Heretic Shallow Grave Porter

Brewed by Heretic Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Pittsburg, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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From tap at Brewco. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is smooth dark roasted chocolate malty. Breadish, chocolate and dark malty. Smooth, dark roasted malty and dense dark chocolate.

Draft @ Creekside Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo, CA. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

(22oz bottle) Pours a dark mahogany (near black) body with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel, light pine, and toasted bread. Flavor of chocolate, biscotti, some citrus, and caramel.

CBC on tap-pours mahogany with a brown head and trailing lace. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/chocolate. Taste is dark malt-roasty/chocolate, 2nd earthy hops. Full body.

Bomber from The Davis Beer Shoppe in Davis, CA. Pours very dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma is sort of chocolate and malt. Near full bodied. Flavor is like dark milk chocolate, with some coffee, and a sort of sour mash burnt malt touch. The sour aspect seems to leave with time, and the coffee comes out more. Finishing dry and a bit earthy (heh heh).

Bomber poured a clear dark reddish brown with a small lingering brown head. Aromas of coffee, roastiness, bakers cocoa, light fruittiness and a hint of licorice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry fdinish. Flavors of bakers cocoa, roastiness, light dark fruit and a hint of licorice with a smooth dry lingering roasty cocoa finish.

On tap at City Beer. Pours with a near black body with a lasting, foamy, tan head. Aromas are roasty, floral, hoppy, and spicy. Bready and chocolate malt notes last as well. Flavors are bready, chocolate, medium dry, caramel, and spicy. Minimal to barely medium bitterness but what seems like a decently spicy hoppy aroma and flavor profile. Lively bubbles, dry, very mild alcohol (well hidden even), and pretty smooth.

Dark brown pour, brown head. Very roasty aroma, dry toasted bread, dark malts, some coffee and cocoa. Flavor is dry, toasty and a hint of chocolate.

Dark brown color with a khaki head. Nice chocolate aroma, plenty of cocoa, and some moderate roast qualities. Plenty of toasted malt and toffee sweetness, maybe a little vanilla. The sweetness on the palate is very well pronounced. Tons of toffee, caramel, and toasted malt. Cocoa, chocolate, and a light bitterness. Mild to moderate roast and just a hint of coffee.

Bottle @ Stephen’s house. Big thanks to Armin / arminjewell for sharing. Pours a dark brown/black appearance with a small brown head. Roasty dark chocolate, big cocoa, light coffee, vanilla aroma. Big chocolate, caramel, a bit woody, milk chocolate sweet flavor. Pretty tasty.