Snoqualmie Falls Steam Train Porter

Bottle… Pitch black ale with a small, creamy, light brown head. Good retention. The nose is a swirl of chocolate, diacetyl, guava, avocado and smoke. The flavor is reminiscent of smoked beef jerky… a touch salty and mildly sweet. Light to medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Watery, sweet, acrid finish. Not bad. Good, in fact, but a bit thin. My sample was courtesy of boboski. Thanks Jason!

Pours dark brown/black, with a small light brown head. Smells of some dark malts, chocolate, and really mild roast. Nothing exciting so far. The flavor was much the same, with the chcolate and sweet dark malts taking center stage and carrying most of the flavor profile. Very sweet, almost sugary sweet on the togue. The finish was slightly sticky, and of course sweet. Good chocolate flavors, with some roast to back it up. Not awesome, but still enjoyable.

Coffee and vanilla nose, nice chocolate roasted malts. Pours dark brown. Roasted malts, hints of bakers chocolate, waterdown coffee, fairly light but extremely drinkable.

22 oz. bottle pours a black color with a fleeting brown head. Strong smell of roasted nuts and malts. Rich, hearty taste is of dark roasted malts with an ever so subtle sweet bread flavor. Silky smooth mouthfeel. Finishes with a roasted grain taste in the throat. April 2004

Roasty, nearly burnt, black malts in the aroma, some faint chocolate as well, burnt dark brown sugar and faint lactose notes here, also. Dark brown-black color, opaque, with a fine, thin dark tan head. Flavor is full of dry, roasty malts, charry and coffeeish, some faint dark chocolate present as well, becoming lightly bitter towards the finish, some faint spicy hop flavors but bitterness is largely generated by the black malts. Some very faint citrus late. Sharp and effervescent on the palate, drying, body is light-medium. Could use a bit more depth, but tasty enough for those seeking a dry Porter style.

Bottle. Pours dark brown, almost black. Aroma of roasted malts & cocoa. Heavily roasted malts and a slight hop bitterness. Minor cocoa, chocolate as well. Medium body. Slightly dry finish, with a decent chocolately roasted malt flavor.

Black with a thin tan ead. Aroma is lightly roasty, wiith chocolate (Was expecting more). Taste is roasty, with some smokiness, and light chocolate. Body is fine.

old rating: 6/5/8/4/17 - 4.0 pours a pitch-dark onyx, with a small khaki almost brown head, and good lacing. smells is of bakers chocolate, vanilla, slight licorice, a little coffee, and roasted walnuts. taste is dry, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, weak coffee, vanilla, roasted nuts, and some sour malt, end is dry and slightly bitter.