Mt. Shasta Shastafarian Porter

Brewed by Mt. Shasta Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Weed, California USA

(many thanks to footbalm for this brew off of my want list.)black with dark brown highlights.nice aroma of coffee,chocolate,roasted malts,with a slight hop finish.flavor is much of the same with a slight lactic finish.very nice porter indeed!

Courtesy of After4ever – thanks Tom. It’s pitch black with a huge, light brown, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has a light sweetness, notes of roasted malt and licorice. The flavour has a light sweetness and a roasted bitterness, notes of chocolate, licorice and it’s smooth and full-bodied and the finish is dry and roasted. It’s charming.

Bottle from footbalm, thanks Eric! Medium statured brown head, good retention and nice lacing. A dark porter, almost black in color. Fat, roasty, chocolatey, coffeeish nose with some hop spiceyness coming through. Medium body, munchy, lightly oily, slick with good carbonation. Nicely roasty, chocolatey, caramely, bittersweet chocolate and lightly spicey. Well balanced. Dry, lingering finish. A nice, big ass Porter. Thanks again Eric!

Pours dark brown with med. brown head and lacings. Nice cocoa hoppy aroma. Bitter chocolate taste. Very smooth and an easy drinker. Need to do a side-by-side with Deschutes Black Butte Porter which I consider a benchmark porter. This version is really good. Recommended.

Rerate, 12oz bottle, picked up from Bottle Barn. Really surprised to see this on the shelf! Sitting down with a whole bottle of this, this really reminds me a lot of General Lafayette’s Chocolate Thunder Porter, with that dense, nougat and chocolate core that coats the palate without overwhelming it; nicely toasty throughout; slightly lax aroma of basic chocolate and caramel notes; this really shines in the mouth: velvety, perfectly presented mouthfeel of dense chocolate and nougat and marshmallow notes; just an impressively tasty, generous, nicely presented porter; a nice beer. Lengthy finish of bitter chocolate, coffee, and that same fine balance of light bitterness and complex malt character. 6.4.8.5.15=3.8

12oz bottle, courtesy of Schutzenliesel. Thanks, Tom! Pours a hazy, dark chocolate brown color; thin light-tan head with patchy lacing. Lots of nougat, raw peanuts, and some funky, chocolatey cardboard; odd. Medium mouthfeel: chewy nougat, bitter chocolate, and oily peanuts; relaxed carbonation; oily, filling and pleasant overall; tasty save for the nose. Medium finish: dry, toasty malts, and dark chocolate. 6.3.7.4.14=3.4

Dark brown pour with frothy tan head. Bittersweet chocolate on the nose. Favor is chocolate, coffee, and roast. Slightly dry finish

Bottle: Dark brown pour with a thick and creamy brown head. Nose is rich with roast and chocolate. Some light bitters. Taste is heavy in the roast with coffee and cocoa. Basic offering for a porter and well done at that. thanks Jeremy.

Dark nearly opaque black. Nice full tan head. Good roasted light coffee aroma. Moderate roasted flavor and some coffee again A touch of that dr sour note that comes with the stlyle. Very good over all.