Koff Porter

I thought that this was going to be like one of those nitro-burning Imperial stouts that are fine for sipping, but not for the sessions that my stupid brother seems to want to have this Christmas. Instead it pours dark with a very bubbly beige head. Aroma was a bit off, and the first sip gave me the metallic taste of pennies in the mouth, but subsequently is starts out with a good fore-flavor of darkish malts with a light and more refreshing (read not dry) finish. Has some smoke to it. Easy drinking.

Very nice dark roasted aroma, but the flavor seems a bit light. Taste is somewhat reminiscent of diet coke.

Pours black and rather thick. Flavor is rather malty, but definitely not bad. Flavors more in line with chocolate and caramel fall in without much of a coffee influence. Excellent beer.

Pours black with cappachino colored head, big and fluffy slowly settle to a thick film. Picture perfect lacing. chocolate and roasted malts on the nose. thin bodied roasty mouth-feel and chocolatly malty finish.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Dragonstout. Pours a dark brown with a brown head. Nose is of dry chocolate, dark fruits and malts. Tastes of light chocolates and dark fruits and roasted malts. Some raters have noted soy sauce. I don’t get that. This brew is a bit on the light side, but pretty good.

Pours out black with a big frothy chocolaty head that takes its time before lacing to a thin layer. Looks spectacular. Smells of bakers chocolate, dark fruit, and roasty malt. The taste is crazy, in a very good way. Starts roasty, then transitions into bakers chocolate, then the dark fruit kicks in then washed away by a hop bite that dissapears to a coffee but silky flavor. So smooth in the mouth with a tickle of carbonation. I could drink these all night long.

Bottled in 2000! Still some carbonation left over. Pours opaque black with no head. Aromas of soy sauce, cellar must, salty, black currants, and a cigarette butt right after I went out for a smoke! Soy sauce continues in the flavor as well as some sweet smoked malt, and hints of toffee. Flavor is limited but distinct. Mouthfeel starts off nearly watery but becomes full and chewy towards the end. Soy sauce dominates. Fresh is better but this was quite enjoyable with some sharp cheddar. Notes of Bali Shag (blue) show up in the nose towards the end. Interesting brew.

Bottle. This beer pours an opaque black in color with a capuchino colored, frothy head. The aroma is of bitter coffee and burnt chocolate; a fairly standard porter blend. Tasting is another story. This beer is a bit too sour, not creamy bitter, just oddly sour. The other negative is it is too thin. Good porter in my mind should be on the thicker, slighty oily side. This is a little too weak. The finish is clean with a bit of a bite. All around not bad and drinkable, but not on my list to revisit.