Le Cheval Blanc Porter (au Cacao)

Brewed by Le Cheval Blanc
Style: Porter
Montreal, Canada

A hazy red-brown beer with a small light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of tobacco as well as malt. The flavor is very dry roasted with notes of celery and chocolate, and a dry roasted end, while the mouthfeel is smooth.

On tap at the brewpub during 2005 RBSG. I sat at the window drinking a full glass of this watching the hippie wrestlers chant for freedom for Quebec. Dark beer with garnet hightlights when held up to the light. Creamy beige head with a sweet grain nose with some coffee. Flavors were right with some roast grain and coffee bean bitterness, but were pretty subtle. Standard porter.

2005 RBSG Montreal Saturday. Dark ruby colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. Sweet chocolate and coffee aroma. Milk chocolate and coffee flavours with a lightly roasty bitter finish. Medium bodied, a bit thin and watery.

The pour reveals a black color with brown highlights and a medium, creamy, tan head. Aroma of coacoa and roasted malt, it’s quite pleasant dare I say. In the mouth, dryness takes control of the event while coacoa and roasted malt sneak in, there’s mild bitterness in the end. The body has a light to medium thickness with a smooth and creamy texture and gentle carbonation.

Deep dark porter with a reddish hue and an off-white to moka creamy head. Light chocolate and sweet malt aroma. Very rich roasted coffee bitterness, rich and lingering in mouth, like a cold coffee with light hops. Medium bodied. Very well done.

Draught at the brewpub
Dark brown, ruby. Light head, light lacing. Nose of bright creamy roast, light fruit and subtle oats. The flavor is smooth, sweet, clean, nice.

Almost black pour covered by a healthy off-white head. While never too sweet, this is a porter without much roastiness nor hoppiness. We’re mostly dealing with a powdery chocolate, borderline fudge beast. Powdery texture, light-medium bodied. Easily drinkable, soft palate, almost silky.

Draft...RBSG2005... Deep, dark ruby brew with a small, creamy, beige head. The aroma and flavor are mostly nondescript with the exception of a mild waft of dark roast coffee. Well-bittered and decently balanced, but there’s nothing else going on. Medium-bodied and ultra-creamy with pillow-soft carbonation. Short, lightly bitter finish.