Berkshire Draymans Porter

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear dark brown color with a small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, cream, moderate hoppy, pine, graoefruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - smooth, carbonation is flat. Very nice. (080808)

bomber via dogfish120love. pours a medium brown with some garnet tints and a soft tan head. there’s loads of pillowy lace left behind on the glass. pleasant roasty aroma has notes of milkiness, chocolate and a bit of sourness or astringency. primarily malt flavors with coffee nuttiness, cream, spice and grassy hops with some ashiness on the finish. the aftertaste is the best quality of this beer... soothing caramel and coffee. the body is a touch thin but the creamy carbonation makes up for it. there’s nothing spectacular about it but i would drink this everyday. especially at the price... solid.

Bomber, via trade i think. 2 Berkshire beers in a row, the first of two porters in a row. Pours black with a nice tan head. Nose is roasty and malty and slightly burnt. Taste is sweet on one level and bitter on another with some bitter bitter chocolate. This is a good porter, but the palate is less than smooth.

Poured from bomber bought for $3.50. Pours a dark chocolate brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, licorice, and roasted malt. Flavor is primarily sweet yet roasty, in a good way. In fact, this beer is delicious. Malt dominated, the flavors in this brew create a creamy and well-balanced brew that finishes of baker’s chocolate and coffee. Palate is maybe a tad thin, but it matches the smooth “textures” of this porter. Nice job Berkshire!

Veyr good, gassy an very thick. I liked it’s coppery taste. I had it at GBBF 2008.

Cask, 6.0% at GBBF08. Hazy almost black colour. Good sweetish liquorice flavour, quite malty. Not that bitter. Smooth mouthfeel, very pleasant. Warming alcohol aftertaste.

Pours a dark but translucent cola-brown color with a frothy, beige colored head. It takes a good while for the foam to settle, leaving patchy splotches of fine lace all along the way. The aroma is roasty and chocolaty, with notes of cocoa, mocha, roasted caramel, and hints of smoky malts. Flavors are basically the same, dry chocolate and coffee notes meeting earthy hops and a hint of pungent smoke. The palate leaves a little to be desired, smooth but a little thin for the style. Alcohol is undetectable, lending drinkability. Overall, this is a nicely balanced and well put together porter, but it is lacking any truly exciting features.

(Bottle). Malty caramel aroma. Very dark brown with a fluffy medium tan head. Nice coffee and chocolate flavor, with a slight bitter finish. Body is a little thin, but otherwise a pleasing porter.