Great Dane Cascade Mountain Porter

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: Porter
Madison, Wisconsin USA

My ever lovin’ lord, thank you for bestowin this heah beah upon me. It’s good. Like reeeeeal good. a little chewiness. roasty malty and just plain fricking good. nuff said. oops except for had it at the Bodega Brew PUb downtown La Crosse, Wis USA where it’s on tap FRESH!!!!

Dark clear garnet brown color with a small bubbled thick tan head. Aroma fo dark chocolate and mild cedar. Flavors of sweet dark chocolate and , juniper berries. Rather smooth across the mouth. Slight tickle of alcohol. Finishes with a slight vanilla/anise hint. Very enjoyable.

On tap at the Madison brewpub. Poured an exceptionally-dark iced tea brown with a creamy beige head. Intricate lacing followed the brew down. As promised, lots of grapefruit and pine from the Cascade hoppage up front in both the nose and flavor. Great burnt chocolate malts backed up the hops. Citrus and pine, baker’s chocolate, light coffee, and lemon zest were exceptionally well-blended together in the flavor. Medium-bodied. Palate was smooth with well-placed oily and bitter hop feel. Wonderful hoppy porter!

Lighte chocolate aroma with some noticable hops, I’m guessing cascade..hmm what gave that away? Dark, dark brown with a lasting off-white head that sticks around and leaves great lacing. Lots of chocolate flavor with a chocolate, coffee finish. Its kindof like a hot chocolate with some coffee in it, very yummy. Medium-light body, lightly creamy mouthfeel.

Thick, oily black, with a foamy thick lasting head; great chocolate/anise/gin nose with just a hint of coffee. Robust, dark, espresso-laden flavors; sharp, strong earthy finish. Best thing I had on this most recent visit to the Dane.

Sampled on tap tonight. The beer pours to a dark black body with a thick and dense khaki head that disapates to a thin film. Awesome lacing. The aroma is porterish with light hops. A touch weak given that Madison’s smoke free and I can’t hardly smell it. The flavor is smooth, a light almond chocolate with some grapefruit hops hiding under the maltiness. The palate is slick and medium bodied. Very easy drinking. Very delicate flavor.

Dark Brown Coloring. Some Weird Coffee/Roasts Flavor Going on. Good Malt....and I want to say a Barley/Grain Flavor At the End. Very Smooth Overall.

Sampled cask drawn at the downtown Madison, Wisconsin brewpub. Pours clear dark cola brown brew with a creamy off-white head that has some nice retention and spotty lacing. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some citrus and pine hops, a touch of chocolate and some roasted nuts. Taste us medium bodied, no carbonation with flavors of toasted dark malt, a little grapefruit and spruce, and a touch of dark chocolate. Finish as a silky texture with a mild grapefruit and bitterness.