On tap at Ambulance, initial black coffee bittering inundated by dark-roasted black chocolate influence and acrid black patent malting to sugared barley-oats base. Bittersweet molasses syruping slightly thickens rich mocha resonance.
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SANTA FE STATE PEN PORTER
Trademark Santa Fe offering renders dark chocolate roast, caramel coffee cache and sour-creamed lactose milking. Beneath, chocolate-caked cocoa, pecan, toffee and molasses illusions crowd earthen hop bottom.
OLD BAKERY PORTER
On tap at Flying Saucer in St. Louis, smoothly off-dry English-styled porter contrasts dark cocoa-powdered black chocolate bittering, ashen walnut roast and acrid hop-charred astringency with sweet cookie dough malts. Latent coffee roast reinforces mocha bitterness.
GUINNESS WEST INDIES PORTER
The difference between waterier Guinness Dublin Porter and bolder West Indies Porter is almost negligible on the surface. West Indies ancient recipe offers a dryer mouthfeel, higher ABV (6%), bitterer coffee affluence and deeper charred hop tarring. Nutty black chocolate malting, reminiscent of Guinness Stout, drops off substantially as chalky cocoa astringency and ashen walnut sear back end bottled moderate-to-medium-bodied mediocity.
GUINNESS DUBLIN PORTER
Mild, smooth and watered down, soapy 3.8% ABV bottled porter (from ancient recipe) lacks distinction as nutty dark-roasted black chocolate malting and charred hop bittering prove insufficient. Sedate coffee, pumpernickel, burnt caramel, raw molasses and black tea illusions receive earthen mineral-grained musk. Disappointing.
SARANAC S’MORE PORTER
Sweet S’more-candied dessert treat retains creamy milk chocolate center, gingerbread-spiced Graham Cracker honeying and roasted marshmallow sugaring. Almond biscotti splurge, French vanilla custard niceties, flaked coconut hints and bitter cocoa snips run through sweet mocha foundation. Only its oily hop astringency goes awry.
TIGHTHEAD BOXCAR PORTER
Thin English-styled porter pleats black patent-malted chocolate bittering with sour-milked lactose acidity, molasses-burnt wood char and dried cocoa powdering, retaining peaty soy saucing for better or worse. Light wood char sears latent walnut and cola nuances.
RAPSCALLION PORTER
Dry black patent-malted medium body brings mildly creamed dark chocolate, day-old coffee and dark-roasted nuttiness to the fore as Blackstrap molasses-embittered oily hop char reinforces its perpetual mocha insistence.
DEMENTED BOEWULF PORTER
On tap at Amazing Grapes, rich dark-roasted chocolate malting outdistances day-old coffee dankness and charred nut bittering above moderate charcoal-hopped sear.
BERKSHIRE MINT CHIP DRAYMAN’S PORTER
On cask at Brew City Grill, soft-tongued chocolate mint seduction gets whisked away by soapy subsidy. Laid-back black chocolate, coconut and cocoa undertones fade precipitously alongside refreshingly terse mint stint.
BRIX CITY PORTER AUTHORITY
On tap at Plank Pizza, dry porter brings lightly creamed dark-roasted coffee and black chocolate malting to the fore. Subtle black licorice resonance settles below alongside blackened hop bittering. In a can, black-malted dark chocolate musk and dried cocoa subsidy gain musty hop char and seared walnut-cola niche at mocha molasses finish.
FOOLPROOF PEANUT BUTTER RAINCLOUD PORTER
Autumnal “pumpkin disrupter” hybrid loads dehydrated Nuts ‘N More dark-roasted peanut butter onto flagship Raincloud Porter’s lean mocha stead. Oily peanut influence fades alongside oily coffee bittering and dark chocolate desolation. Needs richer body, fuller flavor profile and more complete finish for better results.
