Bittings Coal Train Porter

Brewed by J.J. Bitting Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Woodbridge, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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An almost black pour with creamy tan head and lace. Aroma of chocolate and medium coffee. Flavor mirrors the aroma with a slight bitter finish. Mouthfeel and carbonation are solid. A very ncie porter.

Very malty, almost chocolatey in both aroma and taste, Black in color . Pretty good, but some buttery (diacetyl?) qualities.

UPDATED: APR 2, 2009 Dark and smooth. Thanks Eric for sharing at Eds. Little bitterness and some roast.

pours ddep brown with a thin off white head. Smoky aroma, roasted malt with a hint of coffee. Flavor starts strong smoke with a faint hint of chocolate caramel and hops. Very thin for a porter, almost watered down. Medium palate, kind of tingly. Decent overall.

on tap-pours a tan head that laces and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate/slight coffee, faint hops. OK carbonation.

Poured a dark brown color with a medium sized, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, some smoke, and sweet chocolate. Taste of smoked malts, with light bitterness from the roasted malts, and some hoppiness as well.

Deep brown with a nice lasting head. Nice roasty flavors. Good beer. Sweet.

Deep brown, with a nice tan head. roasty aroma. Nice chocolate roasty malty sweet flavor, with a lingering malt bitterness in the finish. Good porter.

Porter as it should be. Much better than the JJ Bitting’s Stout. Toffee notes. Nice quickly subsiding bitterness.