Cascade Lakes Monkey Face Porter

Pretty standard here. Pour dark brown. Aromas of roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is slightly dry. Body is thin. Not bad.

Bottle. Poured black with tan head. Faint malt and chocolate aroma. Medium to thin body with malt and more roast. Light bittersweet chocolate finish. Almost commonplace.

Tap at Cascade Lakes Lodge pours out black topped with a tan head. A nice light roast on this one. Nothing to great

Bottle from John’s Market. Aromas of chocolate and dark toasted malts. Pretty opaque dark brown/black. Brown light through the glass edges. Frothy, somewhat lacing, tan head. Thin to medium bodied. Starts with chocolate, which develops with swishing. Which thins the ale. The finish begins with a light malty sweetness, replaced by toasted malts, accompanied by enough hop bitter to make this a really good, as opposed to average, experience. Chocolate returns in the end. A good one.

Draft at the Brewpub: Poured a dark brown with a smaller beige head. Light lacing. Nose is heavy on the roasted malt with medium chocolate tones. The taste is consistent to the aroma with the addition of coffee/mocha notes and a bittersweetness. Decent porter.

Bottle... Poured a deep, opaque black with amber highlights at the bottom of the glass, really thin, light brown head that dissipated quickly. Aroma is roasted nut, and malt with a hint of cocoa. Flavor is leafy, chocolate malt, and a dry hop ending with a slight coffee aftertaste. Creating a nice complex character and very satisfying.

Poured very dark, almost black with a nice tan head and good lacing. Big nose of roasted malts and chocolate. Mouthfeel creamy and flavors strong in coffee and chocolate. Dry finish with a hint of hop bitterness. Nice porter.

Black body. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roast caramel. Medium to light bodied, light roastiness. Overall just ’another’ porter.