 JAF737300 (733), New York, New York, USA
Jul 2, 2007
The beer pours a nice dark brown and shows some notes of csaramel on the nose. The mouthfeel takes the caramel and drives it into a smooth malty finish.
GJF (226), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Very solid porter. Fantastic roasted malt aroma. The is intense roast malt with a bit of caramel, followed by a dry, lightly hopped finish. The head disappears almost immediately, and there’s a tad of watery cola quality to the body, but otherwise a fabulous beer.
Beerlando (1271), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Pours an extremely dark mahogany color with translucent, chestnut brown edges. A foamy, khaki colored head settles to a thin film with a prominent edge. Sticky, horizontal swaths of lacing mark the glass. Aromas include cocoa powder, lactose, roasted barley, and notes of creamed coffee. There’s an earthy, lightly grassy bitterness to the nose, as well. Flavors show roasty chocolate and mocha up front, with hints of dark fruits, earthy spice, and biting, grassy hops. A distinct nutty note lingers somewhere in the background, lending some complimentary depth. The palate is medium bodied, smooth, and moderately carbonated. Finishes slightly chalky. Overall, a pretty decent porter, but nothing special.
BBB63 (3797), La Porte, Indiana, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle (Contorter Porter) and served in standard pint glass: Deep brown hue with a lasting creamy tan head and spotty lace. The aroma has notes of lactic milk chocolate, walnut and peanuts, roasted and coffee like mlats, some grassy hops too. The taste is twangy and roasty throughout with some dark fruit on top of light chocolate. The finish is ashy and burnt with a nice kick of grassy hops. The mouth feel is a bit better than the norm for the genre. Not too shabby in the end.
Strykzone (958), Wood River, Illinois, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Black as tar with a medium sized tan head than lasts a few minutes before fading to a ring. Aroma is roasted and sweet sorghum. Flavor is the same. It reminds of coffee with too much amaretto laced cream. Nice feel with some hopped zing effects. I hoped for better.
islay (402), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Aug 16, 2008 12 oz. bottle labeled as "Ale Asylum Contorter Porter." The name on this entry should be changed to reflect the marketed brand name of the beer. Consumed on 8-15-2008. Tarry, coffee-ish, milky burnt malt aroma. Pours dark brown with a small to moderate amount of dark beige / light tan head. Harsh, tarry taste at first. Settles, mellows, and improves upon multiple sips. Burnt plum pie and pecan pie taste. Whole milk or half-and-half flavor. Light to medium body. Boring and unremarkable in the palate. This is not my kind of porter. It’s of the simplistic, boring-at-best, off-putting-at-worst, tarry, overly coffee-ish variety that is all too common.
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