Rush River Lost Arrow Porter

Brewed by Rush River Brewing Company
Style: Porter
River Falls, Wisconsin USA

pours cola brown with a thin head. Aroma is nice chocolate malt and coffee tones. Mouthfeel seems over-carbonated. Flavour is lighter than expected and a bit one dimensional. caramel sweetness, roasted malt and a bit of burnt bitterness towards the finish.

Bottled. Poured fairly clear medium brown with a short cap of beige head. The aroma picked up moderately-roasted milk chocolate followed by more milk chocolate and a splash of vanilla.. supa-sweet, but cake-like and enjoyable. The flavor didn’t hack it as much.. milky chocolates and black patent at the core with mild, but sticky and ugly bitterness around.. cardboardey oxidation showed on the latter half and increased through the finish. Medium-bodied and sweet on the palate.. sticky.. left unpleasantness on the finish. This smelled good, but really went downhill after that.

Bottle. The body was deep brown to copper with a khaki head on top. The aroma was milk chocolate. with some caramel. There was also some iced tea. The taste was sweet milk chocolate with some toast and peanuts. A nicely roasted finish. Solid in the brown porter style, I really enjoyed it.

On cask for Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul 09. This is more like a brown ale. Not enough roasted or chocolate characters for a porter. Had a light body with low carbonation. Drinkable but not enjoyable.

On tap at the Old Fashioned: Poured a thick black colour with a small tan head. Aroma is nutty with alcohol and coffee notes. Taste is what threw me off on this one. It was noticeably metallicy from start to finish. Decent roasted malt character gives this brew a firm mouthfeel, at the same time being silky and very nutty. The metallic flavour of this brew is what really turned me off.

Bottle. Pours a creamy, dark ruby read with a thick Guinness-like head. The nose has notes of baker’s chocolate and coffee. The aromas translates to taste at first before disappearing in a very smooth but bland finish. This is the smoothest porter I’ve ever sampled, but I’d prefer a little more hop presence in the finish.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with tytoanderso (thanks!). Poured a deep brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of toasted graininess. cocoa, light coffee and lightly earthy. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, and lighter coffee. A drinkable porter, but for me, nothing really ’stood’ out.

bottled the first week of november... i’m going to assume 2008 by way of moelikebeer. clear slightly paler version of ruby brown porter color with a short lived tannish head. the nose shows a mild smokiness along with the roast, dark fruit, slight sourness, brown sugar and a floral hop touch. the taste is decent but rather mild... mild chocolate, mild roast, mild cream, mild smokiness, mild cheesy/lactose, mild nutty caramel and a floral hoppy dry finish with some mild spiciness. light to medium bodied. the mouth feel is rather average as is the entire package... very mediocre and safe but sessionable. 6/3/6/3/12/3.0