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Desert Edge Powderkeg Porter


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RATINGS: 2   MEAN: 3.5/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.93   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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Porter aged on bourbon for four weeks. Sometimes called Bourbon Barrel Porter.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Sledutah (2155) - Utah, USA - MAR 27, 2011
On tap and growler at Desert Edge
Appearance: Dark brown with a nice beige head with some lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, roasted coffee, woody, vanilla
Taste: Toasted malts, sweet caramel, ashy, bourbon with a light hop bitterness in the finish
A nice beer. The barrel thins it out some because of the low abv of the base beer. But this is very drinkable and tastes great.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
douglas88 (3684) - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - MAR 27, 2011
Growler thanks to Sledutah. Pours a dark cloudy brown color with a medium off-white head. A nice nose of bourbon, distinct for sure, woody, earthy, caramel and toasted malts. The flavor is a nice sweet vanilla bourbon mix with some woodiness and a base porter of toasted malts, sweet caramel, chocolate. A nice brew, and a nice experiment. Let me expand this to say that this good brew reveals the limitation of 4%. It is done as well as possible I suspect, but against stronger and more stylistically in-line versions it is thin and lacking a robustness. Session beers are great, and I am not in favor of higher gravity at all costs, but doing a 4% BA Porter has significant limitations. I’d love to see this re-done at 7-9%!


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