Coast Range Maduro Porter

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

If a porter is between 80-89 overall I can always tell I am gonna love it. If it is 79 or lower it will probably be hit or miss. 90 or higher and 8/10 times it is more like a stout than a porter and thus everyone loves it though not always me. This is a real porter and it is freaking awesome. The aroma is mild, but roasty with hints of chocolate and malt. Deep brown to black with a fast fading head. Beautiful roasted barley flavors. Coffee and Chocolate, but they are both behind and a cohesive part of the roasted flavor. This is what I think of when I think of porter..it is the idealized porter flavor. It’s thin. But, I am giving it a 5 for palate. Because it IS NOT thin for a porter. It is perfect palate wise for a porter. I often see porters called thin and it throws me off since they should be thinner than stouts, but heavier than pale ale, bitters, esb and the like. Anyway. This is spot on. This is porter. A fantastic porter.

A pleasant roastiness on the nose w/ malty sweetness and a bread note. The flavor was roast and a hint of coffee w/ slight chocolate and citrus notes. The beer poured a nice black color w/ brownish hues, thin lasting head and lasting lacing. The mouthfeel was creamy and well-rounded w/ a full body.

Bottled. Black coloured, small brown head. Roasted malt in faroma. Veautiful flavour of smoke, roasted malt, coffee and caramel. Long aftertaste if roasted malt and caramel. Very smooth and easy-to-drink, though being kind of complex.

Nice deep brown with convoluted, spiralling head. Warm, chocolately aroma with light smoke and sweet hints of honey and gingersnaps. Fairly sweet and round intial gulp, segueing to some luscious milk chocolate and mousse aspirations. Lightly raisiny and finishes with a perfectly-carbonated, thickish but refreshing vanilla mouthfeel, like sweetened whipped cream on that mousse. A great porter.

Rating #1 Tap (7 5 8 4 17) 5/23/03. Solid black color with a dark brown head. Just a delicious thick porter with a strong roasted coffee and chocolate aroma and flavor. A full rich body. Rating #2 Bottle (8 4 8 4 17) 12/28/04. Black color with a hint of brown at the edges and a quickly laced brown head. Strong chocolate aroma at the front followed by the coffee nose. Full bodied and rich, this is how porters should be. Semi-sweet roasted coffee flavors and aftertaste.

Deep, dark brown color, opaque, with a small beige head. The aroma was full of roasted coffee and chocolate...very nice. The flavor was very full and well-balanced...roasted coffee beans, dark chocolate, slight lactic sourness, sweet in character. The feel was not very thick...but not too thin...wet finish. Very nice porter!

Very dark brown color with a small beige head. Very roasty aroma with some chocolate. Nice rich roasted coffee bean, dark chocolate, and sweet lactose flavors. Medium thick feel with a slightly dry hops finish.

Really nice roasty, toasty coffee aroma. Flavor was bitter, day old coffee-ish, sounds bad but I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Vanilla and toffee comes out as it warms.