Jack of the Wood Green Man Porter

Brewed by Green Man Brewing (Jack of the Wood)
Style: Porter
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Date: August 12, 2005
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black, thin tan head with lots of lace
Aroma: odorless
Body: velevt smooth cask body
Flavor: nice chocolate flavor, hint of sweetness, light bitter finish, great chocolate flavor but picking up a hint of that same strange house sweetness as in the imperial stout

Date: August 12, 2005
Mode: draft
clocolate flavor is more in your face, low bitterness, nice roasted aroma, cask is better

Date: December 21, 2006
Mode: cask
Source: dirty jacks
great creamy chocolate flavor, no house character, this beer rocks on cask, rating reflects cask version

Date: September 21, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Score: 3.0
Words: jon
Aroma: dry dark chocolate aroma
Body: body thining a bit
Flavor: still the rich chocolate flavor, touch of sweetness brings out the chocolate, light bitter finish from the dark malts

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

(draft) Beige head atop clear mahogany body. Aroma is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, caramel, light anise. Taste is moderately sweet, milk chocolate, some cinnamon, light caramel. Light-medium body, low carbonation.

on tap-pours a tan head and mahogany color. Aroma is sweet dark malt-nutty/roasty. Taste is sweet dark malt-nutty/roasty, tart fruit, earthy hops.

Tap at the brewpub on 2/3/08: Pours a nearly opaque black with dark mahogany hues and a well-lacing froth of light tan head. Sweet toasty dark caramel malty nose has some milk chocolate notes. Body starts with good fullness and rich sweet dark caramel maltiness balanced with some light hop bitterness before a smooth, bittersweet dark chocolate finish. A very nice porter.

on tap at Jack of the Wood. Pours a deep dark oily black with a thinning head. A big punch of licorice and anise seed are pretty strong upfront with dark bittersweet chocolate and light fruity esters. Flavor also is big with tar and licorice, some nutty dark chocolate and earth and leather with a slight slick oily anise thing in the end. Ok but not great.

Draught. Pours black with a small, fizzy, light brown head, diminishing with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, toasted grain), light hop (herb), average yeast (leather) with notes of tar, charcoal, and plum. Medium bodied, gritty texture, average carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

Darught at the brewpub. Clear, dark brown color with thin tan head. Smells of anise and toasted bread. Bitter dark chocolate malt flavor. Dry with roasty bitterness at the end.

On tap at the Jack of the Wood. They call this a carab-maple porter these days. It is 5.6% abv with 30 IBU’s. It is mahogany- the color of plastic guitar picks. A slight coffee-like aroma exists. Thin body. A syrupy sweet flavor. Quaint bitter aftertaste remains on the tongue.