Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Porter
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Pours a very dark brown with a light tan head. Aroma of coffee roasted malts, and some bitter chocolate. Coffee and light chocolate flavor very thin bodied with a dry finish.

Thank you Steve/Coldbrewky - or rather Barbara, who bought the beers for us :) It’s a pitch black beer with a reddish glow and a nice head. The aroma has nice roasted notes with chocolate and a touch of smoke. The flavour is light, but pleasant with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, a bit of coffee and a roasted bitterness that lasts quite long in the finish. 2352

The Dan Journal #55. Tasted 12/11/2006. 12oz bottle. Lot #1821. Deep and dark with minimal head. Cocoa and toffee aromas. Smooth malts with a nice roast. Nice coffee roast. Chocolate with a slight bitter note. Solid porter.

Draft- a favorite style of mine, done correctly. Delicious slightly burnt toasty coffee flavor dominates. Coffee aroma as well. Delicious.

The aroma is primarily coffee, backed by some darkly roasted malt. Opaque brown/black color with an off-white head that filmed, but laced at the edges of the film. Medium bodied; moderately carbonated. Thins as the carbonation leaves, but it touches on creamy, and the coffee will not quit. There is light sweetness accompanied by dark roasted malt, and there is enough bitter hop to balance the whole. It’s the best porter I can recall - but my organic database is hard to call up. At this moment all I can say is that it is really very good. Really.

Caramel, hops, and light smoke on the nose. Clear reddish brown pour with a brown head and nice lacing. Tastes rather mediocre, but balanced with charcoal and hop notes. Average finish of smoke and hops. Enjoyable with not much of a wow factor.

Very dark brown color. Smell of coco, roasted coffee, hops, malt, caramel and some spices. Taste of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, hops, toffee, little vanilla and spice. A tad bit on the watery side also.

Nice chocolate and smoke malty aroma, bit of coffee. Some smoky wood, cocoa powder. Burnt coffee stale ashtray, but nice. Light mild hops with decent bitterness to the nose. Very dark brown clear with reddish tint, with light tan slightly lacing head that dissipates quickly. Medium watery body with medium carbonation. Starts with good carbonic tang and hit of malt, though not very sweet. Kind of sour. Bitter coffee and cocoa powder, burnt wood. Finished with nice hoppy bitterness and a bit of neutral fruit, rather dry. Mild chalky after with bitter smokiness. Could use a bit more body.