Coast Range Maduro Porter

Formerly brewed at Coast Range Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Gilroy, California USA

Bottle. A almost black beer with a red shine and a big beige head. The aroma is roasted malt, light smoked with a hint of coffee. The taste is light roasted and smoked. Medium body with a light dry finish.

(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, dark brown with a reddish hue and a small, beige head. Lightly burned malt nose. Medium body, lightly burned and ashy accents while the finish is dry with a vague malt astringency. Ends a bit thin and timid. 160607

Bottle. Average creamy light brown head that mostly lasted. Good and thick display of lacework. Color was of cause pitch black. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, burned notes and caramel. Also some liquorish, wood and a hint of hops. Medium bodied with an average carbonation. Moderated sweet malty flavor with light bitterness. Light bitter coffee like finish.

Big roasted malt and dry coffee aroma. Black body with a largy frothy head. Medium palate at best. Bitter coffee taste with some mettallic aspects to it.

Bottling date unknown [Alcohol 5.5% by Volume] Presentation: 22 fluid ounce brown glass bottle, with a nice simple Coast Range angled across a dark diamond set on a gold background. No other data except for Maduro Porter at the botto, and no other information is on the bottle except the usual health warnings. Appearance: A very dark garnet, tending toward black that dropped into the glass like used motor oil, raising an immense foamy head that just sat there and sat there. It settled very slowly leaving almost no lacing in my glass. If you like fat, long lasting heads this ones for you, but I got impatient after a few minutes and so dug through it looking for the Porter that was supposed to be in the bottom of the glass somewhere. Nose: Intense odors of dark chocolate, coffee, and burnt malts. Dark fruits kind of like prunes soaked in alcohol are in there also. Hops are pretty much hidden at this point. Flavor is a very distinct dark chocolates and caramel with some brown sugar and dark burnt wood flavors that fill in with a hefty dose of roasted malts and just a hint of hops. The finish has a nice light hop bite, along with some liquorices and caramel that rounds this great Porter off nicely. Mouthfeel: This one has a really smooth mouthfeel. Not oily, not harsh, but just great to slosh around over the teeth and tongue. Going down the back of the throat you feel a little tingle, but low carbonation makes this exceptionally easy to drink. Overall and Drinkability: This is one that needs not need to be gently sipped; you can take a big swig and come back for more. So overall I have to rate this as simply a really nice Porter. One last comment. I drank this at room temperature and feel that was the correct decision. Too cold and it would not be as nice. I wonder how many raters drink their dark beers too cold.

Honestly dont think much of this beer. Its a one and done beer. I just couldnt have another and having trouble finishing this one. Its very chocolately but an incredibly harsh mouthfeel. Worth a try i guess, and a good porter, but a harsh beer.

Poured a very dark almost opaque brown color with a small tan head. Big creamy milk chocolate aroma over roasted malt. More milk chocolate in the flavor. Mild to moderate hop finish. Semi-dry long bitter finish.

22-oz.; thanks, Tever! Pours deep black and stout-like; thick, moussy tan head plenty of bubbles, too. Gigantic, pure chocolate nose. Medium body, medium carb--very easy to drink given the colors and the richness of the nose. Rich roasty palate with lots more bittersweet chocolate. Clean, pure finish. Fantastic stuff.