Tommyknocker Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer

Brewed by Tommyknocker Brewery
Style: Porter
Idaho Springs, Colorado USA

Draught at GABF 2008. Hazy dark brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Light roasted aroma of cocoa powder, chocolate and dish washer. Light roasted flavour of cocoa powder and chocolate. Finish of milk chocolate.

Name: St. Nicks Cocoa Porter
Date: November 24, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac
Appearance: black, fine tan head, nice lace
Aroma: light chocolate and roasted aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, touch of roasted, well balanced with a touch of bitterness to go along with only a hint of sweetness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ** /4

Name: Cocoa Porter
Date: December 02, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: muddy brown, fine beige head
Aroma: big rich chocolate aroma, touch of malty sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, light spicyness
Overall: great job of bringing through the chocolate character

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ** /4

(12oz bottle, bottled 10/06) Medium beige head diminishes fairly rapidly, atop opaque cola brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate, some earthy, honey. Taste is medium sweet, cola, some chocolate, lactic sourness, light vegetal. Light-medium body.

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 10/10/2008 Chocolate aroma. Dark coloured smooth and slightly rich on the palate with some sweetness in a crisp roast finish.

(Bottle) Pours a dark burgundy body with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, roastiness, and honey. Flavor of cocoa, lactic, and roasted malt. An easy drinker.

12oz bottle. Bottle labeled best enjoyed 4 months of date notched - notched N ’06. Poured a dark brown with red edges and a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of mainly cocoa with some honey. Tastes of mainly cocoa, with again some honey and very light roast. This one was all about the Cocoa powder and deserves its name. I could probably mix this with milk and give it to my kids in place of their chocolate milk. I didn’t fnid it as overly offense as the majority of people did.

Pours a semi-transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of semi-sweet cocoa powder and roasted malts with some earthiness and peat. Body starts a little thinner than expected but the carbonation helps to thicken it. Lots of sweet cocoa flavor with decent balance of mild bittering hops toward a lingering milk chocolatey sweetness. A pretty unique beer and I could see how some people might not like it, but the sweet chocolate character reminds me of drinking the milk in my cereal bowl after eating Cocoa Krispies, which is a good thing.

Bottle... Murky mud-colored ale with a small, creamy, everlasting, khaki head. Lactic nose with a bit of chocolate and vanilla. The flavor is more lactic than anything; like a Brett porter with notes of buttermilk and coffee with only a suggestion of chocolate. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes tangy then bitter. Lucky for me, I like sour mistakes.