Upland Bad Elmers Porter

Beige head atop a brown-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, coffee, chocolate, light roasty. Taste is medium sweet, coffee, some grapefruit, light chocolate. Medium body.

Name: Bad Elmer’s Porter
Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear dark brown, huge tan head, thick dripply lace above an empty glass of foam, lightly sweet milk chocolate aroma with a touch of nutty character, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, mostly dry, light bitterness, warms to be too dry and bitter

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a large, over-carbonated, well-lacing tan head. Aroma is best summarized as burnt chocolate chip cookies. Body starts foamy and lightly dark caramely sweet with a lot of burnt roasty notes throughout. FInishes a little thinner with some lingering black malt, cookie dough, and peppery, spicy hops. This recipe needs a little less of the burnt flavor.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with atpayne (thanks!). Poured a dark (see through) brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, coffee and toffee. Tastes of roast, chocolate, caramel with a light coffee bitter finish. Thinner body.

Black color with a light tan head and big bubbly spotty lacing. The aroma is well balanced and smooth with some chocolate and coffee with roast. The flavor is mild and smooth, not too bad. Finishes balanced too, this is a nice average porter with some solid flavors.