Red Brick Winter Brew (2003 and Earlier)

Formerly brewed at Atlanta Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Dark brown to black in color with decent head retention for a bottled beer. The aroma is hard to define - somewhere between chocolate and spice. The real treat is in the flavor. Velvety smooth with a nice malty chocolate presence. By far my favorite seasonal to date (even beats Sweetwater Festive Ale). A great beer from a hometown brewery-who could ask for more!

Bready, a little black olive, a little fruit, a little vanilla, a little pepper, a little cocoa. Very interesting flavor. Warming. Excellent appearance. Transparent dark brown with good label graphics. Raisin-stouty aroma. More!

Draft at the Atlanta Brewing Co. A small sized tan head that contained fine-medium sized bubbles that quickly and completely dissipated. The body was carbonated and opaque with a brown-black hue. The nose was that of chocolate and coffee with a mild roasted coffee flavor. The mouthfeel was smooth and this was a medium bodied beer with excellent lacing.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 23. This draft brew was enjoyed at the brewery in Atlanta Georgia. I thought it neat that a group of local beer lovers had gathered together outside by a fire to talk and drink the beers. We got there late and had little time to sample, but we got a few in anyway. This draft brew was freshly made and only a week old. It poured a small head of brown colored mostly diminishing bubbles that left behind a good lace and a nearly opaque dark brown colored body with no visible carbonation. It had a mellow malty, coffee, brown malt aroma that I found very nice. The mouthfeel was tingly from start to finish and it had a mellow brown malt, mollasses and mild coffee flavor.

Dark red-purple-brown color, nutty molasses chocolate caramel flavors. Not too sweet, on the thin side.

black-brown appearance, small tan head. Aroma is somewhat weak, but consists of chocolate, nuts, caramel and toffee. Taste is a little thin, but full of flavor. Sweet chocolate and roasted malts, with a surprisingly pleasant finish... not bitter and the toffee taste lingers. Actually, pretty enjoyable for a beer that is 4.99 a 6'er arond here. This really walks the fine line between porter and stout, however. Recommended.

Bottle. Nose-Tootsie Roll, wood, brown sugar, stale coffee filter. Taste-metal, spring water, corn husk, medium bitter. Not bad. Very simple.

Pours dark brown with some dotty, sparse carbonation. Smells of roasted malt and vinous. Tastes of roasted malt with some tartness on the finish.