Berkshire Drayman’s Porter

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Company
Style: Porter
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle courtesy of jjpm74. Dark brown pour with a medium tan head. (Not sure why I bypassed the Olfabrikken tonight, but I figured it was time for a lighter porter). Aroma of roasted malts and a bit of coffee. Flavor is roasty with some coffee and chocolate - thinner body, but very smooth. Nice porter.

On Cask at Cask Republic in New Haven

Pours very dark, almost black with a very loose & small but very well retained head that leaves some lacing on the glass.

The aroma is roasty with some berries & earthiness. The beer isn’t overly coffee-esque but the roastiness certainly harkens to that tune.

The flavor is roasty in a coffee kind of way with a good level of bitterness all around, some dark chocolate and mild leafy hops. Not as fruit forward in flavor as it is in aroma, but that’s fine. This is a very straightforward and very delicious example of this style.
Hot Damn that is some fine porter.

Poured from bottle Deep Brown color with ruby highlights. Solid two finger tan head with plenty of lacing. Aroma was sweet and compelx. Plenty of roasted and chocolatey notes, as well as a linger nose of hops. The hops didn’t give off a very unique nose but did a nice job of balancing out the malts. Flavor was full of chocolate with enough bitterness from the hops to not have it feel over whelming. Fun to drink, but felt a little chewy going down. Sweetness is long lasting in the aftertaste and slowly dies down leaving a slight bitter taste in the end. A nice complex porter that balance sweet and bitter very well.

Bottle at Chriso’s Fullers-Gales tasting, thanks to Leighton. It pours deep ruby-brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is sulphur, egg, roasted malt, charcoal and chocolate. The taste is chocolate, salted caramel, cola, roasted malt, tangy fruit, blueberry and blackberry, with a sweetish finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Interesting but tanginess and some sulphur on the nose suggest that this is not on its top form (I hope anyway).

Bottle I brought to chriso Vintage Tasting. Pours brown with a sturdy, beige foam head. Dusty cocoa and roasted malts in the nose. Lightly tangy cocoa and dark malts in the flavor, some mild leaves. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish, some more light cocoa, though with this tanginess I don’t think this is top condition. Will try again sometime.

On cask at Mead Hall with cacao nibs and chilies. Seemed very intriguing but failed my expectations. Not a lot going on in terms of chili but there was a tad more chocolate then I was expecting. Decent.

Bottle from Jeffs house. Aroma and flavor of chocolate, roasted malts, and coffee. Also a good bit of sweetness.

Pours black with a think off white head. General roasted porter aroma. The flavor though is very sweet for a porter, almost tastes like red vines. Smooth finish.

Bottle from nh. Dark brown pour. Roasted malt aroma, coffee. Very sweet coffee flavor. Slightly smoky.

Bottle [660ml] shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, jerc & mabel -- c/o HogTownHarry. Pours ruby-brown with a large mostly-lasting frothy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavour of roasted malt, light leafy hops, chocolate and a hint of coffee. Medium bodied. Simple but pretty good.

[4015-20110930] 1pt6floz bottle. Lightly smoked and roasted meat aroma. Dark red-hued black body with a quick foamy off-white head. Toasted grainy wood flavour. Medium-full body. Average. (6+/3/6/3/13) 3.1
(c/o HogTownHarry, w/ him, blackboy, garthicus, GregClow, jerc)