Carolina Winter Porter

Brewed by Carolina Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Holly Springs, North Carolina USA

12oz bottle from surffisher! - thanks Vic! - Pours dark brown with a short offwhite head that fades back quick and leaves scant lace. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, and some dark chocolate. Flavor is dominated by dark chocolate notes, but there is also a good roasty presence that balances it out. I got a little caramel as well and maybe a little molasses. Good carbonation and a soft mouthfeel. Not a bad porter..

Bottle courtesy of OldGrowth. Bottled on 12/20/06. No ABV listed on this bottle. Deep, dark mahogany crimson mix. Faint light peers through this abyss. Foamy, frothy tan head. Sticky delicate lacing on the glass. Aroma is initially roasty and coffee-ish with soft hops and dark chocolate coming through as well. Taste is more roasted malts, thinned coffee, and baker’s chocolate. Lighter hops are present as well. Body is medium but thinner than hoped. Moderate carbonation on this. Finishes with a tad more bitterness, roasted malts, burnt caramel and coffee. Not bad at all!

From a bottle purchased at the brewery; I’d also sampled on draft at the brewry. Dark reddish borwn with a thin, relatively quickly disappearing head. The aroma is awesome ... like a fresh brewed cup of espresso. That java is definitely in the first sample of flavor, too, but mellows as you go. Nice little bitterness to it, too. Think this is an underrated gem. (#2836, 5/4/2007)

12oz bottle acquired in trade with Ty5592 (Mystery Swap v2.0). Bottle labeled bottled on 11/01/06. Poured a deeper brown color (with a red tint to it) and a large sized off white head. Aromas of cocoa, roast, caramel, and lightly smokey. Tastes of roast, chocolate, light caramel, and finished with a coffee bitterness. Body on the thinner side. Some lacing left on the glass.

Poured a choclatey brown. Some head. Very smooth with a nice hit of chocolate and malt. Light on the palate.

Pours out a black color with a small brown head. Aroma has a lot of roasted malts, choco and coffee tones to it. Flavor was very much the same except for the bitterness in the after taste. This isnt a bad brew, but certainly not my favorite.

Bottle shared at the Carolina tasting by Jamie. Thanks. Pours out a dark brownish almost black color. Smell is roasted and malty smelling, some coffee and chocolate characters as well. Smell is full of hops, and very green smelling. Taste is rich yet slightly offensive by the green hops. This stuff tastes like it was bottled 6 months too early. It has the chance to be really good, if the grassy flavors of the hops were toned down a tad. Some may like it, I didnt care for it much, but I think 6 months in the bottle would make this beer great. Too bad I dont have a bottle to try that with.

12 oz botteled 12/20/06 Poured a clear brown, thick foamy head tan head. Nose was smokey with a mild sweet malt chcolate. The Flavor is deffinatley smoke, some roasted bits, yeast, and a toch of cola? I enjoyed the expierence of tasting this brew and I send many thanks to OLDGROWTH for sharing.