Mash House Brown Porter

Brewed by The Mash House Restaurant & Brewery
Style: Porter
Fayetteville, North Carolina USA

From notes 7/14/03: Pours a hefty brown color with a nice tan head. Laced very well. Aromas just work to break the plane of the glass’s rim, they’re so heavy. Roasted coffee and bitter chocolate abound. The malts seem to be roasted just this morning it’s so fresh. The taste is thick with its roasted character. Chocolate melted in coffee. A pleasant hoppy zing to this as well at the end. Brewed with Cascades. Citrusy kick in a roasted porter? Sure! The end result was wonderful. Mouthfeel was healthy, very smooth and easy to drink. Very well done.

Nice foamy head with good retention. Very sweet. Good balance of maltiness. Not very bitter, but that’s ok for a porter. It was served with a straw and a pretzel. I think the place I bought it at thought the beer was a stout, because they asked me if I could taste the coffee. I said "no, but I can sure taste a lot of chocolate."

On tap at Good Fellows Bar in Chapel Hill. Pure chocolate! Aroma was of chocolate and caramel, with a little bit of smokiness thrown in there. My only complaint is that there is very little hop balance, but a good porter nonetheless.

Draft pint at the brewpub; the nice poofy head settled relatively quickly. Tight roasty aroma. Well rounded roasty flavors, too ... bit of smoke and a bit of sweet-bitter clash of the titans going on. Very good and best I had today. (#2807, 4/21/2007)

This was a great beer. Had at Beer Fest 05, and I think whenever (ifever) I go to Fayetteville, we’ll have to stop here. Very fruity. I tasted their IPA Ravishing Red first and then the girl added this to it. Nice addition.

Straight-up brown hue, light, letting in reddish tinges, creating a caramelly tone, and it sits ’neath a lush, creamy, cocoa head of foam. Aroma is nice and nutty, some chocolate notes, and espresso hits, though a bit too cola-ish, too, for my preference. Smooth on the palate, very slick and easy, but that’s no fault, if I wouldn’t like it a little thicker and richer. As it is...a more potent Brown Ale, perhaps...but need a bit more to the kind of Porter I like...well, it just occured to me what "Brown Porter" may mean to suggest...yeah, it’s sweet, and nutty...all in all, like a smoother porter, or a thicker brown ale...I got no problem with that. Gots Newcastle all beat, at least...frankly, I like it, for what it is.

Dark brown with decent head. Really good chocolate, malt coffee flavor. Very nice finish. Really good, will definitely have to try again.

Deep, deep rootber brown, lacy head. Nutty, slightly fruity aroma. Abv prominent. Edgy coffee bittering initially, but then you get into the groove. Chocolate and patent character. Medium body. Medium-long coffee finish with some creaminess.