Far West Three Threads Porter

Formerly brewed at Far West Brewing Co
Style: Porter
Redmond, Washington USA

Bottled. Very dark ruby, near black. Rich creamy head. Medium sweet with fairly clean mouthfeel. The flavours fills the mouth - there is aromatic grapefruit and licorice. The finish is dryish and fairly bitter. A well balanced porter of the highest quality.

Big tan head atop red-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, some roasty, coffee. Taste is medium sweet, roasty/smoke, coffee, some chocolate, light vinous. Smooth medium body. For some reason, despite the inviting aroma, the flavors don’t work for me.

Poured a dark reddish-brown color with a large sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of choclates, molasses, roasted malts, and coffee. Coffee lighter in the tastes with a light bitter coffee finish.

Nearly opaque robust dark brown with a thin light tan head. Lightly roasted, butterscotch and lightly tart with some dark chocolate and malt in the aroma. Starts with mild touch of caramel and molasses with a full, flavorful roasty body, yet very drinkable. An enjoyable and well-balanced brew. Thanks Andre’!

Draught Black beer with a yellow-transparent head. Coffee, espresso, coffee dregs, bittersweet nose. Black coffee again, ink, mushrooms or black-roasted peppers without the capsicaine burn. Burning MF all the same, medium bodied, but giving a (false) very dense impression. It’s just falling short of excellence points; Cutting corners or wanting to water the style?

Creamy and rich milk aroma. A good regular porter with hints of berries, wood and chocolate, with a good malt backing and minimal hops.

Dark brown color with a hint of orange when held to the light. Full head of tan bubbles. Sweet aromas of cherries, chocolate liqueur, butterscotch, caramel and a hint of licorice and black malt. Lots of depth, but not what I am usually looking for in a porter. Strong coffee, and mild dark chocolate dominate the flavors. Lacks depth of in the malt areas. A touch too much like a red wine than a brew, when it comes to flavors.

Deep brown with reddish highlights that produced a nice creamy tan head and excellent lace. The aroma hints of roasted malts, caramel, bittersweet chocolate, lactic tones, floral hops, smoke, espresso and currents. The taste starts bittersweet with a nice earthy undertone. The sourness adds to the depth of the beer with the additional smoky and coffee characters. The finish has a lingering bitterness and nutty quality as well. The mouthfeel is moderately creamy and smooth, dry and chalky. The beer has a near sweet stout nature, very lactic and bitter but the malts hold up nicely. Fruity and smoky, nice complexity for a porter, recommended. Thanks Joe for the bottle.