Left Hand Fade To Black Vol. 3: Pepper Porter

Formerly brewed at Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Bottle. Poured a black color with an aqverage frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted peppers and smoke aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy toasted peppers sweet malt flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Solid complex brew.

A deep dark porter with a thin lacing brown head. In aroma, a nice peppery chocolate with nice coffee notes, herbal and smooth. In mouth, a nice smooth chocolate with light green peppercorn notes, a bit herbal, warming alcohol, very nice. Sampled at Bierkraft, Dec. 27 2011.

Draft… Pours black with a mid-sized, creamy, khaki head. Great retention. The bouquet is nutty and milk-chocolaty with a whisper of licorice. Full-bodied and silky with moderate carbonation. The flavor provides unsweetened dark chocolate with a mild chili pepper nuance. Finishes minerally and modestly bitter with more lingering heat than expected. Nice.

Bottle. Black color, brown head. Aroma of subtle black pepper. The taste is subtle enough in the taste that this is a very enjoyable beer.

Bottle. very dark brown with small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, little liquorice, medium sweet, hop, black pepper, little smoke and a little bitter.

Bottle: Very, very deep ruby-amber coloured, presumably clear, auickly collapsing tanned head, roasty to smoky sweetish-fruity nose; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied; slightly drier, slightly more bitter, but still sweet-caramelly finish with a t h r o a t - s c r a t c h i n g peppery aftertaste. The pepper spoils the beer…

(bottle) Clear, dark brown colour with a beige mid-sized foamy head. Moderately roasted malty aroma with notes of chocolate, leather and peppery spice. Sweet and mildly roasty bitter flavour, medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation. Roast-malty base with notes of chocolate and a whiff of smoke; hearty peppery/chilli spices show up from the middle part, lingering into the mildly roasty bitter finish. 13.IV.12

Bottle poured a clear dark redish brown with a lingering ring of tan foam. Aromas of milk chocolate, coffee, light roastiness, light peper and light vanilla. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of dark chocolate, pepper, light roastiness and a hint of vanilla with a smooth lingering pepper finish.

355ml bottle (ALEhouse, Riga)
Rich roasty aroma, slightly dry, earthy and savoury rather than sweet. A little Chocolate orange as it opens, perhaps? Pours basically black, with just a ruby glint, and with a tight but brief beige head that settles to a ring. Full in the mouth, pleasant carbonation. Lovely roasty retronasals. Slightly more burnt taste, but not astringent. Something odd - a bit of plasticine, off in a way, a little dirty definitely. On swallowing, the palate feels like it was almost a little thin and watery. The finish is dry and burnt, and with just a gentle dry barky and almost smoky bitterness. No chili, but I had a home-made curry for supper, and I like to make bottom-burners. (6:4:7:4:13=3.4) Ruined by the plate of beer snacks I just gave myself, alas - they make it even thinner, and really not so good at all (6:4:6:3:12=3.1)

Bottle. Pours near opaque with a medium, creamy tan head, medium retention with light lacing. Aroma is roast, chocolate and nutty malt, dark fruity esters and light earthy hops. Flavor is lightly bitter dark malt, dark fruity esters, spicy pepper and a sweet finish. Medium-full body, medium warmth and carbonation. This beer has a pleasant spiciness that plays very nicely with the residual sweetness.