Bells Porter

12 oz bottle. Clear dark brown color with some red around the edges. Short creamy tan head with some lasting power. There was thick lacing on the glass at the end. Smelled of milk chocolate and husky grain. Medium bodied and slightly sweet up front with a roasty bitterness on the back of the tongue that lingered. Tastes mostly of roasted malt and coffee.

12 oz. bottle (7557) via trade with lukin013 - Pours a brown color with a nice size light tan head. Light spotty lacing. Has a very nice toasty chocolate aroma. Has a semi-sweet roasted chocolate flavor. This is a smooth, medium body beer. Very nice. Thanks Jon.

Bottled July 2006, Sampled November 2006
Definitely an opaque, black colored brew. It is topped by a frothy, almost creamy consistency, initially two-finger thick, brownish leaning tan colored head. The aroma is quite burnt and roasted. It even has a note like burnt grain husks, in fact it is quite husky in its grain aromatics. Notes of chocolate cover malt balls add a bit of roundness to the harsher burnt notes, which actually are not all that harsh in this beer. Towards the end it picks up a note that reminds me of the acidity in a sweetened espresso.

The mouthfeel on this is quite light up front, after the beer has left my mouth it takes on a touch of fullness. It actually leaves a chocolate like mouth coating that has a touch of malt sweetness to it. There is some burnt grain acidity to this beer, but it seems just enough for the sweet chocolaty malt and the body to balance out. This beer is defined by the dominant roasted grain flavors, they even add bitterness to this beer (though some of the bitterness in this brew is certainly hop derived).

This is really quite the quaffable brew, especially as it warms a bit. As it warms the roast character becomes a bit more balanced by the sweeter chocolate like maltiness and a mouthfeel that picks up a bit more heft to it. Quite the enjoyable brew, definitely a good beer for this "Arizona chilly" evening.

Aroma is of roasted malt and coffee.Pors chocolate brown with medium tan head.Get some roasted malts,coffee and maybe a hint of chocolate.Mouth feel is medium with a bitter finish.

pours black with a nice tan one finger head.nice roasty malt aroma with some coffee and alcohol. some lacing the flavor is a thick roasty malt with coffee little licorice and hops and a little bitter aftertaste. not bad pretty smooth.

Pours an opaque, unfiltered black with a medium, tight beige head (looks like a stout). Very nice roasty and surprisingly hoppy nose. Flavor has notes of mocha, medium roastiness, coffee and dark caramel. Pleasantly sweet with balancing/ample hop bitterness. Medium bodied yet very creamy and silky on the palate with perfect moderate carbonation.This was more bold and full flavored than most stouts while having the drinkablility of a porter. Bells rules.

Batch 7228... Pours a very dark brown amber color that is quite opaque. The initial head is brown and fizzy, but doesn’t last long. Very weak roasted malt and chocolate aroma. The flavor is weak dark chocolate. The finish is mostly coffee-like with some roasted malt dryness and bitterness coming through as well. There is also very slight hint of smoke in the very end. This beer has a medium body, moderate carbonation, and pretty smooth overall. The flavor isn’t quite as roasty or pronounced as the Summit Great Northern Porter that I had earlier, but the Bells Porter is just as good due its blend of balanced flavors. 12 oz bottle from River’s Bend.

(Bottle via trade with <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=21222 target=blank>OhioDad, thanks Scott!) Nice chocolatey porter...Pours dark coffee brown with some ruby highlights when held to light. Three fingers of creamy tan head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, bit of coffee. Mouthfeel smooth, creamy, bit of prickliness. Webby lacing. Flavor of sweet milk chocolate with a bit of coffee, some bitterness overlays and lingers through finish and aftertaste. Very inviting.