3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at 16 Tons. Moderate brown pour, inch of off-white foam. Chocolate dominates taste and smell with an off putting earthen hop note not adding much to the table. Stick to the sours, guys.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap @ Cascade Barrel House... Near black poor with a thick, off-white head. Floral and resinous with hops tones. Slight roast, lots of grains, herbal spiciness, grass, charred woody characters. Sugar, cookie-dough, and roast came back in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Cascade Tasting Room with mcberko. Pours a dark brown with a red tint, and a small creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and hops. Flavour of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, with a muted fresh hop finish. medium complexity. Roasted and fresh tasting. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Cascade Tasting Room, split with Matts_Property, pours a dark brown with a pronounced red tinge and small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, fresh hops and roasted malt. Flavour is more muted, with chocolate, roasted malt and a slight hop presence - kind of watery and thin on the palate. Good.
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at special brews. Pours black with a dense and creamy tan head. Loose sheety rings of lace. Nice roasty coffee and chocolate nose. Creamy medium body with lively carb. Roasty chocolate and coffee mid palate with a rich roasty finish. Great porter.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught . Dark brown pour with lasting off white head. Hoppy aroma with a chocolate note. Roasty flavour with a hop ring. Hop finish. I admit I have never knowingly had a fresh hop porter before.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Brown, lasting tan head.Faint malt nose, nearly undetectable.Light toasty profile, light roast bitterness in finish. Underflavored
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown color/ tan head. Pine, caramel, chocolate milk, roasty malt aromas. smooth medium body. Good mix of pine sap, chocolate, caramel, floral, coffee, dark malt flavors, easy drinking. @ Malt&Vine
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Chestnut brown, thin lightly browned head. Charcoal roasty, tar, and black patent nose with cascade hope presence. Highly roasted flavor, tar and black patent, thick and chalky. Bitterish hop finish mingles through the roastyness. Passable, but this one just doesn’t work for me.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Nice deep black with a thin tan head that fades quickly. Aroma is standard porter (coffee, light chocolate) with a faint but distinctive presence fresh hop earthiness. An excellent porter with mellow notes of coffee and heavily malty, the fresh hops present themselves towards the end with their distinctive bright and piney bitterness. A wonderful take on a porter and a unique way to showcase fresh hops, excellently done.
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