Porters

NoDa Coco Loco Coming to Cans

NoDa Brewing Company (Charlotte, NC) has announced a new can addition to their lineup, a tried and true favorite Coco Loco Porter. The previously draft-only porter has organic coconut the brewery toasts onsite.

Deep, rich and delicious. This robust porter has Continue Reading →

Red Brick’s Willy Wonka Meets Dolemite Beer

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will release a new chocolate-y offering this September. Thick & Silky Double Chocolate Oatmeal Porter is described as  “Willy Wonka meets Dolemite” and is a spin off of one of the brewery’s original porters from many Continue Reading →

Meet Terrapin Imperial Pumpkin Porter [VIDEO]

Terrapin Beer Co. (Athens, GA) is ready to ship their 3rd release in the Special Reserve Series, Imperial Pumpkin Porter.

A departure from the brewery’s other pumpkin offering, Pumpkinfest, Imperial Pumpkin Porter starts with a porter beer as a base. From Continue Reading →

Posted in Ballast Point Brewing, Beer News, Don't Miss This

Ballast Point Victory at Sea Returns Friday. Brewery Teases Year Round

Ballast Point Brewing Victory at Sea returns this Friday. The imperial porter is brewed with vanilla beans, and coffee. It never sticks around very long.

Our Victory at Sea Imperial Porter is a bold, smooth brew with just the right amount of sweetness. We infused this robust porter with whole vanilla beans and San Diego’s own Caffe Calabria coffee beans. The subtle roasted notes and minimal acidity of the cold brewed coffee, balances perfectly with the sweet caramel undertones of the malt, creating a winning combination for your palate.

Ballast Point Victory at Sea is available in 22oz bottles and draft. The brewery teased fans this week by saying it might become a year round offering. We can always hope.

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Coffee, Vanilla Beans)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Draft. Limited Release

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, NoDa Brewing

NoDa Coco Loco Coming to Cans

NoDa Brewing Company (Charlotte, NC) has announced a new can addition to their lineup, a tried and true favorite Coco Loco Porter. The previously draft-only porter has organic coconut the brewery toasts onsite.

Deep, rich and delicious. This robust porter has a base of Chocolate and Brown malts for a stunningly deep rich color with ruby highlights. The slight bitterness from American chocolate is balanced with the sweet notes of organic coconut we toast onsite at the brewery. It was even awarded the Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal in 2012.

Look for 16oz cans of NoDa Coco Loco in early fall, 2014.

Style: Porter (w/ Toasted Coconut)
Availability: Draft (Current), Cans (Fall, 2014) Year round offering.

6.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Red Brick Brewing

Red Brick’s Willy Wonka Meets Dolemite Beer

Red Brick Brewing (Atlanta, GA) will release a new chocolate-y offering this September. Thick & Silky Double Chocolate Oatmeal Porter is described as  “Willy Wonka meets Dolemite” and is a spin off of one of the brewery’s original porters from many years ago.

All you suckas gather ’round, a brand new dude is coming to town! Thick Silky is a man with a plan and a hung Fu backhand, you dig? He runs the chocolate game in this city, and when it comes to all the haters he shows no pity. With his fine, foxy ladies sitting pretty in a tricked out 73 Cadillac SeVille, he’s down with the double chocolate oatmeal scene and keeping it real. So, if you crave satisfaction, Dick Silky is the man who’s got that action!

Expect bombers of Red Brick Thick & Silky Double Chocolate Porter in September, 2014.

Style: Oatmeal Porter (w/ Chocolate)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Currently one-off release.
Arrival: September, 2014

7.7% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Terrapin Beer Company

Meet Terrapin Imperial Pumpkin Porter [VIDEO]

Terrapin Beer Co. (Athens, GA) is ready to ship their 3rd release in the Special Reserve Series, Imperial Pumpkin Porter.

A departure from the brewery’s other pumpkin offering, Pumpkinfest, Imperial Pumpkin Porter starts with a porter beer as a base. From there, the beer is then nuanced with a plethora of spices – nutmeg, clove, ginger, and of course, pumpkin. The result is what “Spike” calls, luscious.

Terrapin Imperial Pumpkin Porter follows inaugural release White Chocolate Moo-Hoo, and Cinnamon Roll’d W-n-B. In the video above, Spike discloses the next two offerings, MooHoo-ciato (chocolate milk porter with coffee), and French Toast Wake n Bake. (Think breakfast.) Those two will round out the Special Reserve Series in 2014.

There are about 10,000 bottles of Imperial Pumpkin Porter headed into the wild. Be on the lookout starting this week.

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Pumpkin, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Allspice, Ginger)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Very Limited

9.2% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Bell's Brewing, New Beers

Bell’s Mocha Porter

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Don't Miss This, West Sixth Brewing Company

New Can: West Sixth Pay it Forward Cocoa Porter

West Sixth Brewing’s (Lexington, KY) has released Pay it Forward Cocoa Porter on and off for the past few years.

Now, plans are being made to can this chocolate offering. Pay it Forward Cocoa Porter is brewed with cocoa nibs for that little chocolate-y kick, but truly has a greater goal .50 cents of each six pack of the porter will be given to local organizations contributing great things to the community.

Style: Porter (w/ Cocoa Nibs
Availability: Draft (Currrent), 12oz Cans (Future)
Arrival: September, 2014

7% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Wasatch Brew Pub & Brewery

Wasatch Polygamy Porter Coming to Nitro Bottles

A very well known American porter is brewed by Wasatch in Salt Lake City, Utah. Brewery founder Greg Schirf came up with the name in 2001, and shortly after the beer hit the market and has been a Utah staple ever since. 

Soon, the brewery will make a move toward the nitrogen side of life, with Polgamy Nitro Porter bottles. Left Hand Brewing in nearby Longmont, Colorado was the first craft brewery to debut nitro bottles (in the spirit of Guinness) back in 2011.

Why have just one? Polygamy Porter is a smooth, chocolatey, easy-drinkin’ brown porter that’s more than a little naughty. Take some home to the wives!

Look for an official Wasatch Polgamy Nitro Porter bottles announcement in the future.

Style: Nitro Porter
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

4% ABV

by Reid Ramsay