Great Divide St. Bridgets Porter (St. Brigids)

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Denver, Colorado USA

Dark, slighty reddish brown color with a creamy tan head. Very smooth on the palate if a bit thin for a porter. Flavor a little dry with lots of coffee and chocolate with a mildly bitter finish.

Color is black but it lets a bit of light threw. There is almost no carbonation or head. Aroma has a sour malt smell to it. Taste is flat and coffee like. It starts with a medium body that goes down with a slightly harsh coffee taste. The finish is lacking of flavor with a bland roasted malt taste. It seems to get flavor or bitterness from hops, in fact it seems like it gets a light bitterness from poorly roasted malt. To me it doesn’t fit the description of a Porter and the only good thing I can say is it doesn’t taste like it was made with bath water.

nice deep black color on the pour with no head at all. smelled slightly of malts but mostly chocolate. great chocolate taste with roasted malts as well. kind of bitter at first but it smooths out on it’s way down.

Smoky, chocolately coffee-like flavor - a nice porter - very true to the style. Malty finish. If you like porters, it’s worth a try.

Pours a cloudy brown with a hint of amber on the edges. There was a small tight head with a small amount of lacing. There was a big coffee scent with some chocolate cake and malt. Excellent malty finish.

Dark red/brown in color. Chocolate and biscuity. Very smooth ported. A little too carbonated though.

Bottle: Pours a dark brown, minimal bubbly cream head. Slightly astringent aroma, some chocolate malt and fruit presence. Smooth chocolate flavor overwhelms anything else that may be lingering. I was a bit let down because I was expecting something a bit more complex. Still, not bad but not something I’ll make a point to seek out in the future.

12 oz bottle. Poured a clear dark brown-red color. Head was thick and light tan. Aroma was of cereal grain, light molasses, and subdued chocolate. Slightly sweet on the tongue with chocolate, molasses, and modest roasty malt flavors. Decent porter.