Foothills Peoples Porter

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

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.

Pours black with large tan head. The Aroma is slightly sweet. The flavor brings more sweetness along with some nice bitterness along with some chocolate and caramel. Nice bitter finish

Growler... O-Town Christmas Gathering ’07... Pitch black brew with a small, creamy, off-white head. Chocolate, espresso, charcoal and vanilla add up to the aroma. Full-bodied with a coarse mouthfeel and supple carbonation. Fair balance of chocolate and caramel sweetness versus tobacco, hop and burnt malt bitterness; although it tilts decidedly onto the sweet side. Finishes caramelized and bittersweet. Intense, but a touch too sweet for me. Kudos to DragonStout. Thanks for the beer!

From growler. Dark brown-black, thin off white head. Malty, slightly roasted nose. Sweet, slightly bitter-smoky taste, medium to thick bodied.

On tap at Tyler’s, Durham. Another solid as hell beer from Foothills. A rich, robust porter with plenty of chocolate malts and a fine bready mouthfeel. Subtle roasted barley notes are might warming on a cold night and the thick body yields a long lasting finish. High quality stuff.

Growler, courtesy DragonStout. The body is a very dark mahogany shade. A small, tan colored head leaves behind minimal, spotty lacing. The aroma is of baker’s chocolate, coffee beans, roasted malts, and dry, woodsy oak. The flavor follows down the same dry, roasty path. Each detectable component seems to be of the dry roasted variety, including coffee beans, cocoa beans, and dry, earthy hops. Medium bodied, smooth and well balanced. Very easy to drink. Solid, very straightforward brew, but lacking ingenuity in my opinion.

Growler. Courtesy Dragonstout. Thick black pour with a thin off white head. big coffe aroma. Smooth chocolate malt and coffee taste. Body is a little thin. Finishes nice and clean, very easy drink. Very nice, I could have drank this all night.