Sierra Nevada Porter

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Chico, California USA

Pours dark brown with a mocha colored head. Smoky aroma with some dry malts. Smoky flavor with some cocoa, coffee, and wood.

Pours a dark brown color with a med cocoa color head. Lots of coffee, chocolate, and malts in this one here another great beer.

2009 Bottle - Pours a thin dk brown with a large tan head...aroma is smoke, roasted grain and some dark, dry malt...flavour is nicely bitter, sweet dk cocoa, burnt wood bitterness, little bit of coffee...nicely astringent and tasty...

Bottle. Barely transparent dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma is dominated by sweet chocolate and coffee. Flavor of roasted malts with medium hop, notes of bitter chocolate. Finish is bitter and dry, nicely balanced.

2nd July 2008. A light porter with a mild toasty malt and a distinct chocolate tone. Not too dry and no bitterness.

THOUGHTS: Great porter. I’ve head a few that were better, but a bunch that weren’t as good. It was both roasty and sweet. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark brown with bright red highlights and a large, off-white head that kept a nice sheet and left excellent lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy roasted malt and coffee, slight milk chocolate and a little dark fruit. The initial flavor was sweet and a little acidic; while the finish was rather sweet, acidic, lightly sour and slightly bitter with a fairly short duration. There was chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, bitter chocolate, sour coffee and hints of hops. The medium body was somewhat oily and then fairly dry with fizzy carbonation and a dry, lightly astringent and lightly chalky finish.

12 oz. bottle from Total Wine in Norfolk. Dark brown cola-like pour with a thick off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and molasses. Smoky flavor with some dark chocolate and coffee. As far as common beers go this is one is pretty hard to beat. I love a good porter and this is one of the better ones.