SLO Porter

Brewed by SLO Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
San Luis Obispo, California USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Draught at the brewpub. Near black, small head. Aroma of vegemite and asphalt. Sweet with medium to full body. Syrup and caramel brings this mess to a slightly inky finish.

Draft at SLO. Nose of coffee and chocolate. Clear brown with a medium, glass lacing off white head. Flavor of coffee, caramel, and chocolate.

On tap at the brewpub in Santa Barbara. My favorite beer from Downtown so far, though that isn’t saying a whole lot. Actually a tasty and balanced porter, albeit a bit simple. Nice dark brown color that you can just see through, capped with a lasting tan head and lots of lace. Light aroma of espresso. The flavor is a bit on the sweet side, as is the house trend. Chocolatey, with a nice roasted bitterness and enough hops to clean the sweetness up. Medium bodied with middle of the road carbonation. I liked the hops bite in this a lot, though the malts were pretty one dimensional. We were drinking the IPA before this, and it took a little bit of prodding to get the group to get the "dark" beer, but this turned into the hit of the night.