Great Divide St. Bridgets Porter (St. Brigids)

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

An average porter, satisfying, medium thick. Black, good initial foam. Moderate use of chocolate and roast. Burnt roast aroma. Good hops, carbonation. Moderately on sweet side. Great Divide has not served me up a bad brew. Only the faintest hint of sourness, perhaps mellowed by about nine months of ageing.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, GregClow and tupalev - courtesy of me. Poured very dark brown with a red tinge and a small off-white head. Aroma of dark over-roast malt, lots of hops, grain, chocolate, peat, coffee and smoke - very dark and mysterious. Taste follows the nose, but even more bitter, very strong lingering espresso character. Mouthfeel is bitter, creamy and pretty full body for the type. Overall - hell, I loved it. Really surprised it rated out over 4, but it was very nice.

Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: black porter with large, handsome coffee tanned top. Good lace shown. 4+
Nose: Aromatic euro hop aroma, light , refreshing not something you would expect from porter. Slight roasty base hid behind. 7+
Flavor/Palate : Medium light bodied. Very smooth soft texture. Slight roastiness carried around (of good quality), sweet overall with slight bitterness on edge. Very drinkable, refreshing, fun to have. Perfect brew for thirsty session lovers.

Dark brown/black color. Medium white foamy head. Aroma is roasted malts and chocolate. Light to medium bodied porter. Malts are roasted, with flavors of chocolate and toffee. The hops are grapefruity and fairly aggressive for a porter. Very soft, lively carbonation. Very smooth taste. Not very sweet. The finish is very dry and it’s really hoppy for a porter, but it seems to work. This is a very drinkable rich and robust porter. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter

Bottle. Black body, small tan head. Dry vaguely acidic ashen roast aroma. Small hint of fruit - grapes? Dry ashen roast flavour dominates over dark malt. Bit of sweetness in the middle with a dry mild ashen tang that lingers in the finish over dry dark fruit. Ashen character seems to reduce or perhaps I just became more acclimatized to it as the glass goes on. Average palate. Interesting, but I didn’t care for it nearly as much as I had hoped.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a tan head. Chocolate, minerals, light roasty coffee, a bit watered down with light vanilla.

After a long rough day at the office, I came home to this brew. This was the first brew of the evening. Upon pouring it into my glass I notice a very small head from a very dark, but not opaque, brown color. It had a very nice strong malty odor. The initial taste hinted of carbonation but later died out. It had a mild initial malty taste that later came on a bit, but not much, stronger. The coffee flavor from this brew was not overpowering as in some I have tasted. I only felt a small feeling from the alcohol in the brew. It was not very strong, but rather on the mild side. I was not disappointed in my first brew of the evening. Cool, but what’s next? GF does not like the taste of coffee beers so she only took a taste of it, but said that it was milder in its coffee taste then some of the other brews she had tasted. Over all she gave it a 2 because of the coffee flavor. 8-5-8-5-16 2004: bottle rereate: taste was much worse than before way over carbonated and very tingly and gassy still an excellent aroma but the flavor just did not do the aroma justice 9-5-5-2-9

Bottle at home - shared with Mette. Dark brown (not black) - beige head. Roasted, burned, vanilla, dried fruits, licorice, chokolate, light coffe, nice but light hoppy finish.