Far West Three Threads Porter

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

I rather like this one. Huge aroma of roasted malt and bitter chocolate. Dark burgundy in color with a quick white head. The flavor abounds with coffee, toffee/molasses, smokey malts and bitter chocolate. Kind of flat on the tongue and fairly weak on the body to make it outstanding. A great beer nonetheless. I am now looking forward to the IPA.

This was my favorite beer at the Strange Brewfest at Water Street Brewing in Port Townsend, WA. Pleasant surprise to find out I don’t work too far from where this brew pub is... Great espresso taste and smell. Like someone dropped a shot of steaming coffee right in my beer. Very black... Loved this. 9.4.9.4.19 - 4.5 first rate. Re-rating from the bottle; bought at K’s Deli. Close to black...more extremely dark red. Medium head. Wonderful aroma of lots of chocolate and coffee. This is still one of the best espresso flavors I’ve ever gotten from a beer. Starts off a bit sweet and wine-like as some have described. Finishes with roasted malts and good espresso. Definitely a thin beer..wish it was thicker. I love this beer though and will be going to buy what the bottle shop has left, as I believe this brewery is out of business.

The color on the pour a deep dark garnet to almost brown with a Bunyanesque sized head that is creamy in texture and a nice medium tan in color, the lace a thick and glutinous blanket upon the glass. Nose that of lightly toasted grain, malt sweet, refreshing crisp and pleasing to the senses, with light hints of coffee and bittersweet chocolate, start is sweet and thickly malt with the middle rich and middling in feel. The finish is pleasingly acidic, the hops delectable in their spiciness, very dry bittersweet aftertaste than lingers longingly on the palate. My first beer from this brewery and you can bet your garters it won’t be my last, quite a quaffable brew tis true’.

Dark brwon color, transparent, with a tan head. The aroma was full of dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans, smokiness, and wood. The flavor was strong of black coffee, slightly smoky, with tons of chocolate throughout. The feel was very creamy, just a tad bit watery, but very nice. Wonderful, big, robust porter...very enjoyable.

Very dark brown color with a medium beige head. Strong chocolate and roasted coffee aroma. Strong sweet dark chocolate, malt, bitter coffee and hops flavors. Creamy feel, with a dry finish.

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.

Nice black color,small head that faded quickly but managed to leave a faint lace behind.The aroma was roasty malt and chocolate with maybe a hint of caramel.The taste was very good malty and nicely roasty with a nice semi-sweet chocolate and mild hops appearance,faint smokey presence and a mild spicey tone to it towards the end of the tasting.The flavors really get better as the brew warms the smoke gets just a tad stronger but the chocolate and spicey notes really come through.Making this a very nice brew for having around.Well worth getting if you can find it.

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.