CooperSmiths Blackwood Porter

Brewed by CooperSmiths Pub & Brewing
Style: Porter
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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(Draught at CooperSmith) clear but very dark brown with no head. Nose is roasty, sweet, coffee, brown sugar and alcohol. Taste of coffee, umami, burnt toast, acrid. Thin and too roasty, alcoholic and vegetal.

Pour on tap at the brewery, murky brownish black with thin tan head, aroma has notes of caramel, roast, chocolate and coffee notes, touch of slight fruit and acidity in there. Taste is a mix of sour fruits, touch of caramel, roast and chocolate, hints of coffee, finishing fairly bitter and fairly roasted. Decent.

Tap @ CooperSmiths Pub & brewing. A stop on grand tour of Fort Collins breweries and bars with Tim, Aaron and Armin, Thanks !! Pours black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, toast, coffee, light sourness. Taste is malts, coffee, roasted toast, dried dark fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation, again light sourness in the finish. 250212

Tap @ brewpub. Reddish brown appearance with a fluffy, light brown head. Creamy, roasty chocolate malty, a touch smoky aroma. A little bit smoky, roasty, light espresso, creamy chocolate malty flavor.

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted grain, cocoa, coffee, and nuts. Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, coffee, light burnt, and toasted grain.

Tap at CooperSmith’s. Pours clear black with a large, creamy tan head, high retention with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, toasted, nutty, dark fruit), light hops (woody), light esters (dried fruit) with notes of prune, date, and charcoal. Flavor is heavy malt (caramel, chocolate, coffee, nutty), light hops (woody), light esters (dried fruit) with notes of smoke, wood, prune, and date. Full body, low warmth, medium carbonation and creaminess with a dry finish.

On tap at Coopersmith poured a clear dark brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, roastiness and vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of dark chocolate, vanilla, light roastiness and a hint of smoke with a smooth dry lingering chocolate finish.

Draft at SBV. Tasted 7/11/09. Pours a beige head over a brownish black (SRM 35) body....nose is heavy coffee, chocolate, bit of vanilla....taste is similar with coffee, chocolate, bit of molasses,,,,mouth feel is realtively light, but good none the less.