Jasper Murdocks Stackpole Porter

Brewed by Jasper Murdocks Alehouse
Style: Porter
Norwich, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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on tap-pours a light brown head and black color with red tint. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/anise, some earthy hops. Taste is dark malt-bitter chocolate/roasty/anise, 2nd earthy hops. Medium body.

En fût. Pinte dégustée directement à la brasserie. Arôme: Légère odeur de café et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût de café et de chocolat avec une pointe de noix. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #1684)

My Bottom Line:
Roasted molasses and blueberry fruitiness are balanced out by leafy hops in this dryish Porter.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam surrounds the brown-sleeved black.
-Maltiness could be more expressive; as is, the flavor profile is quite simple.
-Body is well rounded and allows high drinkability.
-The finish is lightly bitter and pretty dry.

On tap at the brewpub.

750 ml bottle. Dark black-brown in color. Somewhat thin, cola-like in appearance. Roasted nuts, chocolate, classic - coffee hints. Quick, even flavor to the tongue with a wooden, nut pinging of the back of the throat. lightly acidic but not unpleasant. Like a drive into the light rough . . . not perfect, but it’ll play.

Dark brown with a ruddy tint. Toasted malt aroma, lightly chocolatey and toasty aroma. Herbal root beer type of aroma. Flavour is okay, fairly lean body with light chocolate and toasted barley. A touch of light acidity. As the temperature comes up, the body improves a bit, but it’s still not a great example. Earthy hop flavour on the back.

(22 oz bottle: Obtained 14-Dec-05 in trade with jjpm74, thanks John!) Bottled in October, 2005. Pours opaque and very dark brown in color with a bit of ruddiness at the extreme edges. Sizeable light tan head shows better than average retention, taking a good 5 to 7 minutes to settle to a filmy layer, eventually diminishing to a wide ring with some wisps scattered across the top. This is a very roasty, fairly bitter porter with only a slight sweetness to it and a mild yeastiness in the finish. Light hoppiness seems to be responsible for some of the bitterness, but I think the vast majority is just a product of the dark roasting. Stronger hints of chocolate emerge in the finish as the beer warms toward toward room temperature. Aromas of strong, dry roast and a bit of grain are less interesting than what the overall flavor presents. Medium bodied, probably right about where it should be for a standard porter. There’s a good deal of flavor in this porter, but with all the roast, it’s fairly one-dimensional. Still, a solid entry that competently delivers what is expected of a porter, but doesn’t do anything more than that.

Deep black porter with a good light moka head. Light chocolate and chlorine aroma. Light chocolate malt, no hops, plain and boring porter. Short in mouth. Light bodied. On tap Feb. 10, 2006.

Aroma:chlorine aroma..... appearance:Black,good head... Flavor:good torefaction,watery....

22oz bottle acquired in trade with jjpm74 (thanks!). Bottle notched ’Oct’. Poured a dark, dark brown color with a huge (5 finger) off white head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malts, and also got some dark fruits. Tastes of roasted malts, dark fruits, very light chocolate, with light coffee in the finish. This one was definitely on the sweeter side. With the huge head, I expected the body to be over carbonated but it wasn’t.

UPDATED: JUN 11, 2008 Brown color with an offwhite head. Mild aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor of chocolate and roasted malt. Light to medium body, dry and creamy texture, lively carbonation.