Boulder Beer Planet Porter

Bottled, pours deep black with red hue and medium brown head, slight sweet malt aroma with roasted character, ver light sweet malt on palate with lighter roast then expected, fairly flat overall

Great stout that’s full bodied and has that chalky dark dry earthy roast complex of the likes of Anchor and Smutty Robust. Nice one for sure, and the flavors are all traditional. They don’t really do anything new with the style, but it’s very inviting. Good beer.

Dark brown color with a tan head. Nitro at Blue Dog. Some aroma of malts, chocolate. Not much on the nose. Not much on the tastebuds either. Soem roasted malt and chocolate. Disappointing.

Bottle from Sam’s in Durham. Pours near black with smallish beige head. I’m wavering on this one. Every other sip is either decent or not so good... hm. Malty nose, showing some dark fruit. Mild roast... more chocolate than coffee. Definitely picking up more fruit than is typical for the style... and not just dark fruits (raisins, plums, etc.). Picked up some distracting metallic/grainy notes at first, but these have died down as the carbonation has done the same. Very light-bodied, and a bit thin on the palate and the finish. Sessionable. Pretty decent, but I’d prefer something roasty and with a bit more punch.

12 oz bottle - pours almost black with a thin head. Aroma is coffee, licorice and earth... but fairly week overall. Taste is chocolate, coffee, malt and some dark fruit - but like the aroma there isn’t much punch to this one - and fairly thin mouthfeel to boot. Certainly not bad - but not one to write home about.

Draught; black bodied with thin brown head. Aroma was of chocolate raisin, some strawberry, mocha, and citrus. Flavor was actually quite noticeably of strawberry, some raisin, chocolate, roast coffee, slightly sweet with hints of lactose, and a slight citrus in the finish. The fruitiness was rather surprising and perhaps more apparent due to the meal, however it was very interesting and quite refreshing.

12 oz. bottle enjoyed at DIA. Dark, almost black, pour with a thin tan head. Light floral hop aroma with some roasted malt and dark chocolate. Mild, chalky, chocolatey taste. Well-balanced. A fine porter.

Bottle: Pours dark brown, good sized tan head. Aroma is sweet, grassy, and full of caramel malts. A lighter mouthfeel than I’d like from a porter makes way for a beer that’s quite sweet, with some unwelcome grass notes again. Pretty good, though.