General Lafayette Chocolate Thunder Porter

Courtesy of kmweaver. Dark brown body with a medium sized light tan head. The nose is cola, chocolate, molasses and raisins. The flavor is just lightly sweet with lots of bitter, buttery cocoa, cola, brown sugar and dates. Medium body is soft with light carbonation.

Bottle (Thanks Ken) and served in standard pint glass. The beer is basically opaque with a small fading frothy ring and minimal lace. The aroma has notes of bitterness chocolate, lactic twang, prune, walnut, herbal hops and mineral water. The taste starts twangy, acidic, and fruity before a malt driven and chocolate character comes about. he finish is ashy, smoky and dry. Smooth lush mouth feel. Not too shabby.

Nice high-rated porter from kmweaver. Thanks Ken! Pours black with a small bubble tan head that fades medium fast. Aroma is of chocolate, malt, a little alcohol. Not bad. Taste leans a hair dry when cold, and a hair sweet when warm. I prefer it at room temperature for this reason. I don’t follow this strictly, but it’s my new theory for optimal serving temperature: sweet beers drink cold, dry beers drink warm. Eg. a coca-cola can be sickeningly sweet when warm, but refreshing cold. Anyway, this one was better warmer. A bit of smokey peat appears in the back of my mouth on the finish. Kind of interesting. Good porter.

(12oz bottle, thanks kmweaver) Small brown head atop brown-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate, some smoke, roast. Taste is medium sweet, milk chocolate, caramel, some molasses, smoke. Medium body, some syrup.

Pours a dark cola black with a medium sized brown head. Aroma of bitter dark chocolate, cocoa, and coffee beans. Taste of bitter chocolate, cocoa and a hint of vanilla.