SKA Ten Pin Porter

Brewed by SKA Brewing
Style: Porter
Durango, Colorado USA

Rosted malt aroma with some chocolate aroma. Black with little or no head to speak of. Flavor was watery at first. Not till the end did some rosted malty flavor appear for taste. Ok but not the best.

Dark brown with a blackberry glow, a slim tan head, and bowleriffic label art! Weak aromas held a burnt nuttiness that carried through into the malted flavor. Sourness to finish in a thin and wet mouthfeel. Simply O.K.

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This is another beer that while pretty good, is diminished by the fact that it simply does not taste like its class would lead one to think it should. I don’t find it particularly malty, chocolaty or sweet and it is a bit too hoppy for a porter. Never the less it is a pretty good tasting brew. To me it suffered rating wise by not tasting much like a porter

12oz bottle via trade with cbkschubert - Thanks Craig - Pours black with a short tan head that fizzes back to a thin layer. Aromas of burnt malts, slight coffee, and a little bit of hops. Flavor is mostly roasted and burnt malts, but some coffee there and slight chocolate. Medium body with a dry finish. I’ve seen much more robust robust porters. This was rather thin..

Bottled. Poured darker reddish-brown with some sediment floating around and very little head developing. The aroma picked up darker chocolate and molasses with a touch of smoke and wet grains.. warmth brought out some cola.. not bad. The flavor had roasty caramel and darker chocolate at the core with a light coffee bitterness surrounding.. wet grains and sweet caramel on the finish. Light-bodied for the style with low carbonation that didn’t suit it well.. non-offensive, but nothing really good going on.

(Bottle) Pours a brown color with a fluffy off-white head. Dusty aroma includes some weak toffee and dark grains. Taste is very similar, with a light roast towards the finish. Average mouthfeel and carbonation. Actually a well balanced beer, but a little bit too thin and lacking some of the extra flavor that would have made this pretty good.

Bottle Dark pour with decent head. Light aroma of roasted and sweet malts. Flavor follows, bit stronger though. Pretty much a slightly below average porter.

This was ok. I’ve never been a big fan of SKA. I gave it a shot and got what I expected. There wasn’t as much flavor with this as there are with other porters.