Foothills Peoples Porter

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Porter
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a frothy, nicely-lacing dark tan head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel malts and some dark fruity notes. Starts fairly full and dark malty sweet with an earthy bittersweet dark chocolate balance. Finishes slightly drier with nice light roasty notes. Good balance of malty sweetness throughout.

Pours dark brown with thick tan head and nice lacing. Chocolate on the nose. Nice balance with chocolate and roast and a dry finish

Draught at the Flying Saucer in downtown Raleigh. Black, with large off-white head. Aroma is sweet--chocolate, caramel. Flavor si similar, roasty, with a roasty bitter finish.

Name: People’s Porter
Date: 01/18/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Barley’s, NC

solid dark brown, fine tan head, heavy lace patterns, big dry dark chocolate aroma with a touch of milk chocolate sweetness, rich chocolate flavor, mostly dry with just a touch of sweetness, lots of earthy balance melds with the bitter character from the dark chocolate,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Growler courtesy of Dragonstout. This one poured a dark brown color with a thin tan head that left a little lacing. The aroma was of dark chocolate, toasted malts, and big roasty smells. The flavor is full of roastiness and toasted malts along with some dark chocolate. The medium body lends to a smooth finish that is roasty and bitter. Pretty good job with this one, but just a touch too sweet.

Sampled from growler courtesy DragonStout. Dark chestnut brown with a light tan head that disappears quickly. Nice heavy chocolate-cocoa-roast combonation, very smooth and subtle. Taste is mildly bitter and roasty with sweetness and nuttiness coming in on the finish. The roast and sweet kind of compete here, but still tasty.

pint @ Tyler’s Durham. Good aroma, sweet. Chocolate & coffee, roasted grain, caramel. Clean dark brownish black, Good head that faded quickly, small amount of lacing. Bittersweet flavor, like aroma, but bolder. Medium body, lite creamy mouthfeel, bitter finish. Very good porter, robust. MMM

Draught at Barley’s in Asheville. Pours dark mahogany with beige head. The aroma is sweet caramel and maple syrup with some chocolate and forest hints. The flavor is mild chocolate with some sweet caramel and an interesting dose of pine. There’s a touch of ash and toffee in the finish. Not bad.