Santa Cruz Mountain The Peoples Organic Coffee Porter from Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing

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Brewed by Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Style: Porter
Santa Cruz, California USA

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Ratings Average Score ABV Style Pctl Serve in
39 3.35/5.0 3.27/5.0 5.4% 54.4 English pint, Stem glass
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June 21, 2007 - Santa Cruz, California : The coffee roasters of Coffee Cat/Lulu Carpenters and the brewers of Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing teamed up in a new organic beer adventure. The new beer, Peoples Porter, is available for tasting at the brewery’s tasting room. The brewers’ claim, ’if money’s got you down, you can get your coffee fix and your beer in one pint sized punch with the Peoples Porter!’ Emily Thomas and Tom Perozzi first brewed a test batch at the National Homebrewers, ’Big Brew,’ the first Saturday in May, in a 10 gallon kettle in the alley behind the brewery with eleven other homebrewers. Everyone loved the small batch so much, brewer, Chad Brill went ahead with a full run production. The sweet aroma and spicy flavor of the Fair Trade, Organic coffee beans are definitely present in this subtle porter. The beer has a crisp dry finish with a nose that will make you think you are sipping on a cup of coffee. The body is deep and rich with a hint of sweetness, but the smoky overtones of the Guatemalan coffee beans are clearly there. Beer loving folks can get a sample of it at the Brewery’s new tasting room in the Swift Street Courtyard, 402 Ingalls Street, any day between noon and ten. The coffee beans come from the Finca Vista Hermosa farm, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Shade grown on steep hillsides, the family farm has been producing one of the most elegantly processed beans for three generations. They are then expertly roasted at the Coffee Cat shop in Scotts Valley, by Rory Phares and Roman Bondarenko.

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fidel (882), Livermore, California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 1, 2009

Poured dark brown/black, lots of coffee, roasted malts, dark chocolate, little grainy.

sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 19, 2009

pours brown, mocha head. Aroma of nice fresh coffee, chocolate malts, with hints of bitterness. Flavor, deep coffee and chocolate and roasted malts, hints of lactose/cream adding a nice smooth mouthfeel. Good coffee presence for such a light beer. Tasty!

TampaBrew (715), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Oct 16, 2009

Pours a brown black. Nose is bitter coffee, chocolate, sweet malt, some roast malts. Flavor is mild cocoa, weak coffee, roasted malt and earthy grains. I really enjoyed this. Excellent drinking coffee beer.

SuzyGreenberg (1318), Seattle, Washington, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 29, 2009

bomber - clear, cola brown with thin tan head; fresh coffee aromas with very thin texture and flavor profile; some oats mixed with the coffee, but pretty weak IMO; get more roasty goodness in the nose

travita (1851), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 5, 2009

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The smell is peanuts, coffee, roasty, and coffee. The looks is clear, brown to black in color, and has a tannish head. The taste is roast, nuts, coffee, and chocolate.

BrewDad (2363), Olympia, Washington, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Sep 3, 2009

22oz Bomber – John’s Market Place – Portland, OR
Aroma: Huge coffee and porter aromas.
Appearance: Dark brown in color, clear with a light head.
Flavor: Big coffee flavor along with the dark malts this was a chewy beer.
Palate: Dry Finish, with a Good Mouthfeel.
Overall: Big coffee beer it kept me up a little to long this was a great beer but wow the coffee really was kicking in this brew.

jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Aug 22, 2009

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Dark brown in color with a small tan head. Aroma is of coffee, roasted malt and cocoa. Taste is of coffee and roasted malt.

bu11zeye (5430), Frisco, Texas, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Aug 12, 2009

(22oz bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, and bitter baking chocolate. Flavor of coffee, roasted malt, and chocolate with a dry finish.

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