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BOULDER SHAKE CHOCOLATE PORTER – 2013

While its opening chocolate-caked dark toffee salvo really rocks hard, dirty earthen mustiness and phenolic carbolic fluff seem out of place ruining the acrid mocha finish of this initial faulty 2013 version. Initial dark-roast coffee and black chocolate overtones enrich syrupy molasses sugaring above musky hop char. Chalky Bakers chocolate, vanilla bean and cherry cordial nuances dance by.

THOMAS CREEK PUMP HOUSE PORTER

Dingy English-styled porter lacks firm character in the bottle, but not on draught. Dry cocoa-powdered black chocolate roast loses luster as mildly embittered toasted hop coarsening disrupts tepid maple-sugared cola nuttiness. Ashen tobacco astringency overloads soy-milked mocha finish. On tap at Three Wise Monks, molasses-soaked peppering adds heat to coffee-roasted black chocolate frontage, sweet toffee malting and damp-wooded hop char.   

Thomas Creek Pump House Porter | GreatBrewers.

MAINE KING TITUS PORTER

Another inspiring offering (circa 2013) via fabulous Maine brewery. Splendid mocha-smoked Baker’s chocolate, cacao nibs, dark chocolate and espresso overtones embitter the front end while oats-flaked molasses breading, brown chocolate, cookie dough and gooey anise sweeten the back. Ashen hop-charred pine resin deepens the finishing bitterness of well-integrated medium-full body. On tap at Julian’s, dryer cocoa-chalked black coffee and darker chocolate malting received minor sour cherry snip.   
Maine King Titus Porter