Caldera Pilot Rock Porter

Wonderful fluffy full headed porter. Great esspresso aromas, roasted coffee. Salty under taste..this is minor yet sets the theme for the porter..the saltiness makes you gulp more of the chocolaty ,.coffee goodness. Great drinking beer..with great backi\ng.

Canned at SBWF08. Pours out in an almost black colour with a small lasting beige foam. Rich aroma of black coffee, cocoa, nuts and mild smoke. Medium-bodied with rich flavours of black coffee, dark chocolate, smoke and salt. Long medium-bitter finish of chocolate, salt and mild smoke.

12 oz can at Stockholm Beer Festival 2008. Dark reddish brown color. Rich roasted coffee and chocolate aroma. Soft roasted flavor with coffee, chocolate, toffee and fairly low bitterness. Tasty drinkable beer with good basic flavors. There could be more complexity though.

<b>Can 355ml.</b>
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [260908]

(Canned, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2008) Black colour with pale brown, frothy head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of chocolate, coffee and hints of spruce needles. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate and caffe latte. Smooth and creamy with a nice coffee bitterness in the finish. Well made and nicely balanced, but doesn’t really stand out. Nice beer though.

Draught @ Horse Brass Pub, Portland. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a rosted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocoalte and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

Canned@SBWF2008. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, mild vanillaish notes as well as wood. Flavour is the same in an excellent balance. Aftertaste leaves wood, roasted malts and some nice vanilla and mild notes of chocolate.

(Can 35,5 cl) Dark brown and opaque with a vague tint of orange and an off-white head. Aroma of hard roasted malt and coffee. Medium body with sweetish hard roasted malt and vanilla accents. Has a light malt bitterness in the finish. Very accessible and pleasant. 180908