Tampa Bay Jack the Quaffer Porter

Brewed by Tampa Bay Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Tampa, Florida USA

Tap at brewery: Deep brown hue with a creamy pale brown head and very good sticky lace. The aroma has notes of chocolate, vanilla, walnut, slight smoke, fig, and herbal esters. The taste starts with sweet mocha along with some coffee and nutty notes, slight forward but nice flavor profile. The mouth feel is medium-bodied with a creamy soft character, dry finish. A really nice porter and the best I had from TBBC, got a 2nd.

Draft. Dark brown beer with an off-white head. Chocolate and roast aroma. Roasty (bordering on espresso), chocolatey, caramel flavor with light citrus backing. Medium bodied. Lingering roasty, caramel, light chocolate.

On tap at TBBC. Pours an amber/brown with an average creamy light tan lacing head. Aroma of milk chocolate, coffee and roasted grains. Flavors of the same...but a bit thin.

At TBBC. Deep dark pour wht a thin foamy off white head and lace. Light nose of toasted malt and lite coffee. Semi sweet start that hints of choclate and ends with a good bitter finish. Medium bodied slightly foamy. Another good beer that just lacks a little flavor and the carbonation is a bit off or it would be excellent.

Draught at the brewpub. Dark brown or black pour, whichever it is it’s completely opaque. Creamy, one finger thick mocha colored head sticks around for a while, and leaves some average lacing once it dissipates. On the nose I get a ton of coffee - grounds, beans, espresso roast - then a wave of backing chocolate and some dark fruity esters. Smells fantastic, I was shocked how good this smells. Flavor profile backs this up, once again huge on the coffee and chocolate, tons of roastiness and charred beans throughout. Medium bodied, very appropriate for the style. Bit of a slickness to it that enhances it’s already high drinkability. Finishes with more coffee beans, chocolate and then a huge kick of bitter roast. Absolutely stellar!

Draft at TBBC. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Exactly like the picture. Hints of chocolate, roasted malts, smoke, coffee bitterness, little hops, and some caramel. Finished with a spicy full bodied mouthfeel.

Sampled at TBBC. Very dark brown in color with light ruby highlights at the bottom of the glass. Aroma: alot of chocolate as well as some roasty and lightly ashy black patent, hints of smoke, light citrus and floral hops. Taste is very roasty but not over the top, tons of chocolate, and a moderate amount of molasses. Mouthfeel is medium and creamy. FInishes with lingering chocolate/roast (black patent). This was probably my favorite beer of the day.

[937-20071206] Tap @ Tampa Bay Brewpub (Tampa, FL). Aroma has a little roasty malt. Dark brown black body with a medium-lasting foamy light tan head. Flavour is mainly roasted malt and coffee. Medium-full body is a little watery. Average.