Pile O'Dirt Porter
Crow Peak Brewing Company in Spearfish, South Dakota, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.75
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Pile O’Dirt Porter falls into the robust porter category. Characteristics of this beer style are a dark (almost black) color with a creamy tan head. The aroma is of sweet malt with a hint of roastiness reminiscent of cocoa. There are notes of chocolate and coffee in the flavor balanced with malt and caramel sweetness. This is a medium-bodied beer with moderate hop bitterness and negligible hop aroma and flavor. Pile O’Dirt Porter is brewed with the finest quality pale ale malt with Munich, Extra Special, Blackprinz and Chocolate malts added for color and flavor adjustment. Perle and Willamette hops are added to balance the sweet maltiness of this porter. Original Gravity is 15.2°P and alcohol by volume value is 6.0%.
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6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
can from Happy Harry’s in Grand Forks pours black with a very thin tan head. Aroma is cocoa powder, molasses and roast. Flavor is roast, thin smoke, a little fruitiness I’m guessing is coming from the yeast and a bit of bitter cocoa in the finish. Overall it’s very drinkable for a 7 percent porter but the finish is a little harsh.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2011
at 16:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black Hills Beer Fest - Dark brown pour with a small tan head. Smooth aroma of chocolate and espresso. Very roasty taste with light bitters. Semi-dry and some sweets, but mostly roasty. Ok. **re-rate** Picked up a sixer and gave this another go. Has the good roasted malts I remember from this rating, but the chocolate malt was more prevalent and balanced out the flavor. Decent body and refreshing.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2011
at 17:19