Elevator Horny Toad Barrel Aged Porter

Sample at the North Market Microbrew Festival on 09/12/2009. The beer pours black with a medium light brown head that disappears quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Bourbon aroma with notes of malt and coffee. Full body with flavors of oak, malt, dark fruit and mild coffee. The finish is oaky bourbon and a dark malt flavor that lingers. Pretty good overall.

Dark brown; thick collapsing beige head. Aroma, flavor, lots of bourbon barrel. The bourbon sweetness is the main attraction. Medium bodied, almost creamy, relatively low bitterness. While a little one-dimensional and not close to their BA barley wine, this is still very good.

Pours a deep black with a nice tan head. Great tasting porter with a high ABV pint draft as part of their MBA program

Part of their “Monthly Real Beer Selection”, one off-the beaten path special beer every month
In short: A smooth dangerously drinkable woody (bourbon) porter. Excellent.
How: Tap at brewpub
The look: Dark brown body with a medium beige head.
In long: This is the April beer of their 12 “Monthly Real Beer Selection”. The barrel is very apparent in this one. I’d say Bourbon barrel. This is a very woody beer. Dark malts, medium roastiness, black cherries, oak, more wood. Creamy body. A little wilderness in the barrel profile reminded me of some of the Captain Lawrence barrel aged beers (and that’s quite a compliment). Amazingly smooth despite the extra-high abv. I cannot imagine many ratebeerians not liking this beer. And since almost none will get a chance to taste it I’m probably right with my prediction.

This is a one-time monthly offering that may return to replace the Coal Porter due to popularity. Sampler @ Brewpub. Pours a deep ruby-brown. White lacing around edge of the glass. Aroma of oak and a medium-strong earthy bourbon nose. A little unbalanced, bourbon flavor drowns out many of the other notes of this beer, but tastes like flat cola and bourbon. A bit thin. Overall, not bad.