Silver Gulch Pick Axe Porter

Brewed by Silver Gulch Brewing & Bottling Co.
Style: Porter
Fairbanks, Alaska USA

thin bodied, medium brown with very small head. heavy roasted malt aroma, and i taste coffee, chocolate and hops.

Pours a dark ruby with a small bubbly off-white head that dissipates very quickly leaving almost no lacing. The aroma is very tame, mostly sweet caramel malts with a hint of coffee. The taste is also very light with sweet malts and only a hint of the dark roasted coffee in the background. There is a generous earthy hop profile as well. The mouthfeel is a little thin with lots of carbonation. This is an average porter that is a bit light for my liking. Still drinkable though.

Draft at brewpub, tan head, dark brown color, roasty aroma. This is a nicely carbonated porter with chocolate/ roasty malt taste that could use a little more body. Very drinkable.

20-Jan-08 (Draft: Humpy’s Alehouse in Anchorage, AK) Chocolaty, roasty and lightly smoky flavors dominate, with light hop flavor and bitterness adding complexity and subtle balance. Roast is lighter when the beer is sipped, but picks up in the finish. The beer is reasonably dry with just a touch of sweetness. On the palate, it’s medium in body and medium in carbonation, with a clean, dry mouthfeel from start to finish. In the very aromatic nose, chocolate, roast and toasty malts combine with a light hop aroma. Medium-dark brown with some translucence at the edges, and a small light-tan head fading to a think ring. Nothing flashy here, just a nice, solid porter.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with BeerandBlues2 (thanks!). Poured a deep brown color with a red tint and a smaller sized tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roast, caramel, light smoke and light coffee. Tastes of chocolate, roast, caramel and had a light coffee finish. Tastes, like the body, a tad on the thin side.

Love the PNW hop aroma of this otherwise bland porter. Very clear brown with a some tan head. Flavor is non existant and the palate is very watery. Love the aroma though. Thanks Brad.

Dark brown pour with no head. Roasted malt nose, coffee. Light mild flavor. Watery. Disappointing for a porter.

Bottle. Pours clear dark brown with spare fizzy light brown diminishing head, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (chocolate, coffee, roasted), light hops (grass, pine), average yeast (dough, leather) with notes of charcoal and cola. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness; nice roasted malt flavor. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation and a slightly bitter finish.