Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter

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

2004 bottle at Julios Spring Beer Fest, 4/02/05. Dark brown body, with dark auburn highlights and a small, but moderately well-retained, yellow head. Aroma of black malted roast, bitter chocolate, earthiness and grainy, husky malt. Little, if any hops in the nose. Flavor is dry, with roasted peanuts, bakers chocolate and light caramel. Light fruitiness coming from the yeast or hops, not sure, with a slight tinge of floral bitterness on the end. Light brown sugar, somewhat bittersweet, however, lingers on the finish. Only a medium body, though, with moderate carbonation.

pours dark with a off wihte head. chocolate and nutty aroma. tastes like it smells, chocolatey and a little bitter. the after-taste is good, it hangs around by doesnt turn you off from this beer.

Pours a deep, dark amber red with an off-white head and fantastic lacing. Aroma of roasted nuts and slightly sweet mocha. Flavor is everything you’d expect from a good porter - coffee, chocolate, and a touch of bitterness late that rounds everything out. Medium-bodied and dry around the mouth. Fizzy and a tad oily - both in a good way. Quite good overall. Would buy again.

Clear dark brown/mahogany with a medium beige head. Very full roastyness in the nose with mocha and hops. Flavor has notes of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, nuts and a solid dosage of hops. Moderate sweetness. Pleasant bitter and somewhat burnt aftertaste. Medium body with creamy texture and moderate carbonation. Lacing hangs on the glass in thin sheets, decent head retention. Very nice porter.

From a bottle. Very thin head. It says that it’s nearly black in porter but when held to the light it was almost red. The beer has an odd aroma that I’m not accustomed to in Porters. It actually sort of reminded me of a Dunkel in smell. This beer has a very thin taste and it almost had a soapy tasting finish with a little bit of hops. I’m not a big fan of this one.

Surprised to see this one in the liquor store near me, I was greeted with a dark brown pour with a tan head. First taste was sweet and chocalaty. The aftertaste is bitter metallic tasting and makes me hesitate to try more of this one.

Nut brown ale coloring, could be darker. Earthy, dark roasted, slightly fruity. Some smokiness in aroma. Dusty, roasted, bitter chocolate flavors. Some acidic/metallic bitterness at the finish. A tad thin. Not bad, but pretty average.

Dark brown with a hint of red, tan head with lacing throughout. Nice aroma, first of dark chocolate with raspberry filling, plus roasted malt, caramel and tobacco. Flavor falls a little short, certainly a pleasant medium weight chocolately porter at first, but gives way to a mildly astringent cardboard and sticky (yet thinning) finish. A decent all around porter.