Great Divide St. Bridgets Porter (St. Brigids)

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

It’s early for porters. But I saw this in the store and was excited that Great Divide has made its way to COMO. Since I have yet to try the porter, I bought it. Rich. Dark. not as intense as my favorite stouts, but I guess that the point with porters. Reviews here are a bit harsh. It’s the best one out there, but hardly a bad porter.

I would be remiss in my duties not to report that I’m not jaded by superior craft beer in the wake of which I had this. This is watery and mild by comparison. Relative to a ridiculously high standard of excellence, this falls short. The aroma presents chocolately and coffeeey, but it’s thin-bodied, and not really head there to speak of and the body is thin and the palate is smokey yet overloaded by watery tendencies and I’m just left having to downgrade a good beer into the kinda average category. Sorry to be such an ass, but it has to be done for everybody’s good. 2/3rds of a great beer.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Weak aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is also malty with some caramel flavor. Mouthfeel was thin with a good amount of carbonation.

A Mes rate: 355ml bottle at home with the lady. Dark almost opaque brown with a red hue at the edges. Roasted malty coffee with some sweet vanilla and a very slight soapyness. Sweet milky flavour with some caramel malt and milk chocolate. Very slight tartness. Plum? Finishes with a little cardboard and not enough good stuff. Decent but not great. Still surprised it isn’t a little more highly rated however.

Bottle Black pour with minimal head. Light roasty aroma followed by a roasty, hoppy flavor. Rich flavor. Pretty good porter.

Looks of Porter, Smell, Taste (Tastes good). But Robust it ain’t. I love Great Divide for their GUNS - the Yeti etc... -- St Bridgets is nice enough.

Bottle - from sampler pack. Very dark - opaque. Rich, chocolatey smell. An excellent porter. Very rich flavor - roasty, but not overly so becoming a stout.

Pours a dark brown/ebony color with faint ruby-red highlights. Forms a nice thick and enduring tan head with superb retention throughout the entire glass. No lacing noted. Aromas of dark roasted malts, coffee, Baker’s chocolate, raisins, figs and an earthy hop presnce are noted. Nose was pleasant overall, just a bit too tame. Mouthfeel was somewhat disappointing being slightly thin and watery along with too much fizz for the style. A smoother, creamier texture would have been more enjoyable. Flavor profile much more assertive as compared to the nose with notes of burnt malts, dark caramel, raisins, coffee, bittersweet chocolate and some faint black licorice. Finishes slightly sweet with a touch of hop bitterness. Not a bad Porter, but there are many more out there that are better.