Dooley's Belated Porter
Switchback Brewing Company (USA) in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.59
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cola-looking with a light beige head and thin lacing. Toasty malt light nose with hints of coffee. Roasted malt taste with nutty notes and a decent hop finish. A nice easy-drinking porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours deep brown with a very thick creme head that dissolves into the beer. Wet chestnut aroma. Taste is rich and nutty with deep chocolate elements. Palate has earthy malt notes. Good, really flavorful compared to other porters.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft: Poured a clear black color porter with a nice large foamy brown head with good retention and some alight lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with light black chocolate notes is enjoyable. Taste is a nice enjoyable mix of roasted malt with some black chocolate notes with some light residual sugar notes. Body is light with good carbonation. Well brewed porter that is brewed within style guideline.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy dark red/brown with trace sparkle, 1/2-finger width light brown foamy head with poor retention and light soapy lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malts, bordering on burnt, with light chocolate. Taste is roasted malts with light chocolate giving way to bitterness and an almost metallic flavor. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, lively carbonation and very dry, bitter finish. Overall, balance is too far to the bitter side and finish is excessively dry for me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Keg at Switchback, Burlington. Dark brown, small head. Caramel and coffee up front. Mid sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Coffee and fudge. Lightly metallic finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a nice looking dark brown color with hues of dark orange/red tints along the sides of the glass. A one finger white to off white foamy level head hung around for a good minute and a half before gracefully dissipating leaving some messy tones of lacing.
The smell started off with a nice blend or roasty to sweet and bitter coffee, cocoa and dark chocolate. Light tones of caramel, nuts, vanilla and dark fruits balance nicely.
The taste was mainly sweet trying to balance in the roasty and bitter portion of the prior flavors. There’s a dry bitter to roasty caramel and nutty aftertaste leading into a dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Carbonation is refined enough to allow a nice sessionability about it. This one runs fairly smooth and trying to bring about a decent creaminess over my tongue.
Overall, its a good American porter, lightly hopped allowing a nice roasty to sweet blend allowing this beer to be what it is. I’d have again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bomber from Winooski Beverage, 4/3/15. Clear dark brown, large foamy tan head. Good retention. Aroma of roasted malt, leather, dark chocolate. The taste is chocolate, dark fruits, clay, roasted malt. Thin bodied, drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz bottle, dark brown with no head. Aroma is roasted malts showing chocolate, brown sugar and yeast. Flavor is much the same with a long lingering nutty finish. The lingering roasted nuts and earth malt is nice and last a good duration. Medium body with a dry malt texture. Pretty good overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours black into an English pint. Mocha head with good retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Metallic chocolate aromas. Medium to thin bodied with chocolate and caramel upfront turning to espresso in the dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at The Reservoir - Waterbury, VT. A very respectable porter. Has all the stuff you want from the style - a bit of roast, touches of chocolate, modest bitter earth. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty well balanced. Good effort, Switchback.