Village Monk Chai Winter Porter

Brewed by Village Brewery
Style: Porter
Calgary, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Just entering this rating, it was from several weeks ago. Growler shared with a few guys. Pours a thin reddish brown with a thin cap of head. I’m not sure what the polically correct term for indian red is these days, but it was a very deep shade of that. Aroma is quite chocolatey with some clove and spice. Interesting. Tastes sweet, chai flavour is very mild, body is very thin. This feels closer to a brown ale than a porter. It’s not bad though, decent experiment.

Pours to a dark, rich brown color, a nice light creamy head and great lacing. The aroma is strong on the front end.. You really get the smells of delicious Chia Tea and spice. The taste is rich and coats the sides of the tongue, then yields to a nice malty back end. Very nice brew. BEST VILLAGE BREW to date. can’t wait for the next batch!!!

64oz. Growler purchased from Highlander Wine & Spirits in Calgary, AB on 11/25/2012. Colour: Extremely dark red, as dark as red can get. Generous light red head that fades quickly. Nose: The spoken of chocolate and caramel malts are well in abundance. Can definitely pick up some clove and maybe a sprinkle of ginger but its pretty muted from the other garden of herbs and spices it boasts. Taste: Light sweet, medium-light bitter, medium-light sour. Quite thin and watery on the palate at first but finishes sticky. Nice traces of burnt wood and coffee and some faint late emerging caramel. A brewery still in its infancy... balance and proportions will come. Mildly entertaining.