Elevator Coal Porter

Brewed by Elevator Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Columbus, Ohio USA

Draft at the brewpub: Rich and milky, dark and toasty. Nice lactose sweetness over the top of a lightly bitter porter. Good. Best of the three I tried here.

sampled at colmbus alefest. very good porter, rich deep brown color with a nice tan head. very roasty and toasty flavor and aroma, carmel and nuttiness. smooth bittering to balance the matliness. good clean finish.

Light, smokey toast aroma. Deep clear cola brown. Dry with medium nuttiness and parched coffee. Very good balance, smooth and drinkable.

Draft at brewpub. Dark brown pour with a moderate light brown head that diminished slowly. Medium roasted malt aroma. Medium body. Solid roasted malt nutty flavor with a average smooth finish.

Sample at the brewpub - Poured black with a short white head and minimal lacing. Aromas of toasted malts and nuts. Some notes of chocolate come out in the flavor and more of the roasted malts and nut flavor as well. Body is rather thin and was disappointing after the aroma.

Pours inky black with very thin white head. Nose is rather clean with mild smoky overtones. The flavor is sweet, slightly smoky, and tends towards dark fruit. No hops evident but that’s OK for this style

Pours black with no head. Very big sweet malty taste. Nothing else in the beer stands out over the sweetness. Average.

Not a good porter. It doesnt have a strong enough malt presence, and the ending bitterness falls flat of being a good hop distinction.