Brew Kettle Car 21 Porter

Brewed by The Brew Kettle/TBK Production Works
Style: Porter
Strongsville, Ohio USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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22 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark brown body with a large fizzy light brown head that left some patchy lacing. The nose is lightly nutty with some coffee, light hops, chocolate, and light leafy hops. The flavor is quite bitter with some dark chocolate and roasted malts. Husky and grainy with a good bit of astringency on the finish. Mediumm bodied with fizzy prickly carbonation. A bit too hoppy and a little harsh for my tastes.

Bottle pours black with tan head. Aroma is hardly there with subtle hints of chocolate and malt. Has a medium mouthfeel. Flavor is again subtle chocolate and malt flavors. Perhaps a little bit of caramel. Not much else. Overall just a decent brew.

22 oz bottle: Large, lasting beige head on a deep, dark brown body. Aromas of chocolate malt and roasty coffee, as well as some perfumey alcohol. Hints of caramel and brown sugar. Also a light graham cracker malt aroma. Well balanced up front, goes to a bitter and herbal hop flavor mid palate into the finish. The aftertaste is roasted coffee and lightly bitter. Between is caramel, brown sugar flavors, and only hints of chocolate. Low fruitiness. Mouthfeel is resiny and astringent, low medium carbonation, and a thinner body, but not watery. Overall not a bad beer, but a little too resiny and bitter for my liking in a porter.