Flying Fish Porter

Formerly brewed at Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

12-oz. bottle via Secret Santa. Pours dark brown, near black, with enough light penetrating to show the brown over the black. Small frothy tan head that dissipates to a mere bubbly rocky film and some lined lacing. Aroma is noticeably chocolate malt (cookie), medium to dark roasted, with some sweetness circling the nose and faint yeast character, light hops politely masked by the dark malts. Fizzy yet creamy dark sweet chocolate malt flavor, lightly acidic, leathery yeast is barely noticeable, with a slight bitter hop finish, not lingering though. Medium to dark bodied fizzy and spicy, creamy palate.

Very nice porter. Right on for the style. Enjoyed at the 2005 Split Rock Beer Festival.

Bottle - courtesy of slob. Dark brown to near black with splashes of mahogany around the edges where the light attempts to penetrate. The small foamy tan head bubbles up hoping it will mature further but receeds as quickly as it formed. Nose is not unlike most porters - roasted malts, coffee notes, dark chocolate, and a bit of the hops coming through. Taste is more dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, hint of molasses, and some dusty cocoa flavors. Body is creamy at times but then has some sharpness from the carbonation. It’s an odd conflict of mouthfeels. Medium overall with a light bitterness remaining. Finishes with more chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, light hops, and some dark fruits. Pretty nice stuff - would be a great session beer, especially on draft!

Deep burgundy with red edges. Chocolatey aroma - huge chocolatey aroma, actually. Nice smooth palate. Chocolate is dominate in the flavors, as well, with notes of grape jelly - no, really - and a dryish finish. Thanks, Sacret Santa!

This one is right there with Anchor. The six-pack version is just as good as the keg version. Try it, you’ll like it.

Bottle: Dark dark brown, thin light beige head, foamy, so-so lacing.   Roasted malt nose, slight unsweetened cocoa, and a whole lotta cow pasture.   Fairly nice cocoa flavors, malty, not as roasty as the nose suggested.   Luckily the cow pasture is not there on the tongue.   Body and mouthfeel are fairly average.   Clean finish, somewhat quick, low hop profile, lingering chocolate malt perhaps.   Nothing spectacular, but not bad either.   Thanks Jeff!

Bottle poured a dark brown with a creamy amber head. Aromas of coffee, cocoa powder, and chocolate milk. Palate was medium bodied and very smooth. Flavors of chocolate milk, mocha, and a hint of coffee with a smooth slightly sweet finish.

Pours a medium-to-thin viscosity. Black on its own with mahogany accents when put to light, and a bubble island in the center for the head with a routinely replenished tan wrung on the outskirt. Dark chocolate powder registers in the nose first, complimented by bubble gum, melted semi-sweet chocolate chips, mocha java and chocolate milk. Fuller flavor than expected. Sweet tendencies of brown sugared oats and Hershey syrup in an iced, blended cappuccino. The tribute to the agility of the cocoa bean continues with sludgy chocolate milk and hot chocolate brought to room temperature overnight. Medium-bodied with a well executed balance combination. On the palate, it’s in and it’s out; over and done with. No time for soliciting. At most, there’s a mild dry lingering on the finish when all’s said and done. Nice, solid robust chocolate porter. Thanks to Thaichile for the bottle!