Flying Fish Porter

Formerly brewed at Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Pours a medium-to-thin viscosity. Black on its own with mahogany accents when put to light, and a bubble island in the center for the head with a routinely replenished tan wrung on the outskirt. Dark chocolate powder registers in the nose first, complimented by bubble gum, melted semi-sweet chocolate chips, mocha java and chocolate milk. Fuller flavor than expected. Sweet tendencies of brown sugared oats and Hershey syrup in an iced, blended cappuccino. The tribute to the agility of the cocoa bean continues with sludgy chocolate milk and hot chocolate brought to room temperature overnight. Medium-bodied with a well executed balance combination. On the palate, it’s in and it’s out; over and done with. No time for soliciting. At most, there’s a mild dry lingering on the finish when all’s said and done. Nice, solid robust chocolate porter. Thanks to Thaichile for the bottle!

Tangy, chocolate, coffee, slightly sour. River water brown with a thin head. Low coffee and chocolate and some underpowered roastiness as well. Lacks flavor intensity.

12oz bottle via trade from Lou18 - Thanks Lou! - Pours black with ruby highlights and a beautifulf foamy tan head that lingers and laces quite well. Aroma of chocolate and coffee and a bit of floral hops. Flavor is much the same. Nice hoppy finish that I liked much. Palate is medium bodied with pretty lively carbonation. Nice coffee bitter finish that I liked alot. This is a pretty nice porter. I enjoyed it!

Poured like a dark stained cherry wood supporting a silky khaki head. So much coffee in the aroma that you could mistake this for a Starbucks venti Breakfast Blend. Roasted malt, vanilla, caramel and chocolate rounded out the aroma. Flavor was very heavily influenced by chocolate and coffee with a nice hoppy kick. The mouthfeel was a tad thin and the finish was a bit weak for a porter but not unpleasant. Overall, a pretty good porter that reminded me a lot of Grants Perfect Porter without the smokey notes. A little more body would make this a very nice beer.

Poured from bottle, looked a bit light for a porter. But I was surprised with it’s unique flavor (sweet malt) and feel (not oily). Finished OK as well.

This beer pours out of the bottle with a very dark garnet red color when held up to the light with a loose beige head that shrinks to a slick relatively quickly. Big blast of roast coffee and chocolate in the nose as I poured it. Lots of almost burnt toast, dark chocolate, ash and an almost berry fruitiness. The beer thins out and sweetens as it warms. Finish is stale coffee bitterness. This is a porter I would gladly try again.

Sweet chocolate and some roast coffee on the nose. A little dark fruit to the sweetness, especially plum. The beer itself is a dark brown/ruby in the glass. Tasting begins with a chocolate dominance, but the sweet flavor fades into a slightly acidic palate with medium mouthfeel. Coffee and tart plum on the finish. The acidity changes the style somewhat, but it is nice to see a different approach to the American porter.

Dark brown with ruby red edges and a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and ovaltine. Flavor consists of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Not that sweet, had only a hint of roasty bitterness at the end. Disappointing thin/watery mouthfeel, lively carbonation. Not bad but very average and boring.