Tröegs Dead Reckoning Porter

Brewed by Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear dark brown with some reddsh brown highlights when held against a light. Moderate, sudsy tan head that disappeared by mid-glass and left considerable sticky lace. Light aroma of roasted malt and not much else. The flavor starts out with lightly roasted malt and finishes with some assertive hops. Ok I suppose, but not something I’d go back to.

Pours a very cloudy dark brown with a thin light tan head. Aroma of chocolate, a little coffee, and nuts. Taste is sweet chocolate and toffee/caramel. Definately one of my favorite porters.

12oz bottle. Not that it’s a light colored pour, but certainly one of the lighter colored porters I’ve encountered. Dark, dark amber brown with a frothy off white head. Charred brown sugar, old coffee grounds, some wet grassy hops. Roasted malt and red grape skin as well on the nose. Bitter malt, bitter citrus zest hops initially on the tongue. Some light coffee notes. Slightly leathery with touches of pine. This is one odd porter. Doesn’t do a whole lot for me. Kind of a mess, actually. Porter? Dark IPA? Whatever it is, I didn’t think it was all that. Thanks Eugene!

Bottled 8/9/07. Poured deeper iced tea brown with a creamy cap of beige head and intricate sticky lacing. The aroma picked up very well-roasted chocolate, coffee, and vinous notes.. soft overall impression and very enticing. The flavor had near-burnt coffee at its core paired with lesser dark chocolate and some vinous notes.. dry coffee bitterness caked the edges and pine sprigs left an upbeat note on the finish. Medium-bodied and dry on the palate with lower carbonation.. decent balance.. very good stuff overall!

12 oz. pour from bottle. Raisin-colored with frothy off-white head. Warm, roasted malty nose with hint of chocolate. Rich, smooth caramel chocolate front palate with toasty, almost butterscotch middle and a finish of grassy hops. Beautiful balance, well-rounded flavors that flow together and are far too easily drinkable. Very mellow and smooth. Could be beautifully paired with a nice sun-dried tomato and spinach stuffed beef or pork roast, or a hearty shepherd’s stew.

Deep super hazy chocolatey brown coloured body with a nice sized dense tan head. The milkyness looks surreal - truly a nice beer! Aroma of roasted malt, prunes, coffee, caramel, vanilla and definitely some hops! Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasty malt flavoured body with coffee and some oaky vanilla tastes as well. Aftertaste is mellow, but very flavourful and complex - with alcohol and oak most prominent. Overall, a very good and strong porter with good hints of hops! I really liked this beer and would recommend it to all! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 21-March-2008.

bottle. pours a deep dark brown that seems to have some sort of clarity to it when it’s thin enough to let the light through. a nice thick tan head sticks around like an unwanted ex. upon initial smell, what really stands out to me is the hops. they still take a back seat to the dominant roasted malt and light hints of dark chocolate, but this is a hoppy porter. it smells like it’s going to be quite sweet, and as i’m having this for dessert, i find that quite welcoming. just as it smells, the roasted and chocolate malts dominate, but the hops are assertive and impossible to deny. any more hoppy or any less malty and this would come close to a black ipa. a thick, chewy, piney citrusy hop flavor is like that little kid on the plane behind me who kept kicking my seat, except enjoyable. the finish is moderately bitter, and lightly sweet, and the mouthfeel brings it back into the realm of porters, being smooth and creamy, rather than resinous as the hop flavors had me expecting. the medium body and abundant prickly carbonation also stand true to style. while the malt flavors dominate, the hop flavors are quite a bit more assertive than i expect from a porter. i don’t necessarily consider that a bad thing. could be a bit more complex, but quite enjoyable just the same.

Bottle, pours root beer brown with tons of floaters and a nice thick, lingering medium tan head. Nose is quite nice with chocolate, dried fruit and molasses. Flavor is dry and malty with influence of coffee, chocolate, but not too smooth or sweet. Just decent, wouldn’t work too hard to find..