Great Divide St. Bridgets Porter (St. Brigids)

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

Nice black body with a thin cream head on top. Creamy coffee malty aroma. Flavor is pretty tame, it has some coffee feeling as well as the strong malt, but its not that complex of a flavor. The palate is dry and not too enjoyable. Not the best porter I’ve had.

ruby brown opaque color, fluffy medium to darkish tan head. aroma is nice roasted chocolate malt, a little smoky like cured meat. mouthfeel is light, tingly carbonation. flavor is roasted malt and kind of bitter & hopy for a porter. bitter aftertaste. not complex, but a nice session porter.

I got this in Denver last march when I went skiing, so it has been cellared for some time. 12 bottle. Old graphics with a hot ass red head. (I like the old bottle a lot more than the new!) Pours deep, dark red, bordering on black. The beer has a small, khaki head. The aroma is chocolate, vanilla, with bright hops notes and some vegetal characteristics (boiled broccoli). I am suprised the hops are still so fragrant after nearly a year! The taste is milk/dark chocolate and some mild coffee notes initially followed by some hops and more of the vegetal character. I am not sure where the vegetal character is coming from, but it almost seems like a combo of the hops and roastiness. Whereever it comes from, it lessens my enjoyment of the beer. The mouthfeel is nice enough. This is a very good beer except for one flaw and that might be caused by my cellaring, will re-rate and find out.

bottle from a trade with Rich. a dark brown pour with a quickly fading tan head. delicious roasted malt flavors with bittersweet chocolate being the most predominant. hints of coffee find their way into the flavor mix also. the mouthfeel is a little thin, somewhat tangey with some dry bitterness on the end. a very enjoyable brew!

Pours a dark brownish black with a light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, smoky roasted grains and dark malts. Flavor is coffee, chocolate malt with a quite thin and watery mouthfeel. Not as robust as I like em, but a decent session porter.

12 oz. brown, longneck bottle. Poured out a deep chocolate brown, with a persistent tan colored head. Aromas are of roasted malts, caramel, some wildflower honey notes. Flavors are kind of sweet, but roasty all the same. Decent body, medium mouthfeel. Good porter overall.

12 fl. oz. bottle from BOTW (Rochester), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. AU29/08.

App.: Very deep brown-black with ruby highlights and a nice light tan head. Aroma: Black coffee, dark chocolate, slightly grapey and fruity, slightly ashen. Palate: Medium body and very soft carbonation. Flav.: Some black coffee and dark chocolate, slightly fruity, some ashen burnt sugar, dry with moderate bitterness and a fairly long burnt sugar/dark chocolate aftertaste.

A bit simple, but tasty.

This beer was very average. I was expecting more adter seeing this rating of 80. It’s almost like ’porter lite’. Everything from the color to the light mouthfeel to the simple finish. A good porter should be darker, have a strong roasted malt flavor, and a complex palate. This beers lacks any true character. Worth only a sip.