Hales Celebration Porter

Brewed by Hales Ales
Style: Porter
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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lucky for me that I have a friend who drives down here from their hometown about 3 or 4 times a year. He just last week brought me a case of hales ales, a mixed bag, Now I have sampled them all. Dark and rich, nice nose and a great semisweet finish.

Dark nut brown in appearance with a thin off-white head. Nice chocolatey aroma with a hint of cotton candy and molasses. Fruit comes out on the semi-sweet taste that finishes a little bitter. The bitterness almost seems as if it could be coming from the malts, but with some thought I am sure it is a hop bitterness. A good porter.

dark rum colored appearance with super fine carbonation bubbles, very small head and minimal lace, goor rich coffe/carmel aroma, with smooth chocolate taste and pleasant hop/carmalized sugar finish

Tan head. Smoky burnt nose. Dry roasted malt flavor. Good body.

Black bodied with a ring of head and a twinge of amber. The atmospher, unfortunately was quite smokey. However, the aroma itself was undeniably smoky with a burnt attribute. The flavor was deep, dry coffee and by most accounts, this beer seemed akin to a lower a/c imperial stout. Need to sample again.

Had this on a hand-engine...Aroma is malty--both sweet and roasty, and also a bit estery..very nice indeed. This is what a porter should look like: darkest brown with a creamy wheat-hued head that coats the glass as it is drawn down. The flavor is rich and complex: mellow roastiness introduces itself, followed by a bloom of flavors ranging from a modest fruity tang to subtle sweet caramel to the mild/dry hop/coffee finish. This brew is smooth and has a fine creamy feel to it--substantial body as well, but not ’heavy.’ This is an outstanding example of the brewer’s art in evidence: complex, well-balanced, attractive to behold...Mike Hale’s dedicated team impresses once again...