Tommyknocker Rye Porter

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

Draught at brewery. Pours dark brown with a spare frothy off-white head, mostly diminishing, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (coffee, nutty, roasted), light hops (grass), average yeast (sweat, leather) with notes of tar and roasted grain husks. Light bodied, oily texture, flat carbonation, and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity and bitterness; roasted chocolate, leather flavor.

On draft at the brewery 3/17/07. Nearly opaque brown with a medium light brown head. Light roasty aroma with a bit of brown sugar. Smooth feel, but just a little thin. Mostly sweet roasted flavor is pleasing enough, and there is enough hop character to prevent an overly sweet flavor and finish. Not spectacular, but went nicley with the meal.

on tap-pours a tan head and brown color with red tint. Aroma is coffee, malt. Taste is chocolate, coffee, dark malt, faint hops. OK carbonation.

(draft) Creamy beige head atop clear dark red-brown body. Nice lacing. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, caramel, roast. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, some roast, light chocolate, rye, smoke. Creamy, light-medium body.

Very intense and flavorful porter, notes of chocolate and coffee and with a potent kick of rye towards the finish. Interesting and impressive.

On tap at Capital Ale House, Innesbrooke. Tasted great straight off the tap. As it warmed, it got sweeter, very creamy. I could barely finish the pint as it got so sweet towards the end. Heavy butterscotch flavor towards the end.... perhaps enjoyable 8 ozs at a time.....

Head is small & creamy ecru. Smells dark & bitter, clear & dark colour. Faintly hoppy taste, bittersweet.

tap at brewery. coffee, rye and wheat aroma. watery seems to be the norm for TK’s beers. not impressive at all