Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter

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

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.

Pours dark brown with a medium tan head. Strong roasted malt aroma, mild hops. Full coffee flavor, roasted malt, mildly burnt. Decent body. Bitter coffee finish. Very bice.

Pours a murky brown color with a thin light brown head. Good aroma and flavor of smoked malt and roasted malt. Light body, creamy and dry mouthfeel, soft carbonation.

This beer is a dark brown color with a medium thick and foamy light tan head. Thin rings of lacing. The aroma is pretty good, roasted coffee and malt. Medium-bodied but watery at times. Roasted malt, coffee and chocolate flavors. The finish has a pretty steady bitter hops flavor and lingers well. Aside from the watery aspect this is a pretty good Porter.