Barleys Twisted Ivan Double Porter

Brewed by Barleys Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Columbus, Ohio USA

Serve in Snifter

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Growler from bgburdman9 - thanks! Dark brown color with a rich chocolatey aroma that features a wonderful balance of fruit, coffee, and candy. Flavor has just the right mix of chocolate, roast, coffee, cream, hops, and fruit to make it a classic. Truly the best example of the style I’ve had.

Draft at MRAF 2009. Pours black color with a moderater frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Heavy toasted dark chocolate and caramel aroma. Medium to full body with a thick smooth texture and flat carbonation. Heavy dark chocolate bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of long duration. This is a standout porter.

Firkin version at Barley’s 7th Annual Mini RAF (05/02/09): The beer pours blackish-brown and has a medium and foamy tan head that diminishes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Roasty malt aroma with notes of chocolate and coffee. Rich, dry body with flavors of chocolate malt, coffee and hops. The finish is roasted coffee and malt with a hoppy aftertaste. Enjoyable all around.

Sampled at Barley’s 7th Annual Mini Real Ale Fest. Dark brown pour with a medium tan head. Malty chocolate aroma with some dark fruits. Molasses, vanilla and dark fruit up front, then chocolate with coffee and hops in the finish.

Growler: Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma, rich chocolate, caramel notes, sweet malts, toffee. Flavor, chocolaty, vanilla, toffee, some roasted notes, caramel. Sweet on the finish, some roast. Pretty good.

Draft@ Barleys Pours a deep dark brown with decent tan head. This one laced well. Had nice aromas of chocolate, caramel, coffee, alittle roast, and some vanilla. Has a good carbination. The moutfeel is excellent. Has a good blending with just a touch of alcohol burn. Haswondedrful flavors. Let this one sit a while to get all the flavors to appear. Has a watery but dry texture and a full body. Has a good finish. These guys make some quality beer.

From a growler, 1hr fresh, thanks Pud! Sad that I tried this from a growler, from a place 15min away. Pours dark brown, with a medium tan colored head. Aroma is choclate, caramel, vanilla. Flavor is choclate, coffee, vanilla, caramel, roast. Palate is full bodied, medium to mild carbonation, finished sweet initially then bitter. One of the best from Barley’s!

On tap at the Alehouse. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice, roasted malts, vanilla. Flavor was caramel, roasted malt, dark chocolate, dark fruits. Fairly thick body, roasty, bittersweet. Never thought this was 11%, nice masking job.

Dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel and vanilla. Flavor of roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits, vanila and a little alcohol. Very good.

Growler shared thanks to hopdog. Pours a deep brown with some amber notes when held to the light and a creamy tan head. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel, some hints of oak, nuts and light coffee. Flavor of roasted malt, vanilla, oak, caramel and nuts.