Arcadia London Porter

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Pours nearly black, topped by a good two inches of rocky brown foam, full of craters. The head rapidly condenses, collapsing in on itself, to a thick quarter inch. Solid webby lacing throughout the glass. Strong sweet chocolate in the aroma with some plum and coffee as well. Strong coffee, chocolate-covered cherry, and roasted grain flavors are fairly potent. In the finish, there’s yesterday’s coffee and some alcohol. Full bodied and excellent carbonation.

12 oz bottle, via joebrew. Pours an opaque dark brown body with some mahogany edges. Small brown head fell to a patchy thin covering. Aroma is chocolaty with alot of cocoa powder and roasted malt. Some light yeast, coffee, and licorice. Light hoppy notes. Flavor is classic English Porter. Well balanced chocolate and roasted malts up front with a lightly yeasty and moderately bitter finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and quite creamy. The bottle conditioned feel is quite evident, very soft and well rounded with gentle soft carbonation. I thought that this one was quite good. After the thin fizzy Porter I just had it’s easy to appreciate a truely bottle conditioned beer like this.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a decent tan colored head. Aroma is malt, peat, chocolate. Flavor is chocolate, caramel, toasted malts. Palate is medium bodied, creamy, mildly carbonated, bitter finish. Their best offering in my opinion.

Pours a clear dark brown color with ruby highlights and a thin light brown head. Appealing aroma of smoke, chocolate and caramel. Very good flavor of smoke, chocolate and caramel. The body is light with a creamy texture and gentle carbonation. A well done porter, there’s a lot of balance and harmony.

Pours a deep dark brownish black supporting a tight medium brown head. Strong coffee and roasted malt aroma. Flavor of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee and molasses with a very impressive hoppy character. Rich but not overly creamy texture and a flavorful, chocolately and hoppy finish. This is a very well crafted porter from an otherwise inconsistent brewer.

Pours dark black iwth a light brown foamy head. Aroma of dark candy, rye bread, chocolate, sour cherry, and toffee. Taste is sweet crystal malt, spicy phenols, and dark bready flavors. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with foamy carbonation. Very nice!

Well, I must have gotten a beer from a different batch than most here. Poured dark brown with a crimson hue and soapy dark tan head. The aroma has some sourness, roasted malt and coffee notes. Medium / full body with subdued yet sharp carbonation. Starts with roasted malt and coffee with light underlying sourness. The finish has some spiced hops and hints of chocolate. There is a watery aspect to all of it and the flavors of everything seem about half of what they should be. I’ll try again down the road and hope for a better experience.

Draft sampler at brewpub. Rating #997! Deep brown color, thin head. Average porter smell. Taste does bring that smoke up front, without being bacony. Follows up with a toffee porter roast. Then for some reason, I’m reminded of Dr. Pepper (maybe a prune fruitiness?). Hop bitterness tends to sneak up when I least expected it.