Green Flash Traditional Porter

Brewed by Green Flash Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
San Diego, California USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Seen this beer twice now around town, listed as GF Porter both times so I added it. Pours dark brown with a very thin, offwhite head and some lace. Smells of roasted malts with a good dose of dishwater. Tastes a little one dimensional. Roasted malts, that’s about it. Thin, watery body and vibrant carbonation.

Roasted notes on the aroma even a little wood. Pours brown with red tinges and a short tan head. Same burnt characters in the taste, coffee is there not really choclate though, a touch thin, maybe cocoa bit of crystal and some pencil shavings.

UPDATED: MAY 23, 2011 On tap at The Monk. Pours brown with some red tinges. A small tan head is produced. Aroma is traditional roast malts and coffee. Not overly big or complex. Coffee makes up the bulk of the flavour with some upfront fruits as well. Very solid after re-rating this one

Served on tap at Pizza Port OB. The appearance is a brown black with a smaller beige head that is pretty creamy. The aromas are a bit muted. The tradition roasty malts you expect from a good porter. The flavors have some more too them. A medium roast malt base with good semi-sweet milk chocolate additions, some cereal grains, and a touch of like smoke too. The mouth is medium leaning a touch more to the full side of the spectrum. A bit creamy like fat-free milk. A basic but decently done porter.

On tap at Urge for the Total Tap Takeover with BP and GF. What a great porter! Dark brown/black pour with small, dense tan head. Great smokiness and bitter malt. Coffee and cocoa and smoke. Very nice.

Taster on tap at Green Flash: Dark dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of coffee and cream. Flavor starts light dark chocolate followed by light coffee and cream with a light dry finish. Medium body is creamy with moderate carbonation.

I had thetraditional porter on tap at green flash. It is exactly what it says it it is, a traditional porter. Poured brown and smelled of roasted malt, a little chocolate, and a slight smokiness. Taste was the same. Very nice porter.

tap at RnH - hint of savory cinnamon chocolate malts. sweet brown sugar caramel sugar. very tasty, unique porter.

Dark pour with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee, sweet caramel and spicy hops. Flavor is well balanced with a nice rostiness and a slightly bitter finish. Nice.

Draft @ Blind Tiger. Black pour with tan head, Chocolate malt and mineral like aroma. Flavor is roasted dark malts and slight mineral tang.

Draft. Pours a dark bruin body with an off white head. Roast y and coffee esk tones. Minerals and coco notes with a dry coco tone. Minerals and light roast y finish. Nice.