Glacier Porter

Brewed by Glacier BrewHouse
Style: Porter
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Draft pint at the brewpub. Dark, dark brown. The thin tan head slides down the side with reluctance. The aroma is restrained -- bit of dark chocolate, mostly. It drinks incredibly sweet and chocolatey, with a bit of a creaminess as well as maybe just a hint of pleasantly sweet smokiness. (#3295, 1/17/2008)

On tap @ Glacier. Reddish brown with a small light tan head. Aroma of chocolate, some roasted malt and caramel. Flavor is bitter chocolate mostly with some roasted coffee and burnt sugar. Medium body with average carbonation and a dry mouth feel. This porter is very dry and has lots of bitter chocolate and coffee characters. Not my favorite porter but still nice.

(Draft: Glacier Brewhouse in Anchorage, AK) This is the basic porter, not the Beam Porter, which supposedly is pretty good; Moderate dark roasted maltiness is somewhat bitter and minimally sweet with a slight yeasty flavor; Medium to full bodied and dry on the palate, with a pretty substantial mouthfeel; Mild dark roasted nose is pretty subdued for a porter; The color is black and opaque, but dark brown at the edges; Light brown head has good size on the pour, contains many large bubbles and slowly fades to a thick rim; Some patchy lacing here and there; Overall, it’s an okay beer and the best of the 6 Glacier Brewhouse beers I’ve had, but so far, that’s not saying much