Flathead Lake Rising Sun Espresso Porter

Brewed by Flathead Lake Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Bigfork, Montana USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Draft at the brewery taproom. Pours black, pale tan head, soft yet surprisingly sticky lacing. Nose is soft roast, milk chocolate. Flavours are much drier, with graphite, mineral, anise, tight roast, nice coffee in the finish here also. Very nice porter.

Draft at the Missoula. Opaque black with a dense and creamy dark tan head. Mild sweet coffee and chocolate nose. Creamy medium body with soft carb. Rich chocolate and coffee mid palate. Mild sweet finish.

On tap at the Missoula brewpub. Pours black with a decent tan head and an espresso aroma. There is a robust chocolate and coffee flavor with a very dry finish. Tasty.

Draft. Pours dark, dark brown with a dark tan head. Aroma is lots of dark roasted coffee. Taste is coffee upfront and all the way throughout with a bit of dark chocolate. It’s a much drier beer than I expected but not really in a bad way. Very enjoyable beer.

Sampled at the brewery. Solid black, creamy tan head. Aroma of coffee, mocha, cream, smoke, dark roasted malts. Taste is bitter coffee, sweet cream and vanilla, good balance overall. Medium, silky body, soft carbonation. Great beer.

Near black, with ruby tones at the edges. Very rich dark roast coffee bean aroma, eclipses all else. Generous bitter chocolate and espresso flavours, sweet, with a long dry finish of medium bitterness. Medium mouthfeel. One of the best coffee porters I’ve tried, perhaps made better by the freshness of the sample. I took a growler away with me.