Tröegs Scratch 2

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

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Miver. Clear orangey brown with a tall, firm and lively shaving foam style beige head leaving some lacework. Spicy, roasted malt aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malts, lightly burned accents and a dry, lightly bitter finish. 010209

From bottle, blindtasting #6. Pours hazy and golden deep amber to brown with huge tan and slowly collapsing head. Dry malty and slight hoppy, vague yeasty note. Sweet malty, slight metallic touch. Light spice note and roasted caramel malt base. Ends with a light bitterness.

Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear dark red, fine beige head, sweet citrus hop aroma with light chocolate, light chocolate flavor with a hint of nuttyness, touch of roasted bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

12oz bottle. Poured a medium to darker brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of roasted/toasted nuts, light chocolate, caramel, and a little earthy. Tastes of caramel, roast, light chocolate, and coffee. Body on the thinner side.

Bottle... Clear, deep orange ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Earthy, herbal aroma of chocolate, almonds and raw-hide with a whiff of smoke. The flavor is balanced nicely; caramel, toffee and citric hops. Crisp and refreshing for a porter. Medium-bodied with medium carbonation. Short, crisp, mostly clean finish. I’m not quite sure where the brewers were going with this one, but their efforts resulted in a mellow, very drinkable porter. Thanks go out to mgumby10 for breaking out the bottle at boboski’s!

Bottle thanks to MrBendo: Pours a transparent dark copper amber with a well-lacing frothy tan head. Has a lightly sweet doughy caramel malt nose with some nutty notes. Starts with some nice light caramel malty sweetness and earthy bittering hop and roasted nutty flavor. Seems a lot more like a nut brown ale to me, but still pretty tasty.

Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of roasted malt, molasses, some caramel, raisins, some figs. Tastes sweet and malty with a rich velvety mouthfeel. Excellent balance of roastiness to sweetness.

12oz bottle. Deep garnet colored body with a light, off-white head. Nose of roast, cream, some scotch, some rye bread, and some light grassy, lightly minty hops. Similar nose to Dead Reckoning Porter, but less hoppy/minty. Fresh cocoa and light roast up front, turning heavier, more charry on the back. Smooth, light and thin on the palate, and pasty in a creamy, roasty finish, with lingering soft hints of campfire wood smoke.