Great Divide St. Bridgets Porter (St. Brigids)

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

Excellent American style porter. I don’t know what the rater who called this "transparent" was drinking, but it could not have been this. I’m holding the glass up and I cannot come close to seeing through the dark brew. Anyway, it’s not too roasty, which is a good thing for me, and more on the smooth, malty, and nutty side. Give this one a try.

Burnt chocolate, moderately bitter. A straightforward porter, representative of its style.

Black body, not much head. Deep chocolate malt aroma with a classic porter tartness which seems to be a combination of lactic acid and some herbal hops. Very nice flavor, has more of that "deep" chocolate malt and pronounced tart grassy hops. A great porter!

[Sampled at the brewery] A deep red-brown beer with a disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet roasty with lovely chocolate notes. The flavor is sweet with loads of chocolate and some notes of dry wood.

Dark amber, nice offwhite head. Aroma from ashes, coffee, cocoa, toffee notes and milk chocolate. Tar flavor, roasted, a bit vinous and sourish, fruity, some juniper berries. Salty, hoppy finish with sour notes.

OK this was an excellent porter. Pours a deep black color with a nice white head that lingers slowly and then commits suicide. Nose is like a chocolate pie that was burtn a couple of times in the oven. Very rich and yet not too dry but reating the dryness that makes stouts and porters what they are. Also can smell the florally hops excellently. The malt really is excellent on ths brew mainly because in the nose the floral aspect is really higlighted. On the tongue the bitter aspect of it is. My tongue thought it tasted: Dark Chocolate, burnt rye bread, aniseed. This brew is great because the carbonation and the bitterness didn’t combine to create a dryness that just couldn’t be tackled...rather it is slightly wet in the finish and that makles me love it dearly. G-rat

This develops a big tan head that fills with large holes as it tries to die off, sticking to the sides all the way down. Rich malt and chocolate aroma, almost like warm brownies in the pan. Sweet and choclatey, with a roast malt finish that’s slightly bitter. Nicely done.

12 oz bottle: very vyer dark garmet color, almost black. nice head retention. aroma is of chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. the flavor is bitter chocolate, coffee, licorice with hints od caramel and vanilla. a good solid not over powering porter.