Olde Towne Porter Ale

Brewed by Olde Towne Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Huntsville, Alabama USA

For Bama this is a great brew! Nice flavor with a nutty chocolate malt flavor that is refreshing in Bama!

Really nice local brew. This is a seasonal brew and only available during the winter months. I have it in my kegerator, so I am used to it on draft---not too sure if it is available in bottles yet. Rich in flavor, hints of roasted malt, smooth. Excellent beer to buy in small kegs and enjoy with a fine cigar.

Nicely done Robust Porter with great body and head retention. Smooth and not astringent. Seasonal beer that is only sold on draft in a limited area.

Shared by the generous unclejedi at the HMoG at the Brick Store. Pours an cloudy dark brown with a small tan head that hangs around for a while and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is big on dark roasted malts with some sweet dark chocolate. There are hints of bitter coffee as well. The taste really came out of nowhere. It had the roasted presence of the aroma with the same chocolaty sweetness but there was some additional lactose sweetness and a more prominent roasted coffee presence. Really tasty. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with good carbonation. This was one of the big surprises of the day for me. It looked and smelled good but tasted great. I guess you can add me to the list of people who hope they bottle this (as long as they send it over to Atlanta).

Appearance: Pours a dark brown, near black body topped with a thin, wispy, tan head. Smell: Dark, roasty, even smokey maltiness with a solid note of unsweetened chocolate and an overall earthy quality to it. Taste: Dark, roasted malts deliver flavors of baker’s chocolate, sooty smoke, and, to a lesser degree, toffee. Medium overall sweetness. Mild earthy, roasty bitterness. Drying finish with an enduring taste of roasty, smoky goodness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Very enjoyable! Exceptionally drinkable without cutting back on any flavor. To call it Olde Towne’s finest product is a bit of an understatement as it’s their only offering I didn’t find to be displeasing. And what’s this I hear about Olde Towne making zero effort to bottle it? Well, good luck with that, OT.

Sampled from a growler. Bigger than anticipated roasted malt aroma with some coffee as well. Flavors mostly of chocolate with a distinct hop finish. Pour is milky brown. Both the flavor and aroma are bigger and tastier than you would expect out of a straight up porter.

Draught. Pours a very dark, opaque red. A firm, even brown head stays afloat for several minutes. This was served to me really cold, so I had to let it warm up for some time before I even attempted to detect any aroma or taste. The nose is oaty and chocolaty with toasty notes. My first impression here is American sweet stout, not porter. The body is noticeably syrupy and suggestions of rich milk chocolate cover my palate. This is pretty nutty brew with a sweet, though not excessive, finish. No hops are to be found in the flavor or aroma. Hints of espresso are noted in increasing abundance as the beer warms, but so are the signs of buttery DMS. However, that is an afterthought and I didn’t even notice it until the very end of the glass. I could drink one of these any time. This was a very surprising offering from a state with a beer scene this sparse.

Draft. Black in the glass with a tall creamy tan head that had a thin layer lasting and think lace. Nice toffee aroma. The flavor found roast coffee and chocolate, Medium body and a roasty aftertaste. A very decent and enjoyable porter.