North Fork Porter

Brewed by North Fork Brewery/Pizza/Beer Shrine
Style: Porter
Deming, Washington USA

draft at the brewery. on nitro. pours a jet black surging guinnessy nitro full. nice big flat tan cream head. rosaty, slightly chocolatey nose. creamy, silky nitro body. roast and chocolate mid palate. a little chalk there. not bad.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours nearly opaque blackish with a lacy tan head. Soft brown sugar and chocolate aroma, picks up some coffee and pine in the finish. Lighter on the aroma and flavor than I’d like to see.

Draft at the brewery
Deep brown with some purple and brown light through the edges of the glass. Medium body, smoky and full of coffee and a wet-tasting chocolate malt flavor. Decent overall, a little thin - finishes with some vegetable or grass flavor. Needs to be thicker, with more of the chocolate and smoky malt flavors.

Dark mahogany with chestnut highlights. Light flavour - especially considering how strong this beer is. Nutty, almondy flavours make for a pleasant if unassuming porter.

Dark brown, almost black beer. Sweet malty aroma. A bit of root beer, toasted nut flavour. No roastiness. Reasonably sweet finish. Caramel, toast, light licorice character. Nice mouthfeel, a solid porter.

A little thin for a porter but did have a nice taste and poured and looked good. More flavour would make this one a little richer and tastier.

I'm a big fan of Porters, and I'm a big fan of this bar/pizza place/wedding chapel, but this was not at the top of my list. Very thin, strangely bitter, and unimpressionable. The traditional porter roastiness wasn't really there at all, there was some definite astringent qualities I didn't much care for, and besides the slight hints of coffee, there wasn't much distinguishable flavor. The pizza was really good though.