Cricket Hill Paymasters Porter

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle 65cl.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dusty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090806]

Bottled. A dark red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and metal. The flavor is sweet iwth notes of milkchocolate, roasted malt, and nuts, leading to a bitter finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Clear nutty, orangey brown with a small off-white head. Sweet roasty aroma. Medium body, subtle roast, dark dried fruit and a whiff of vanilla. Dryish licorice finish. 120412

33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and almost liqourice. Thick dark malty and liqourice. Dark malty and liqourice into the finish.

Bottled. Deep rubyish ambery colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, som chocolate, coffee and mild vanillaish notes. Flavour is fruits, some roasted malts, mild syrupy notes as well. Aroma was promising, but the flavourside left a bit thin.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear red-brown coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel, dried fruits and chocolate. Sweet and roasted flavour of dried fruits and chocolate with notes of overriped fruits. Sweet and roasted finish.

Name: Paymaster’s Porter Ale
Date: March 11, 2011
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: roasted aroma, lots of chocolate kicks in, touch of dark chocolate, dry with just a hint of sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, light caramel sweetness enrichens the chocolate, bitter dark chocolate balances the sweetness, light bitter roasty finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Bottle. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hints of coffee. Roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some hitns of coffee in the aftertaste.

Bottled (at ChrisO). Dark nut brown color, small beige head. Dark malts and spices in the aroma. Quite flat mouthfeel. Some chocolate, dark toasted malts. Wineous feeling. A bit sweet, not much. Balanced porter.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Black - white head. Hard roasted, high malty, fruity, licorice, coffee, berries, sweet notes, dark bread, dried fruits, chocolate, thin finish.