Cricket Hill Bourbon Barrel Paymaster’s Porter

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

BeerHawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Sample from a bottle thanks to decaturstevo. Black with brown edges and an off white head. Aroma is whiskey, bourbon, smoke, chocolate. Taste is mostly bourbon, roasted malts and a chocolate finish.

Nice, easy to drink, bourbon aged Porter. Whiskey flavor is certainly present, as is the aroma. Well done, well balanced, well made.

Several samples at the brewery. Just about black in color with a medium tan head. Aroma of light oak, vanilla, whiskey, chocolate, mild roast. Taste has chocolate, roast, vanilla, mild oak tannins and a touch of whiskey. Being that this was a porter and not a big stout I was thinking that the barrel and whiskey may have overpowered the taste but that wasn’t the case at all. It was very well integrated, well balanced and added some really nice flavor and aroma to an already solid porter. Well done.