Oak Creek Pullman Porter

Brewed by Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Sedona, Arizona USA

Yet another of the Dwarves! Clear mahogany supporting a medium tan head with some retention. Roasted malts, coffee, burnt toast and vanilla aroma. Similar flavors (minus the burnt toast) with some caramel and semisweet chocolate thrown in. Slightly watery but still flavorful and a medium length sweet finish with a mild hoppy bite at the end. A nice way to wind up a day of hiking in Sedona.

Deep, deep brown color, though not opaque (light comes through). Tiny bit of viscosity. Very, very mild, roasty aroma. Roasty mocha flavor (just a tiny hint of chocolate in there). Not a strong beer or a terribly flavorful one. Has nothing in the finish, it just ends, that's it.

(draft) Clear mahogany, with nice tan head. Aroma is roasty, some coffee. Taste is nice coffee -- roasty and bitter, some caramel as well. Medium body.

Very dark, dry roasty toasty flavor with mild bitterness at the finish.

I do believe this was the best beer I sampled at the 9th Annual Arizona Beer Fest. The beer pours that deep brown to black color that I appreciate, a deep beige head and fine lace that coats the glass Note: I sampled this one several times Quiet, don’t tell the ’Beer Fest Beer Marshals’, I could get ’Banned’. The toasted malts dominated the nose but some hop floral tones, were also present, but that roasted/toasted malt stole the show. Starts malt sweet, medium to full top, creamy rich, and coffee like, and quite robust. The beer finishes with a pleasant hop bite; slightly dry, a touch acidic from the moderate carbonation. One of the better porters, I have sampled lately, reminiscent of St. Bridget’s Robust Porter from Great Divide.