Organic Porter
Butte Creek Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.42
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Butte Creek Organic Porter pours into the pint dark brown, almost black in color. Porters are honest ales, they taste like they look - Rich, dark and chocolaty, with not so subtle undertones of caramel and coffee. But unlike its dour dusky look, it flows through the mouth with a velvety smooth texture, and finishes with just a hint of hop crispness derived from traditional aroma hops. This is a powerful porter that can be enjoyed with bangers and mash, a hearty meal or even paired with a fine desert. 6.0% ABV, OG 14.5, IBU 18.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Near black, average head. Aroma of chocolate and plums. Dry and roasty with medium body. Notes of madeira and licorice, but the chocolate flavour prevails. Medium bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2005
at 18:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A frothy off white head tops this dark garnet colored beer. This reminds me of the aroma of a box of chocolate covered cherries. This has a slightly sweet malt flavor that starts full but ends a bit thin.
Tried
on 19 May 2005
at 15:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown body with red highlights, thick, puffy tan head. A hint of detergent in the aroma as well as dry roast, dry chocolate, and bitter hops. Very thin body with light roasted malts and an almost woody quality, soapy and toasty, with a dry chocolate and floral hops finish. Too thin for my liking.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2004
at 12:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle Pours very dark brown with little head and no lacing to speak of. Aroma is typical dark roast smokey coffee. Taste is more of the burnt charcoal with a little dark coffee. This porter is lacking the thick smooth heavy feel of some of the better one I’ve had. Flavore is nice but the feel and the palate are thin, watery, and a bit dissapointing. Lingering sense of wet cardboard. Maybe it’s just an organic thing ...hippies...
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2004
at 23:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
2003 bottle. Good pour, clear, filtered but nice and deep brown with some lighter brown around the sides. Small off-white head. Aroma pretty good for a porter, strong chocolate malt, sweet with a hint of sweet roastiness. Flavor begins with a nice sweet roasted flavor, light coffee and a touch of mild hops. Altogether, it is very smooth, balanced and flavorful, though not too daring. That's ok though, not every beer has to be an experiment. I was ready to say almost light bodied, but as it warmed, it picked up a bit of chewiness and the taste was as good if not better. I could drink a pitcher of this in no time. Mmmm, session porters. . .
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2004
at 14:05
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Big brown head collapsed quickly, nice chocolate malt in nose, but a bit thin in the mouth...nothing special compared to other porters i tasted in Northern CA.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2003
at 14:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown colour, but not opaque. Good malty smell and a nice feel in the mouth. One of the better beers in the six pack from Butte Creek.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2003
at 06:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown; faint nutty aroma; nutty palate with stinging coffee roastiness; dry finish with a hint of burning peaches.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2003
at 17:50