Bethlehem Brew Works Pawn Shop Porter

Brewed by Bethlehem Brew Works
Style: Porter
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at Allentown. Pours deep brown with khaki head. Aroma is roasty dark malt, dark chocolate, slight prunes. Tastes roasty, malty, rich, with the malt flavors coupled with dark chocolate and some figgy notes. Stays very smooth, with solid complexity. Very well done.

Draft at Allentown Pours a nice dark brown with a tan head. Has good aromas of roasted carmel malts with a hint of hops for balance. The taste is very good. This style is really growing on me. Has a good carbination a wonderful mouthfeel and a great finish. This is medium bodied and very easy drinking. Has a hearty maltiness with a nice finish. I am hoping to get more of this.

sampled in Allentown. Dark brown with some ruby highlights. Aroma: chocolate, light ashy roast, molasses. Taste: chocolate, caramel, and some light roast as well as some dark fruits. Body was medium-full for the style. Finishes with some lingering roast and caramel sweetness. nice.

Dark brown color with some ruby flcikering. No head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Taste was mostly roasted malts with compliments from chocolate and caramel. Very enjoyable.

Draft @ Allentown Brew Works, pre-BCTC beerventure. Pours a dark brown center; light tan head with good lacing. Roasted and chocolate character in the aroma. Medium-to-full, well-roasted mouthfeel: lively carbonation, with a dense, dried fruit chewiness that gives this porter some oomph; nutty, brown sugar malts coming through at mid-palate and afterwards. Lengthy, nutty and lightly chocolaty finish.

This porter was by far the best that I sampled on my recent trip to the Allentown Brew Works. Of course, the Hop Explosion was actually the best, but I discounted it because I already tasted it several times at the original location in Bethlehem. So the Porter wins on this particular trip. It pours a very dark brown color, almost black. The head is light brown and leaves a good amount of lacing around the glass. The nose is full of chocolate, caramel, coffee and lightly toasted bread. The flavors are deep, with a lot of the same notes from the aroma. The coffee flavor kicked in quite a bit more toward the finish. This was a very excellent porter.

Dark brown with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, cocoa, nuts, some floral hops, and caramel. Taste of roasted malts, chocolate, a bit of smoke, vanilla beans, and caramel with a drier finish.

On tap at the Allentown Brew Works. Pours a deep brown with lots of amber notes and a medium creamy/lacing light tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, light roastiness, caramel and some nuts. Flavor was a nice mix of the same. A solid porter.