Tröegs Scratch 2

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

This was a very delicious and different porter. Aroma was nice. Roasted malt and dark chocolate. Pour was a nice deep dark brown with a one finger tan head. Taste ws great. Dark chocolate, coffee and a wierd vinous element I’ve never had in a porter. Made it a lot more interesting and complex. Dark roasted malt and ash in the aftertaste. Nice suprise!

Bottled. Opened with a huge "pfft" and poured clear iced tea brown.. waaaay too much head rose above the liquid (we’re talkin’ a 10-1 ratio here!). The aroma was quite enjoyable.. toasted semi-sweet chocolate and nutty notes with dry, maybe-a-touch-stale coffee grounds around.. drier overall and dusty. The flavor was along the same lines.. chalky, roasty darker chocolate and coffee grounds with a touch of dark fruit on the stale-ish finish.. OK, but nothing great going on here. About medium-bodied and chalky on the palate.. carbonation was out of control.

5-19-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to risser09
Semi thick red brown with a yellowish beige head and very thin lacing. Smell is sage and roasted smokiness. Flavor is roasted malt and muted hops - not wildly bitter or crisp. Nice, unique and it works together fairly well.

Bottle from risser09 in trade. Thanks man! Pours dark reddish brown with a medium lived tan head that leaves lacing. Smell is fresh and piney and hoppy actually rather than roasty, but nice and a slight hint of coffee beans. Taste is like a hoppy pale ale with a slight hint of coffee perhaps. Interesting take on porter, and not what I expected, but still pretty decent. More like a rich pale ale than a porter.

Bottling No. 2-2007

2/12/2008: Tröegs Scratch 2 (Porter) has a chesnut brown color with a pillowy tan head. This beer smells like ground coffee beans with a large dose of earthy hops. It also has touches of chocolate and citrus hops. The flavor is quite roasty and a lot like black coffee with undertones of some chocolate. Some roasty bitterness creeps in toward the finish and really works well with the other flavors. Each sip seems to reveal new flavors and additional complexity. This is a nicely crafted robust porter that has a medium-light to medium body (I would have preferred more body). This is a pretty good porter, and reminds me of a beer I made last Winter!

12 fl. oz. bottle (5.9% ABV) from hopdog. Thanks again Steve! I appreciate it. Rating #38 for this beer...

Poured black with a creamy brown head. Aroma of chocolate and caramel. More chocolate flavors than anything.

Pours a dark brown with a ruby hue and a creamy head that dies quickly. Minimal lacing. Smells of roasted nuts, minimal caramel and coffee with a minor amount of hops. Tastes of floral hops, toasty malt and coffee. Everything is pretty mild. Full in the mouth with lively carbonation. Bitter finish. A good but not great porter offering from Troegs.

Bottle from Bendo and served in standard pint glass: Deep brown with lasting beige head and good lace. The aroma has notes of toasted and nutty malts, grassy and slight fruity hops, hint of chocolate and coffee, and some leathery yeast esters. The taste is a mild and nutty with chocolate and smoky undertones. There is a note of bitterness and lactic twang upon the finish. The mouth feel is smooth and refreshing. All in all this is a serviceable porter.