Porters

Chicago Bar Gets Mikkeller House Label

Chicago based drumBAR has their own house label coming from Danish brewer Mikkeller.  The upscale beer and cocktail experience has a few special bottles to their menu, brewed for their discerning patrons. Black Sap in an imperial porter brewed with Continue Reading →

Posted in Allagash Brewing, New Releases

2013 Allagash Fluxus Ships Next Month

It is still a little ways out, but Allagash Brewing Company (Portland, ME) is about ready to ship this year edition of Fluxus. The beer is so named because the style changes each year, 2013’s edition is first and foremost a porter. Wait a minute though, it is not JUST a porter. Fluxus 2013 is brewed with coffee and chocolate malts, along with blood orange pulp and orange zest. Chocolate orange anyone? This edition was created by brewer Patrick Saville.

Look for it by August, 2013 in Allagash’s distribution markets.

Style: Porter (w/ Blood Orange Pulp & Zest)
Hops: Tettnang, Perle, Glacier
Malts: 2 Row Pale, Chocolate, Coffee
Yeast: Abbey Ale

Availability: 750 ml bottles, Draft
Arrival: Late July, 2013

 

 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Terrapin Beer Company

Terrapin’s Dos Cocoas Returns In July

Terrapin Beer Company’s (Athens, GA) Dos Cocoas was release #4 in their Side Project Series. (We are up to #20 now.) Last year, fans of the brewery were given the opportunity to vote to bring a beer out of retirement and I think you can guess who won. Dos Cocoas is first and foremost a porter, that gets it’s name because of two chocolate additions- cocoa nibs and cocoa powder. Chocolate and beer is a match made in heaven.

“Dos Cocoas” Chocolate Porter is a little experiment with a traditional porter and two types of cocoa. I used cocoa powder in the whirlpool and then aged the beer for one month on a bed of cocoa nibs. What you will get from this beer is fine chocolate aroma, a unique chocolate bitterness and a tantalizing balanced chocolate flavor from both the cocoa powder and nibs.

Style: Porter (w/ Cocoa)
Availability: 12oz bottles, Draft
Arrival: Late July, 2013

5.8% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Deschutes Brewing

Deschutes Black Butte XXV Arrives Late June

Deschutes Brewery celebrates 25 years this year. A big milestone for sure. Coming late June is Black Butte XXV. This 25th Birthday Reserveis brewed with dates, figs, black currants, and cocoa nibs. Partially aged in bourbon barrels. Best time to drink will be a year from now. (Totally serious.)

Using select cocoa nibs and locally roasted coffee, Deschutes partnered with equally passionate local artisans to craft this potent, colossal homage to Black Butte Porter. A final aging in aromatic whiskey barrels infuses a truly handcrafted depth and the complexity of fine wine.

Style: Porter (w/ Figs, Dates, Black Currants, Cocoa Nibs. Partially Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz bombers
Arrival: Late June, 2013

11% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Angel City Brewing, New Beers

Angel City Winter Vanilla Porter

Angel City Winter Vanilla Porter

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Coming Soon

Remember Mounds Candy Bars? Meet Avery Barrel Aged #15

Avery Momi Hiwa Barrel Aged Coconut Porter

The rare and limited Avery Brewing’s (Boulder, CO) Barrel Aged Series is highly sought after. Unfortunately, the series is quite limited. In fact, the 14th release (arrived May 4) name in Latin meant “Wish There Was More.”  This is release #15, Momi Hiwa Barrel-Aged Coconut Porter.

No. 15 Much like a certain fabled two-piece candy bar of our youth, rich, dark chocolate notes accented with aromatic toasted coconut. What would ad depth and character to this already delicious combo, we wondered? The answer is time (6 months) well spent in the very best rum barrels available. 

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Toasted Coconut, Turbinado Sugar. Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 12oz bottles. 4,344 Bottles Produced. Brewery release only.
Release: June 9, 2013

16.19% ABV 

Read more: Avery Barrel Aged Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Karbach Brewing Co, New Beers

Karbach Hellfighter Imperial Porter Ale

Karbach Hellfighter Imperial Porter Ale

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Mikkeller

Chicago Bar Gets Mikkeller House Label

Mikkeller Black Sap

Chicago based drumBAR has their own house label coming from Danish brewer Mikkeller.  The upscale beer and cocktail experience has a few special bottles to their menu, brewed for their discerning patrons. Black Sap in an imperial porter brewed with coffee and aged in maple syrup barrels (similar to Founders CBS).

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Coffee, Maple Syrup Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12.7 oz bottles. drumBAR Bottle list, Chicago

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay