Etna Old Grind Porter

Brewed by Etna Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Etna, California USA

Bomber poured a clear dark brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, light earthiness and light carmel. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of roasted malt, coffee, light cocoa and light carmel with a smooth roasty finish.

Some malt, otherwise no aroma. A lot of coffee in this porter. Light finish to it. Quite drinkable, almost session-like. Not overpowering in any aspect.

Bottle from Liquor Barn @ Redding. Aroma has a light molasses smell. Flavor is smoky and dry. Pours a black with light tan head. Not very carbonated, but this isn’t a bad thing per se. Roast and chocolate notes, along with a light body make this one pretty decent. Not great, but decent.

Bottle from the Liquor Barn in Redding, CA. Poured a dark brown color with coffee and carmel flavors. A little thin-bodied for my taste so I knocked down the rating just a little.

Bottle. Rich dark mahogony beer with a tan head. Light roast and chocolate aroma. Roasty, coffee, caramel flavor with some backing bitterness. Medium-plus bodied. Roast and chocolate lingers with some backing bitterness.

7 month old bottle. poured dark borwn with a thin tan head. nose was slightly earth malt with some choclate. thin moothfeel without strong flavors in any direction finsih is dry average porter.

Dark deep brown pour, with a rocky white head. Enjoyable nose, that gives a preview of what the entire beer will be like. Some earthy hops, a roasted hint of coffee and caramel, and that follows exactly onto the palate. Finishes dry and bitter, but balanced and easy to drink. Not a complex beer by any means, but good for a pint.

Not real sure how old this bottle is/was. No date stamp or marking to tell me, but I’ve had it for almost 2 years. With that being said, it wasn’t a drainpour of a beer, but if I’m ever in Etna I know I could probably get this on tap and it’d be much better I think.

The beer pours out a deep, dark brown color (damned near black) with a khaki colored one-finger thick head. The aroma I detected immediately was dark chocolate and lots of it. Some coffee came in slowly as it warmed up as did some flowery hops. Mouthfeel was on the thinner side of things. Flavor lacked any real complexity, and what it did bring was a lot of dark chocolate and some ashy burnt malt reared it’s head. It would have gotten higher marks if it were not for that undesireable ash flavor I hate. Nasty stuff. Luckily, there wasn’t a ton of it in here, so it was bearable. Not the greatest beer there is, but far from the worst too.