Bells Porter

this was not as good as I thought it was going to be. It looked really good but didn’t come through with it’s rpomise. Nice body and tan head - just didn’t have that deep palate and roasted malt flavor I’d expect form a porter.

I tried this several times over the course of a week. Each time I had a slightly different impression. Overall, I didn’t find the beer all that special, all though it’s a solid porter. Average malt w/ notes of molasses and coffee; average hops; medium body

Date: 04/02/1998
Source: Ale Atlanta

Hazy dark brown, whispy tan head, chocolate malt aroma, damaged malt flavor, bitter
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Date: 11/05/2004

lots of roasted aroma, rich malt flavor, lots of hop bitterness, touch of smokey roasted character, still not porterish
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Date: 04/28/2006
Source: brewpub
Score: i to ii

picking up more chocolate to go with the roasted, this is a porter
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Date: 05/23/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 3.0 to 3.3

more chocolate than roasted, keeps getting better

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

12oz bottle sans batch number. Pours a cola brown with a small, light tan head. Aroma is very sweet, beery, a lot of dark fruits, and smoke. Significant smoke. Nutty. Not completely pleasant and certainly does not have the aromatic characteristics I like in a porter. Flavor is better. Slight roast, a nudge of chocolate with a quick finish. Small amount of fruit in the taste. Medium bodied, just heavy enough for me not to complain that it’s too light-bodied. Drinkability is high. Uniqueness is low. A bit of a let down.

Bottle, thanks to after4ever. Pours opaque blackish brown with a substantial beige head. Coffee aroma. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Nutty chocolate taste with a piney bitterness behind it.

Bottle. This has all the normal characteristics of a good porter. Dark color. Strong codffee/malt aromas and flavors. Not the best but well worth a drink.

12-ounce. Thanks, Theisti! Pours deep opaque black with a thick, off-white, moussy head. Oddly soured nose, almost like sour milk. Rauchmalt? Almost smoky sour. Medium body with gentle carb, definitely forward flavors: all the coffee, chocolate, smoke, and roast promised by the brewer’s notes. Pleasing, slightly creamy mid-palate. A bit off overall, but not obviously flawed.

12oz bottle, Batch 7990. Pours dark brown with small brown head. Aroma roasted coffee. Taste of coffee and chocolate with bitter after taste.