Asheville Pizza Ninja Porter

Brewed by Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Draught at brewpub. Pour is a very dark ruby with a light tan head. I can’t say much about the aroma. I have difficulty picking out the aroma of beers in restaurant/bars. I did notice some cocoa though. The taste of of cocoa, oatmeal, coffee, and some roasty notes. The finish made the cocoa burst a little more. This was decent.

Pours a very dark brown, with a medium, foamy light brown head. A light chocolate aroma fills the air, with some dark malts and extremely light roasty smells as well. The flavor was pretty big on the roast, some dark chocolate, with a full bodied palate. Pretty good porter, nice flavor, with pretty much no bitterness in the aftertaste. More chocolatey than anything, which is fine by me.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with tight light beige head. The aroma is caramelly with some ashy notes. The flavor is creamy with some caramel and some charcoal notes. The finish is sweet, with some charred notes lingering in the aftertaste. Drinkable.

Draft at pub. Opaque brown-black with a lasting head and nice lace. Cocoa, charred wood and espresso on the nose. Flavors of peppery oak, cocoa, molasses and some sourish notes as well. Light-medium body is chuggably watery and smoothly carbonated. Very true to the style. Rerated with a bomber bottle, upgraded from 3.6 to 3.7. Very nice inexpensive porter, similar to Sierra Nevada, but thinner.

Date: 01/25/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black, thin tan head, roasted chocolate aroma, smooth body, rich chocolate flavor, no bitterness
-------- /> Date: 08/13/2005
Source: brewery

ditto, picking up a house tartness
-------- /> Date: 03/31/2006
Source: downtown brewery
Score: iii to ii+

a geat rich chocolate porter, no house tartness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Had at Summertime Brews Festival. Dark brown, a tad transparent. Not dark enough to be goon against the standard. The head was tan. The aroma was sweet, had some chocolate and caramel. Pretty much sweet single dimensional sweet. Good porter, nice to have at the festival.

Reddish brown, nice fluffy head. Clean, crisp, toasty aromas, smooth palate, coffee flavors and a dryish finish. Perhaps a touch of honey? Sampled at 2007 Hickory Hops.
Earlier Rating: 11/1/2004 Total Score: 3.3
Reddish Brown, thin tan head. Pronounced burnt toast aroma. Rich mouthfeel, maybe too much so - actually feels a little "fat", if you know what I mean. Coffee, earthy flavors, and then a watery finish. Some nice strong points, but doen’t fit together well. Sampled at 2004 Asheville Brewgrass Festival.

Ninja Porter (formerly Rook Porter)-on tap-pours a tan head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, coffee, faint hops. Minimum carbonation.