Lost Coast Chocolate Porter

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Porter
Eureka, California USA

On tap. Clear dark brown with a warm reddish hue and an off-white head. Medium body, sweet hard roasted malt and dried fruit. Light malt bitterness in the finish with a whiff of coffee. 120709

Draught at Lucky Baldwins, Pasadena, California. Near black, minimal head. Aroma of raspberries and cocoa. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Dark chocolate, cocoa powder and raspberries dominates the clean flavour profile. Salty finish with some healthy bitterness.

From tap at Pacific Coast. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Roasted malt and mild chocolate aroma. Sweet malty, chocolate and roasted flavoured. Light acidic and roasted flavoured as the main impression. Light acidic and roasted flavoured finish.

Date: July 07, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Pacific Coast, Oakland
Appearance: opaque brown, creamy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, light earthyness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, dark caramel sweetness brings out the chocolate, light balancing bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Draft at Bodega Blue in Vero Beach... Very dark, opaque ale with a mid-sized, creamy, beige head. Decent retention leaves lots of splotchy lacework. Mocha aroma and flavor... chocolate, coffee and cola. Medium, dark chocolate sweetness with reasonable, toasted bitterness. Medium-bodied with a milky mouthfeel and middling carbonation. Chocolaty, moderately bitter finish.

Draft @ Lost Coast. Pours a black color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty thick chocolate flavor. Has a long malty chocolate finish.

Sampled on draught at the Papago Brewing Company tavern in Phoenix, AZ. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thin tan head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and tan ring. Aroma of dark roasted malt, a touch of dark chocolate and some flowery hops. Taste is medium bodied, light roasted dark malt, with characters of chocoalte, coffee and some dry cellar funk. Finish is semi-dry, a slight coffee/chocolate aftertaste and then clean. It’s an average porter.

On-tap at Cole’s. Well chocolate is in and here is another one, it does bolden a regular porter taste. Sweet lighter side mouthfeel. Mocha head on dark brown. Bittersweet chocolate but sweet stoutish flavour.