Coal Porter
Atlantic Brewing Company in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.79
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Yeast: Nottingham
Hops: Pilgrim, East Kent Golding
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Black Patent, Wheat, Chocolate, Munich
ABV: 5.6%
There is a much debate in the brewing world about the difference between porters and stouts. At one time the two were even considered synonyms. Nowadays porters are often more malted, while stouts tend to be more roasted in flavor. When we decided to add a dark beer to our repertoire we chose to pursue the rich, chocolate tones of a porter. This ale continues to gather accolades in the beer world for its strong malt backbone and well-balanced, bitter hops.
Hops: Pilgrim, East Kent Golding
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Black Patent, Wheat, Chocolate, Munich
ABV: 5.6%
There is a much debate in the brewing world about the difference between porters and stouts. At one time the two were even considered synonyms. Nowadays porters are often more malted, while stouts tend to be more roasted in flavor. When we decided to add a dark beer to our repertoire we chose to pursue the rich, chocolate tones of a porter. This ale continues to gather accolades in the beer world for its strong malt backbone and well-balanced, bitter hops.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Brown-amber-black body. Thin, oily head. Rich cocoa, chocolate tones. Some mild graham crack, vanilla. A pretty nice chocolate Porter. On the fuller side of medium bodied. Sort of heavy with the specialty malts, but fitting for the style I suppose. Tasty beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 17:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle-tan-black. A-roasty/cocoa/some burnt-dk malt. T-roasty/cocoa/some burnt-dk malt, earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 17:52
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Grabbed a bottle from stagshead since i had tried everything on tap and wasnt ready to leave yet. pours flat black. nose of chocolate and resin. tastes kinda like coal but that could be subliminal. u get chocolate, earth, cola, figs, raisins, and chalk. slightly slick but decent enough
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2013
at 12:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours a crystal clear dark brown with faint garnet highlights at the edges and a smallish tan head that quickly dissipates. Smells of caramel, cocoa, milk chocolate, and hints of roasted coffee. Light earthy hop and an almost creamy sweet aroma comes through. The flavor is like coffee milk. Sweet roasty milk chocolate and caramel with hints of sweet cream. Little to no hop flavor. Medium body with a sweet silky mouthfeel and a light level of carbonation. Decent porter and certainly miles ahead of that "ipa". I enjoyed it and would have it again.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2013
at 22:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
It poured a nice jet black in color with a nice frothy head. The smell had some cocoa, chocolate, and coffee tones to it with a decent amount of roast to it. The taste is pretty balanced with the noted smells. A good finish somewhat sweet and roasty. The palate was creamy and had a medium body to it. I would have this again.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2013
at 12:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
a very good, extremely easy to drink porter. Sometimes porters can be a little tough on the palate, either overly carbonated, a little too roasty like black coffee, and no hop balance, but this is the exact opposite. so smooth, not thick but not thin, nice roasty malt flavor with just a hint of hoppiness at the end. really good.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2011
at 19:17
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On draft @ Wood Grill Kitchen Kittery, ME. Pours a deep brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roastiness with coffee. After letting my pint sit for about 10 minutes. I got, weak flavors of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. Light bodied, for a porter, lightly carbonated. Not bad or real good. Very middle of the road.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2011
at 19:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle pours a very deep brown with a thin, off white head. Nose is malty, crackers, brown sugar, cookies, molasses, dark toasted bread. Flavor is sweet, malty, biscuits, light coffee, molasses, a little licorice. Full bodied, dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 18:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Good roasted malt flavor, but the palate is a little bit thin. Just a little coffee. Drinkable enough. A decent session beer.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2009
at 17:21
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of dkachur. Pours brown with copper edges and loose tan head. I couldn’t help but take a little slug of this from out of the bottle. First taste impression is yum yum yummy chocolate. A chocolate Porter? The aroma puts out a pleasing mix of chocolate, caramel with a bit of burnt malts and pine hops. This aroma reminds me of a very well aged Bigfoot. The taste is chocolate brownie with dark chocolate chips and with thin ribbons of caramel over the top. I also get a mild level of dark fruitiness that adds to the experience along with a bit of burnt malts around the outer rim of the tongue. I don’t know how this is a porter but the flavor is divine. Nice stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2009
at 21:18