Butte Creek Organic Porter

Brewed by Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Chico, California USA

A little too carbonated. Black pour with a huge frothy head. The coffee aroma is very faint. Taste is dry and bland.

Picked up a single bottle at Pat-apostrophe-s Liquors in Porter, IN: This pours a clear reddish brown with a sort creamy tan head. It has a nose of lightly roasted malt, cocoa, and a nutty bitterness. The flavor is more chocolatey and also tastes of uncooked cookie dough. A bit thin, perhaps, but pretty decent.

Bottle. Strong malt flavors. A good hop finish. A bit thin on the palate.

[1650-20080902] 12floz bottle. Lightly smoked roasted malt aroma with light vanilla wood notes and some mocha. Clear, dark brown red body with a small medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Roasted wood malt flavour has some smokiness and mocha characteristics. Medium-full body. Bonus for being organic, but a good one at that.
<i>(w/ jerc @ Hangar on the Wharf; Juneau, AK)</i>

12 oz. bottle purchased at Total Wine in Kennesaw, Georgia. Appearance: Pours a black body with a thin, wispy, bone white head. Smell: Malty nose smelling of roasted barley, licorice root, unsweetened chocolate, and sweetened nuts. Distant piney note. Taste: Roasty maltiness with a taste of chocolate and caramel. Heck, even some burnt nut shells and coffee in there, too. Fair amount of sweetness, but this is quickly tempered by a light piney hoppiness with a medium-low bitterness. There’s that hint of licorice again. Drying finish with a light, lingering roastiness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-low carbonation. Just a bit watery. Drinkability: A decent, dry-minded porter that comes across light as it errs on the side of drinkability.

2008-09-02. Black body with a modest creamy tan head. Sweetish mocha aroma with touches of imaginary vanilla. (7+) Flavour is likewise, sweet mocha gives way to stronger coffee like mid-tones that linger with bitterness in the finish. (7+) Average palate is lightly carbonated and a touch lighter than my preference but makes up for it by being rather smooth. (3+) Simple overall but quite drinkable. Rather nice. Bottle, Hangar on the Wharf, Juneau

Dark brown pour with a small creamy tan head that laces nicely. Aroma of roasted malt, grain and coffee, with a surprising amount of hops. Flavor is nice as well, with a good hop bite on the finish. The hop bitterness provides a welcome change to many other overly sweet session porters.

bottle poured into a snifter has a dark chestnut brown color and a tiny foamy tan head. aroma has lightly roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, caramel sweetness, and bittering hops. mouth feel is light for a porter with medium carbonation. flavor has a good bittering level, roasted malt, and burnt coffee. caramel and toffee sweetness mix in with chocolate and a touch of hazelnut. the flavor is a little thin but the mix itself is nice.