St. George Porter

Brewed by St. George Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Hampton, Virginia USA

Bottle. Pours a dark mahogany with bright ruby highlights and a fair light-brown head. Strong aroma of chocolate. Tastes of cocoa, light roasted malt. Medium mouthfeel but velvety smooth.

12-oz. Thanks, Blindeyedbetty! Pours black with a short-lived, dark tan moussy head that settles quickly away to leave a loose film across the top of the beer. Not much lace. Lovely nose of dark chocolate, black bread, and spent grain. Lightish, somewhat watery body. Smoky, chocolatey, a bit roasty on the mid-palate. Brief, mild, chocolatey finish. This is a pretty good little porter, definitely staking its claim on the sessionable/food-pairable/easy-drinking side of the line. Subdued and restrained, fairly balanced and reasonably harmonious. Some more carbonation, hop balance, and a hint of fruit sweetness would complete the picture for my tastes but that might totally destroy the brewer’s vision.

Off Capital Ale House Taps. Very dark almost opaque with moderate offwhite head. Aromas of roast and chocolate malts with little hop aroma. Rich roasty malt flavor with some chocolate and moderate hop bitterness. Medium to light mouthfeel with low carbonation. Nice exampe of robust porter but finish is a bit bitter.

Pours black with a lightly tan fine head. Roasty, chocolate flavor. Mouthfeel is moderate. Chocolate and coffee flavors are there. Pretty good Porter.

Sept. 2007 - Pour was dark with a fluffy head and decent lacing. Nice roasted and milky aroma. The flavorwas strong roast and milk chocolate, with some coffee and hop bitterness. The mouthfeel was overcarbonated and a tad thin with the flavor. A pretty good beer, regardless.

Bottle: Sweet scent to it after opening it. Poured a really dark blown/black color to it with a light brown head. First taste is a little bit more than I expected. Can taste a light bitter choclate taste to it. Mild aftertaste that doest burn or anything. 3rd of the 6pk of Dragon Ale.

Pours close to black with a chocolatey brown hue around the edges. Rich aroma of oatmeal raisin cookies. Cinnamon, prunes, and vanilla with winks of spiciness and plenty of heart. Taste reveals a lot of lactose and metallic bite to complement the lovelier tones of chocolate and and maple toast sweetness. Vinous qualities layer softly underneath, dark and pleasant; bitter sarsaparilla powers through with dominance. Heavily roasted, with the thin texture of graham cracker and cola in the mouth. Altogether, pretty much as solid as can be expected from an unassuming porter; satiating, and bold, though certainly still quite quiet.

Poured a dark brown with fluffy head and good lacing. Aroma was roasted malts. Flavor was roasted chocolate and coffee. Bitter hops in the finish. Good beer. "