East End Eye Opener Porter (Commonplace)

Brewed by East End Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Mild acidic roasted barley with notes of coffee grounds, chocolate, and a bit of smoke. Lactose sweetness and nutty quality. Dark, dark brown-black body, clear with creamy light-tan lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Starts medium sweet with chocolate, coffee, coffee, and more coffee. Nutty bitterness and hops abound, with roasted barley and patent malt. Chocolatey finish, coffee bitterness but not rough. Smooth coffee after. Really good porter.

Strong coffee stench and flavour. Nice smooth and lightly carbonated feel. Slightly bitter. Would drink again.

Strong coffee aroma. Black pour with quickly dispersing head. Clean coffee bitter finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Big ol’ flip-top. Poured deeper brown with a tall, nice-looking smoked beige head. The aroma picked up sweeter, lightly-roasted coffee, toffee, and lesser biscuity notes.. soft overall, and I loved the coffee they used in there.. a bit earthy. The flavor found the same sweeter, earthy coffee throughout.. just a little bitterness and sour, ripe coffee beans around.. more coffee stuck on the long, tasty finish. Medium-bodied and fairly well carbonated on the palate.. well-balanced and tasty.. not the most complex brew in the world, but I’d drink it any night.

Growler from Brewery. My favorite coffee house and Pittsburgh brewery. Pours brown with massive head. Nose of huge coffee aroma, like freshly ground coffee. Sweet chocolate, mild roast, ground coffee lavor. Solid bitter, mild astringency. Solid.

Flip top bottle from Beerman6686. Thanks! Deep brown color; pours with a tan foam on top that settles as a thin layer. This one is all about the coffee. Lots of roasted coffee grounds and sooty ash in the aroma with some bitter unsweetened dark chocolate joining those two in the flavor. The body is fairly full and silky smooth going down. The bitterness and roasty notes are countered well by some caramel malty sweetness. This is a pretty straightforward Porter but it’s very well crafted and tasty.

Bottle purchased at East End. Black pour with a thick tan head. Nose is strong in coffee with a bit of chocolate maltiness. Huge coffee flavor with chocolate malt and earthy hops. Not subtle, but tasty!

Pours deep brown with a medium mocha head...nice lacing and retention. Aroma has roasty/burnt notes, dark fruit, nice coffee, and a touch of nuttiness. Flavor is more directly coffee with a touch of dark fruit and some burnt notes. Mouthfeel is medium and the finish is burnt/dry with bold coffee.

Thanks to JaBier for sharing a swingtop bottle. The beer pours dark brownish-black with a thin tan head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lace. Smells pretty much like a cold cup of coffee, plus a touch of malt. Medium body with a moderately bitter coffee character and notes of roasted malt. The finish is roasty coffee with a lingering bitter java aftertaste. Good brew overall.

(1L flip-top bottle, courtesy of thirdeye11) Pours an opaque black body with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, and subtle mint. Flavor of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, some vanilla, and restrained mint.