Infiltrating old-styled Narragansett Porter with Allie’s Donuts is a fine idea, but chalky cocoa nibs adjunct and laid-back caramel malting relegate pastry-like chocolate caking. Dark-roasted mocha influence and light hop char fade to soapy backdrop, leaving barren black cherry fruiting in the dust.

Dissipating molasses-sapped burnt caramel sweetness knocked back by less effective soy-sauced stale coffee sourness. Reminiscent of an oilier-hopped Baltic porter (with mild mocha-smoked black malting), though murkier flavor-wise. Too bad its constricted chocolate-milked Yoo-Hoo sugaring stays far below the dreaded mocha souring.

On tap at Ambulance, creamy mocha profile pervades soft Guinness-like dark-roasted nuttiness (and mild wood-smoked singe). Rich oats-toasted dark chocolate theme picks up spiced pecan, molasses cookie and pureed raisin illusions to contrast light cocoa-dried walnut bittering.

Unequivocal lunchtime snack brings bittersweet peanut-buttered creaming and dark-roasted black chocolate malting to ripe red raspberry rasp. Salty peanut-shelled roast seeps into crusty molasses toast bottom. Latent gingerbread cookie, cinnamon bread and cacao powder illusions as well as compact red grape, black cherry and blackberry fruiting envelop trusty PB&J theme.

True ‘nutcases’ will enjoy thick ‘n creamy peanut butter powdering of dark-roasted nut  brown-related porter. Overriding peanut butter flavoring picks up honey nut sweetness and hazelnut chocolate residue to contrast mild op-oiled black coffee bittering. A truly convincing novelty.

On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, creamy Belgian chocolate-spiced raspberry fruiting will charm sweet-toothed dessert lovers. Like a chocolate-dipped raspberry tart or chocolate raspberry truffle, its temptingly rich decadence proves addicting. Chewy cocoa-fudged raspberry puree entry picks up molasses cookie sugaring, nutty coffee splurge and dried fruited respite. Distant blackberry and black cherry undertones as well as casual cola, hazelnut and pecan nuances fluctuate beneath dark-roasted mocha malting. Bottled version: bittersweet raspberry-pureed Godiva chocolate likeness fortified by blueberry compote, bruised cherry and plum wine illusions.  

Smooth-flowing traditional English porter connects dark-roasted mocha malt expectancy to dry anise spicing, bitter coffee bean subtlety and wood-burnt cola nuttiness. Wispy chocolate-covered acai berry tartness wavers beneath.

On tap at Ambulance, robust English porter spreads smoky mocha-roasted affluence across bitter hop char and ashen nuttiness. Dark chocolate, dried cocoa, black coffee and raw molasses overtones segue into walnut-burnt peanut roast. Mild black cherry tease settles below rich nutty mocha surface.

“Decadent” chocolate porter offers pronounced cocoa nibs adjunct to dark-roasted mocha malting, nutty coffee ascendance and moderate hop char. Bittersweet black chocolate influence deepens dark cocoa insistence. Sinewy molasses sapping seeps into distant raspberry and black cherry rasp.

Rife with dark-roasted peanut butter oiling, rich mocha porter effectively maintains nutty assault upending reticent mocha malting. Peanut-shelled black chocolate,  black coffee and dark cocoa undertones receive raw molasses bittering. Although no countering sweetness seeps thru the heavily roasted peanut grid, its gritty legume intensity needn’t be compromised.

Interestingly hybridized English-styled porter given sour brettanomyces yeast to influence peat-smoked mocha frontage. Dark-roasted black chocolate and black patent malts receive crisp black-peppered hop bittering as crisp lemon rind-soured hop spritz gains intensity. Dark cocoa, black coffee and raw molasses illusions abound. Unique stuff.

Robust full body plies dark-roasted chocolate and caramel malting to bitter tar-like hop char. Prevalent black chocolate, dark cocoa and roasted coffee overtones as well as subsidiary tobacco chaw, Brazil nut and licorice illusions rise above the delicate oats-flaked bottom.