Oak Creek Pullman Porter

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

(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.

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.

draft at Oak Creek Pub and Grill - Pours black with a fluffy, light tan head that laces heavily. The aroma is mild dark roast malt. It has nice roast malt and chocolate flavors. There’s a medium to full body and a pleasantly bitter finish.

On tap at brew pub. Pours deep dark brown with a tan head that results in nice lacing. The nose is roasted charred malt and dark chocolate. The taste is ashy cocoa, baker’s chocolate and burnt malt with a light bitter coffee finish. Medium semi-creamy body. Decent porter.

Beautiful brewery, decent food, average beer. This one is dark brown bordering black with a thick frothy latte head. Aroma and flavor are very subtle, almost non-existent. Burnt marshmellow and bitter chocolate barely make their presence known and the beer’s most redeeming quality is its milkshake consistency.

On tap at Oak Creek. Pours a deep brown to black color with a light brown head. Aroma is bitter roasted chocolate, coffee, barley. Flavor is bittersweet chocolate, roasted barley, coffee. Finishes bittersweet with a nice creamy mouthfeel. Nice porter.

When the Barmaid at the Brewpub said I had to go to the restaurant to try the Porter, I knew where I was having dinner the next night. It came in a tall glass looking dark and good and I was thirsty. Aroma of Coffee and chocolate. Flavor has alot of roasted coffee upfront some sweet chocolate then a bitter hop ending. This kept me drinking alot each time(to have less bitter endings) and my wife from trying more than one sip. English style porter for sure.

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