Gentle Bens Nolan Porter

Gentle Bens Brewing Company
Brewed at Barrio Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Tucson, Arizona USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Med/dark brown color. Rich dark malts. Full bodied. Smooth taste. Full flavor. Mouthfeel is rich and full, some alcohol bite. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is malty, slightly sweet.

Deep brown-black body with adequate head. Medium roasty nose with touches of ash.. Medium to full-bodied with moderate roastyness throughout with ash and molasses notes. A dry coal finish.

Draft at the Tucson airport near B3 food court. A pleasant surprise and the only non-macro I saw. Dark brown with red hues. A smallish tan head soon becomes a ring. The nose is mostly nutty with a hint of cocoa. The flavor also features nuts, pecans maybe, and is nicely hopped. It is more balanced than expected. The hops seem to include Cascade but perhaps at least one other variety. The nut flavors made this a hybrid porter / brown. Regardless, it was nice if not great.

(Draught) Pours an opaque black body with a medium tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, light coffee, and lactose. Flavor of roasted malt, dark chocolate, and some molasses.

On tap at Barrio Brewing. Pours a dark brown with a thin light tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, light sweet malt. Flavor is roasted with lightly charred malt and mild sweetness. Lots of bitterness in the finish. Good porter, a little bland. 7/4/7/4/14 (3.6/5)

Black/brown pour with tan head and lace. Light chocolate and toasted malt aroma. Toasted malt and something like black patent flavor. Creamy carbonation but a bit thin. pretty good beer.

on tap-pours a disappearing light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty, then burnt/coffee. Taste is dark malt-roasty, then burnt/coffee/molasses, secondary earthy hops. Not my style.

on tap as part of the sampler pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma and flavor are roast and bitter cocoa with a sweet lactose finish.

Draft at pub. Nice opaque pour. Mild roast on the nose. Medium bodied, smooth, chocolatey, and super roasty towards the finish. Lingers. Good stuff.

[Tap] Pours a very dark brown color with a tan head. Roasted molasses and charred malty aroma. Coffee, milk chocolate, roasted grains, some peat and earth in the taste. Rather light in body. Subtle roast and lingering tobacco smoke in the finish. Good, but not very complex.

On tap at Barrio
Appearance: Pours dark mahogany with a small beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Roasted malts, chocolate and coffee
Taste: Roasty, dried cocoa and coffee
Nice and easy to drink.