Estes Park Porter

Brewed by Estes Park Brewery
Style: Porter
Estes Park, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Poured to a dark brown with hints of ruby, thick tan head that quickly settled to a tan ring and very good lacing. Aroma was that of malt sweetness, nuts and coffee. The flavor was a very pleasant roasted nut blended well with the malty sweetness. Althought the body was a tad on the thin side, the finish was very pleasant and warming. Don’t know what everyone else is rating, but I actually really enjoyed this beer.

Black in color......opaque. An almost nonexistent head. Complex aroma with varying roasted and sweet notes. Slightly sweet malt taste up front......fairly smooth mouthfeel with a hint of crispness. Finishes with a basic malt back.

Bottle from the brewery. Dark brown pour. Smooth toasty aroma, mild chocolate and coffee notes. Flavor is toasty, lightly sweet and finishes with some espresso.

On tap at the brewpub. This was my favorite of the 5 we tried. Interesting mix of reviews here. I wonder what this says about the batch to batch variances. Dark brown with small tan head. Nose is rich and warm. Malty bitter and light nutty nose. Taste is similar. Roast malt, sweetness of caramel poking through. Smooth and rich in the mouth. Nice thickness and bitterness with chocolate and roasted malt. Iwas suprised at the quality of this one, based on my experiences with small brewery porters in the past.

12oz bottle. Massively effervescent with resulting head. Black brown color. Rich, with lots of chocolate toffee flavor. Odd carbonation. Rich and chewy, very full bodied for a beer of it’s strength. Something about the mouthfeel of this beer is off to me, be it the bittering hops or the carbonation. Either way, it still comes across as a quality US Porter.

I must've had a different beer than everyone else, because mine was full of sweet roasted malts and a very smooth body. Good amount of hoppy bitterness balances very well. A very nice session porter.

I shared this one with MIBRomeo. The appearance was a dark mahogany with a frothy, milky, thick head with good lacing. The aroma is of coffee, dark chocolate, and grapefruit. The palate is thick and creamy with a full mouthfeel with good carbonation. The flavor is of coffee and chocolate.

Ok, this beer doesn't look or smell good, but it makes up for it in taste. I could drink many of these, but there's too much other good beer in the world.