English Ales Black Prince Porter

Brewed by English Ales Brewery
Style: Porter
Marina, California USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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On cask at Toronado. The black body was topped with a light khaki head. The aroma was coffee and earthy mushrooms. There was also a little bit of leather. The taste was leather with some coffee and cola. There was also some light milk chocolate.

Served on hand pump at Toronado. Oh God this was nice, with that smooth, natural English ale mouthfeel. Very chocolatey for a porter, almost a chocolate stout. Light coffee tones, with a dry malty backbone, like a milk dud. I could drink pint after pint of this, methinks.

Good fine foam, looks but isn’t nitro. Good nose with burnt, coffees and chocolate. The taste is semi-dry, a bit wet and low efferevescence with a crisp and easy finish. Peter Blackwell knows what he’s up to!

Has a very dark brown color and a roasted coffee/malt smell. Taste was of the roasted coffee/malt/chocolate and finishes with a slight bitterness. Overall a great porter.

Cask at Toronado. A pitch black beer with a bubbly brown head. The aroma has notes of chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of milk chocolate as well as medium notes of roasted malt, leading to a lightly bitter finish. Very smooth mouthfeel.

tap at toronado on hand pumpage: creamy sticky head. the foam hugs the side of a glass like the hands of a lover. pitch black body. aroma is stinky. stinky like my pinky after a casual encounter with chubber. the palate is med. thickness. the coffee is strong in this one. a little burn on my tongue . some cherry & licorice flavors.

On tap at the Toronado. This was the cask conditioned version. Black with a white head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted barley, and anise. Milk sweetness is very delightful. Body is fairly light. Just delicious.

(Cask. 03/2006) Chalky aromas with a hint of roasted malts. Deep, deep brown, almost black, with good, tan, moussy head that dissipates slowly to a medium film. No lace. Very little flavor (but not a terribly bad thing). Medium-full bodied, which makes this rather tasteless beer rather pleasant to drink. Very soft carbonation. A surprisingly fruity hoppiness in the background as you sip/swallow. Slightly astringent, almost dry, aftertaste. A definite lactose quality makes it smooth, relatively (and surprisingly) full in the mouth, and just slightly sweet.

On-tap at the Brewpub. Pours dark brown with a moderate sized, light brown head, good lace. Smells dark and roasty malty, slightly sweet. Tastes roasty and dark malty, very nice. Medium body, good carbonation.

Tap at the Fish Hoppers Restaurant in Monterey, CA. Pours dark brown with ruby glints and a big creamy light tan head. Nice chocolate aroma. Near med body. Flavor is chocolate, smooth burnt malt, and a light, light touch of coffee with some herby hop. Finishes nearly dry and nicely bitter.