the style.

Tap at the brewpub: Deep brown/ruby hue with a tan ring of head. Mildly sweet aroma with notes of cocoa and not much roast. Light body with a bit too much carbonation (especially for a Porter). Papery flavor- some cocoa and nutty notes but it’s a bit thin and one dimensional overall.

21st Ammendment, September 2006: Malty roasted taste and nose - king of light and simple and plain.

21st ammendment general pippos porter: THIS TASTES LIKE GODDAMN BACON!

Draft. Dark ruby-brown beer with a nice light tan head. Roasty, chocolate aroma. Coffee, roast, chocolate flavor with bitterness to back. Medium-plus body. Chocolate, roast, coffee lingering with a bit of bitterness.

Draft at brewpub: reddish brown color. Fairly light color even for a porter. Aroma is chocolate, PNW hops, caramel, some roast and coffee. Medium to light body, quite sweet. While the description might sound promising, the beer itself lacks refinement.

Drank it on tap at the brewery. Pours dark brown/amber color. Smokey aroma, very ashy, like smoking a cigar, but light bodied.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours black with brown highlights and a small off-white head. Aroma is light roasted malt, with some rich chocolate notes. Flavor is mainly roasted malt, mostly rich but a little ashy in places, with a hint of hops in the finish. Slightly thin mouthfeel. Middle-of-the-road, but good.