Olivers Pagan Porter

Brewed by Pratt Street Ale House
Style: Porter
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Tap. A nice black color. A very strong taste of chocolate malt. A very sweet and smooth porter.

Now this was a good beer. Pretty sweet and flavorful. Caramelly, a common thing for today in Clipper City. A decent brew.

Quite good! Color very dark, almost black, like a typical porter. Cola-like bubbly head. Good flavor, with some nice hops, and a licorice-anise hint. Another good Oliver offering.

A bit oily, perhaps leaning too far on the roast to the point of burnt, but not quite. Some anise. I preferred this to the bland stout and wondered if perhaps the taps were switched, but it was the same at the two Wharf Rats I visited. Certainly had more body than the stout. Fair, but not much more.

Clear red-black body with beige head. Aroma is mild sweet, caramel, anise. Taste is mild sweet, burnt, some caramel, light anise. Medium body, some acidity.

Dark brown appearance with an average size head. Subdued aroma with a little of the roasted malts developing as it warms. Just a bit overcarbonated, but a rich, earthy malt taste adds to the medium-bodied flavor. Finishes like a dry stout.

Draft. Pretty average porter. Wasn't dark enough for me. Had a slight roasty bite.

This opened up as it warmed. As the brewery advertises, this is in the brown porter (vs. robust porter) tradition. Not much of the coffee/chocolate notes you would find in Fuller’s or Sierra Nevada. This is more like an ale version of a Dunkel. Nice, caramel malt with some complexity, rather than toasted grains. Nice.