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(KONA) PIPELINE PORTER

Swell (formerly) limited edition porter places ‘100% Hawaiian kona coffee’ and maple-sapped molasses sweetness atop dark roasted barley-hops. Creamy cappuccino surge soothes chewy vanilla-chocolate-coconut confluence and teensy cocoa dusting to mildly dry coffee bean-embittered finish (with wavered black peppering). Fluffy carbolic fizz nearly overwhelms milky texture.

MEANTIME COFFEE PORTER

Marvelous full-bodied ruby brown dessert beer comes in squat 12-ounce teardrop-shaped bottle and retains delicious Hershey’s chocolate sweetness. Beautiful lactic porter gains complexity as creamy vanilla, burnt caramel, and roasted mocha nicely recede, allowing dry coffee bean roast to become prominent. After initial brown chocolate luster levels off, milky cappuccino bittering strengthens.

OTTER CREEK STOVEPIPE PORTER

Rich chocolate nougat creaminess and caramel-roasted malting complement coffee grain bitterness. Yet unlike heavier porters, delicate maple-sapped nuttiness provides softer texture so it goes down easier. Upgraded, updated 2010 version plied burnt caramel, brown chocolate and vanilla sweetness to mild pine-smoked nuttiness, picking up desolate espresso wisps with excellent results.

BERKSHIRE COFFEEHOUSE PORTER

Intriguingly robust mahogany-hued tan-headed porter preserves deeply embittered single-minded coffee bean roast from tongue-tip to bottom-throat. Chocolate latte creaming proffers burnt caramel, maple, hazelnut, cola and espresso supplement, sheltering heavy java influence, off-dry toasted hop subtlety, and creamy vanilla retreat for impeccable black coffee alternative.