Marin Point Reyes Porter

Brewed by Marin Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Larkspur, California USA

22 ounce bomber shared by grant. Metallic, roasted, choco-coffee aroma present. Lightly sweet and rather robust. A relatively aggressive aroma. Pleasant. Virtually opaque body that is dark brown in color with some mahogany colored hues. Frothy, yellow-tan head with some really nice lacing present. Light metallic hoppy flavors to start with some roasted chocolate in the middle. More roastiness is present later on. This is a bit thin-bodied, but the flavor is very nice and rather enjoyable.

Bomber. Aroma of chocolate, dark roasted malt and arguably coffee. Dark brown with ruby hilites before strong halogen. Creamy dark tan head that sort of laces. Creamy, toasty, a bit chewy, chocolatey, ending with Guinness tastes along with some coffee hints. Chocolate in the nose and the start, but not in the long bitter, toasted finish. Really quite grand.

From a 22 oz bottle this one steamed and oozed an off white head that slowly rose out of the bottle. Even decanted carefully into a Duvel glass the head rose up and left huge bubbles as it kept expanding. Looked sort of like a swiss cheese. I have never seen one quite like this before, it gets marks for uniqueness. Color was a dark brown, and unlike most browns this one was attractive. However the head just sat there. I considered eating it with a spoon, but after about 10 minutes it settled down and left big hunks of lacing behind. Nose to begin with was chocolate malt, After the head had settled and I swirled it in the glass I picked up burnt woods, and coffee. Mouthfeel was creamy, in fact almost oily. Flavor was dominated by those Smokey chocolate malts. Finish was very long and dry. A very well done porter. I would say don’t drink this too cold.

Cloudy dark brown with medium density, long-lasting head. Creamy coffee/roasty aroma. Very roasty, chocolately flavor. A little too smoky for my preference. Finishes clean and a little fatty on the palate.

Blackstrap and semisweet aroma. But the flavor is much more charred hardwood and moist tobacco. Silky smooth. Long, dry finish. A textbook porter--which is no easy thing to achieve (for every ten "textbook" stouts or IPAs I find, I’m lucky to find one comprable porter). A must for porter aficianados.

Bottle from Richard, thank you. Pours out a dark black color with a tan head on it. Smell is roasted and full of chocolate. The taste is smooth and creamy and really rich and filling. Full of chocolate and coffee notes. Pretty good, paired well with a steak, until I found a bottle of Cab to drink instead. Good stuff this one is. Thanks Richard

Loud hiss as the cap comes off, pouring inky chocolate brown in color with a large, chocolaty foam head with no intention of leaving. Fantastically chocolate nose delves with milk chocolate morsels, sweet molasses and brown sugar abundance. Mocha coolers and a healthy dash of Madagascar vanilla extract keep the aromatic momentum going. Cocoa grist and cocoa nibs drum dryly with mocha dust scattered on brownie crumbs. Supple body echoes with lactic mocha coolers and melting swirls of chocolate morsels. Fuller bodied palate fulfillment, as black patent sandpaper scrapes the tongue and imparts its flavor along the way. Dark chocolate slowly diffuses like disintegrating cocoa dust and chocolate-chocolate chip cookies fresh off the slightly charred broiler pan bottom from which they baked. Big thanks to tpkenned for the bomber!

Bottle thanks to Joel! Poured a very deep brown with a tall, creamy darker beige head. Aroma was quite nice with dried cocoa, milk chocolate, and dusty espresso… carried itself quite well. Flavor wasn’t far behind with cocoa powder and milk chocolate at the core and mild coffee bitterness and sourness as accents.. nice roast all around with a heavy enough body.