Snoqualmie Falls Steam Train Porter

Date: September 11, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black, fine tan head, sheets of lace
Aroma: dark chocolate and roasted aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, bitter roasted dryness if offset by light caramel sweetness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4

Thinning body, pure coffee aroma, taste has a bit of savory to it leading to a creamy mouthfeel with a touch of chocolate finish. Quite nice.

Pours deep brown with a tan head and some lace. Aroma is standard, coffee, chocolate, caramel. Palate is almost chewy. Taste is roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and some toasted oats.

22oz bottle pours a dark red/brown with a one finger white head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee, flavor follows suit. This was a pretty good porter but not the best ever. I wouldn’t go out of my way to purchase it but worth trying.

Very dark brown, creamy tan head. Rich mocha aroma. Creamy body, firm roast character, dry roast finish.

Cask at Elysian’s SBW Firkin-Firkin throwdown (vs. Russian River Porter). Pours dark brown with a small frothy tan head. Weak roasty aroma. Roasty, slightly chocolaty taste. Watery mouthfeel, astringent roasty finish. Next.

Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours deep and dark with mocha head. The aroma seems earthy at first then burnt, roasty, a bit of smoke and chocolate. The taste is both good and yum with roast to burnt malts to go along with a layer of earthiness to start. Midway some chocolate surfaces. Toward the finish everything comes together in harmony and leaves a lingering chocolate, a bit of burnt malts and just a hint of smoke into the after taste. Very tasty indeed.

Bottle, courtesy sebletitje. Dark brown pour, big dark tan head with spotty lacing. Some chocolate in the nose, caramel, coffee roast, and some dark fruit. Flavor is big dry spicy grain with rye, coffee and some roast. Medium-bodied, tasty, and balanced.