La Jolla Brewhouse Porter

On tap @ the La Jolla Brewhouse brewpub. Pours a nice deep garnet with lasting light tan head and spotty lacing. It has a mild aroma of roasted malts and not much else really. It could use a bigger aroma. The taste is rich roasty malts that lean toward burnt malts that seem to grow stronger into the finish and fulfilling my interpretation of the style. I also get just a faint hoppiness in there too.

On tap at brewery. Copper brown with almost no head. Sweet roasty slightly caramel taste. Watery palate with a disappointing finish.

(Draft: La Jolla Brewhouse in La Jolla, CA) Most of the beers at La Jolla Brewhouse are okay, but not good enough to ever want to order again. However, this ulfiltered porter is quite nice. I’m not sure if they make a filtered porter, but they are making a point to say this is unfiltered. It’s dry, fairly roasty and moderately bitter, and the flavor of hops is easily distinguishable. Some chalkiness in the flavor as well. In the nose, it’s mostly just hops and roast, so it’s mirroring the flavor. Medium bodied, but very carbonated and burpy. The color is very dark brown at the edge and black through the center. Quarter inch of tan head settles to a wide ring and leaves lots of cobwebs and dusty lacing over much of the glass. Easily one of the best beers I’ve had on tap at this brewpub.