Southern Tier Porter

(Bottle). Tart roasty aroma. Dark reddish-brown body, creamy brown head. Well blended flavor of coffee, chocolate, some tart hops. Nice finish.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass warm. Black with lasting ring. Chocolate covered dark fruit aroma. Medium dark chocolate with mild roast and meium fruit with mild underlying and finishing bitterness. Medium body and carbo. Pretty much medium all around. Excellent mouthfeel, maybe because it’s warm. Sessionable.

12oz bottle via trade with Shadey. Pours a deep dark brown with a minimal light tan ring for a head. Nice nose of toasted malts, coffee, and some chocolate. Finish was light to medium in body, a great porter.

Oops, this rating is out of order by a few. No big deal. Black, decent head. Aroma of light coffee and a bit of chocolate. Flavor matches, with the pleasant addition of faintly piney and floral hops on the finish. Nice.

12 oz. bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville. Dark chocolate brown color with a thin but persistent head. Chocolately roasted malt aroma. Taste is roasted malts and coffee with a lactic-type sweetness. A little bit of a thin finish.

Bottle. Pours a deep reddish-black, with a moderate tan head. Strong aroma of coffee and sweet malts. The flavor is similar, with most of the bitterness coming from coffee, rather than hops. Nothing too remarkable, but a fine porter nonetheless.

I am a big fan of porters and this one didn’t dissapoint me. Dark brown with a coffee aroma a roasted sweet malt taste with a wood hop finish.

Smells pleasantly of roasted malts and coffee. Taste is dark coffee malts with a slight metallic taste to it. A very nice porter, not too strong and plenty dark