Pot & Kettle - Trillium Blend Roast
Trillium Brewing Company in Canton, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.56
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Pot and Kettle with Cold Brew is just one of our many inspired collaborations with Barrington Coffee Roasting Company. Like a fresh pull of espresso, Coffee Pot & Kettle pours a dark, almost black color with a dense, sepia brown head. The warm and inviting aromas of our Trillium Blend Cold Brew dominate the nose with highlights of toasted hazelnut, dark chocolate and toffee. Bold, roasty and balanced; Coffee Pot & Kettle displays deep flavors of cacao nibs, caffè americanos, and dark malts with an oatmeal-based creaminess accentuated by a velvety and smooth carbonation.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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Opaque, Pitch Black Color, Huge Mocha Color Head, Good Retention, Runny Ring Leaves Lots of Spots of Lacing. Coffee Bean Aroma. Sweet, Chocolate, Coffee Bean, Moderate Roasted Bitter, Slight Warming Alcohol Heat. Sweet, Chocolate, Mellow Roasted Bitter Aftertaste. Hides ABV Well, Easy Going. Smooth. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Opaque, Pitch Black Color, Huge Mocha Color Head, Good Retention, Runny Ring Leaves Lots of Spots of Lacing. Coffee Bean Aroma. Sweet, Chocolate, Coffee Bean, Moderate Roasted Bitter, Slight Warming Alcohol Heat. Sweet, Chocolate, Mellow Roasted Bitter Aftertaste. Hides ABV Well, Easy Going. Smooth. Good. Enjoyed It. Recommended...
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2025
at 19:28
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Can (8/16/25) from Eddy's Beverage Inc., Saratoga Springs. Opaque dark brown with nice sparkle and viscosity, thin fizzy head with poor retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong bittersweet coffee/chocolate espresso bean, hazelnut. Taste follows aroma. Smooth, thick, velvety texture, full bodied, soft carbonation, alcohol warmth, bitter coffee finish. Strong aroma and flavor with chocolate offsetting the bitterness of the coffee. The alcohol presence doesn't detract--seems to suit the mood.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2025
at 04:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Brewers Tap draught, 10/18/25.
As pictured.
Strong espresso, crunchy, beany, fairly dark, though a bit of vanilla and fruitiness in there. Light milk chocolate from the malt. Not acrid or acidic.
Soft, silky, chewy, though a bit slicker and looser than I recall from past versions. On the sweeter side, though not problematically so. My main issue is that the roast is rather dark. Just typical, boring, heavily roasted coffee notes.
As pictured.
Strong espresso, crunchy, beany, fairly dark, though a bit of vanilla and fruitiness in there. Light milk chocolate from the malt. Not acrid or acidic.
Soft, silky, chewy, though a bit slicker and looser than I recall from past versions. On the sweeter side, though not problematically so. My main issue is that the roast is rather dark. Just typical, boring, heavily roasted coffee notes.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewer's Tap and Table
on 18 Oct 2025
at 16:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Big coffee on the initial smell, makes me remember the other Pot and Kettle variants I've had. Comes on pretty strong on the coffee--so much that some of the other porter elements are hidden. Despite this, the beer still has some roast, once it's in the mouth, and maybe a touch of cream. Pours black with good mocha head. Light caramel. Bitter finish. Tap at Churchkey's Trilliium tap takeover event.
Tried
from Draft
at
ChurchKey
on 18 Sep 2025
at 21:57
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
The # 37 best Porter - Pastry / Flavoured on Brewver. 16 ounce can from Libby’s Liquors in Lawrenceville. Dark brown pour. Large, dense tan head is long-lasting. Aroma of roasted malt and fresh ground coffee. Flavor is sweet roasted malt, dark coffee, vanilla bean and toasted nuts. Wonderful smooth, creamy mouthfeel from the oatmeal. An incredibly delicious brew.
Tried
from Can
from
Libby's Liquors
on 15 Sep 2025
at 03:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared at Craft Beer Junction - picked up in the US. Pours clear cola brown with a small, creamy tan head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of bitter black coffee, earth, a little ash, raisin. Medium bodied with average, somewhat spritzy carbonation. Finishes with notes of ashy roast, dried berries, earth. Nice overall.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2023
at 21:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey. Many thanks. A clear mid brown coloured pour with a a small tan head. Aroma is coffee. Vanilla, spicy. Brown sugars, soapy. Palate is semi sweet, nutty, waxy, moderate carbonation.. Flavour is composed of spicy, nutty. Cinnamon,
Tried
from Can
on 15 Nov 2023
at 20:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep black into a tulip. Tan head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Chocolate and espresso aromas. Sweet chocolate and caramel upfront turning to mild espresso and marshmallow in the dry, medium length finish.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 23:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Trillium Pot & Kettle - Trillium Blend Roast (by Trillium Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
18/II/19 - 1Pt. can @ home, BB: n/a, canned: n/a - (2019-247) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the can!
Not entirely sure about which edition. Like WTF, now ratebeer has more versions going on than Untappd? What's up with that? Anyway, putting my bets on the most recent one, being from 2019, since there hasn't been a new version in 2018.
Clear dark brown beer, creamy dense beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of coffee, nice coffee for that matter, caramel and dark chocolate notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish up front, lots of coffee, nice bitterness, roasted, sweet, banana, bitter. Aftertaste: sweet, bit sourish, alcohol, hoppy touch, chocolate, caramel, more coffee still, bitter finish, malty.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
18/II/19 - 1Pt. can @ home, BB: n/a, canned: n/a - (2019-247) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the can!
Not entirely sure about which edition. Like WTF, now ratebeer has more versions going on than Untappd? What's up with that? Anyway, putting my bets on the most recent one, being from 2019, since there hasn't been a new version in 2018.
Clear dark brown beer, creamy dense beige head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of coffee, nice coffee for that matter, caramel and dark chocolate notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit sourish up front, lots of coffee, nice bitterness, roasted, sweet, banana, bitter. Aftertaste: sweet, bit sourish, alcohol, hoppy touch, chocolate, caramel, more coffee still, bitter finish, malty.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2019
at 21:10
8/10
Chris DeMont shoveling sucks.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2017
at 19:59