Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter

Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial pint. Exceedingly dark, nearly opaque, brown with a moderate creamy tan head that recedes but leaves some nice lacing arcs behind. Aroma of semi-sweet chocolate, roasted malts, brown sugar, with a slight touch of coffee and licorice. Roasted malt character that is almost slightly musty. Some notes of dark chocolate, light coffee and a spicy herbal finish. There is a minor bitterness at the finish but not much. Low to moderate carbonation, smooth body but a little thin, dry finish. There doesn’t seem to be much depth here. The musty notes are a little different, but not enough to make it more than an average Porter.

(Draught) Poured deep dark brown and hazy with medium sized and lightly tan coloured head. Aroma contained coffee and roastedness. Palate was full bodied and soft with medium carbonation. Tasted of coffee, roastedness, malts, hops and lightly ash. Finished ashy and bitter.

Clear mahogany color with a tan head. Mild chocolate and dark roasted malt aromas. medium body. First taste is a bit sourish, from then on it’s nice porter flavors of mild chocolate dark roasted malts and coffee.

Clear dark brown to reddish pour. Watery smell. Some light coffee, but not much. Taste is all bitter dark malt. not lots of flavor. Some saltedness.

Bottle form Cavie. Weak malt flavor. Light chocolate and roasted malts. Thin and just a little watery.

Light aroma of roasted malts, grains. the appearance is a dark brown, ta head. The flavor is roasted malts, vanilla beans. the finish is both roasty/bitter and sweet. Medium mouthfeel. Decent, not great.

Poured a dark brown with a hint of redd, and a medium thick tan head that lingers to mid-glass and leaves okay lacing. Nose is faint, but midly caramel and toffee malt, and the mouthfeel of this medium bodied beer is slightly tingly and sweet. Flavor slightly accentuates the caramel and toffee of the nose and the finish is of medium duration, sweet and slightly warming. A pleasant beer.

Bottle at Monks Café, Wallingatan. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel, hay, coffee and dark chocolate. Roasted flavour of coffee, dark chocolate and hops. Dry roasted finish.