Smoky Mountain Tuckaleechee Porter

bottled. "A delicious dark ale with an intriguing roasty character. It is rich and flavorful with a hint of bittersweet chocolate. " -exactly. A tad watery but still tasty.

Some sort of glaring flaw, it could have been just this batch... I’m wondering if the brewmaster even tasted it, as it was terrible. Perhaps the lines weren’t cleaned the night before or something as well.

Not a bad porter, sweet, roasted. easy to drink. Nothing terribly standout about it, but then again nothing horrid to report about it. I wouldn’t get it again because i’m not a huge fan of porters, but if i was i think it would be a good choice at this place.

Bottle from Steph’s parents. Opaque black color with small brown head. Aroma is smoked malt and roast, some fruit and coffee. Flavor is dry coffee and roast with some smoke, some fruit and chocolate. Medium to light body with active carbonation. Not bad.

On tap 05/04/09 @ the brewery in Gatlinburg. Pours black with a frothy medium tan head that is mostly lasting leaving nice lacing. Malty, roasted aroma has hints of caramel and chocolate. Flavor is roasty as well with hints of toffee and coffee beans. Has a chewy smooth finish.

From a trade with tronraner. The pour was a standard dark brown with ruby highlights and a wispy tan head. The aroma was nice with caramel and marshmallow and some chocolate. The flavor was almost milk chocolate with toasted caramel malt. Had some similarities to a milk stout to me. The mouthfeel was thin and the finish clean which was nice since it was overall a pretty sweet brew.

On tap @ Turkey Creek. Pours a deep brown with a quickly disappearing tan head. A hint of roastiness in the aroma, body of a flat cola is a bit of a turnoff. Decent amount of chocolate up front, hint of caramel on the finish. Seems a bit off...

Pours brown with a tan head. Toasty malt aroma. Flavor is toasty malt, chocolate, coffee, sweet through and through.