Donner Party Porter
FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.21
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Donner Party Porter is one tasty porter that will get you through the harshest winter. This complex pint’s flavor profile includes hints of oat cakes, molasses, smooth rich dark chocolate, mocha, and espresso. That, my friends, is what we call a robust, almost historical porter, and why we say “your friends never tasted so good!”
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8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Review based on the BJCP2015 guidelines (style 20A). Can 45.5 cl - Batch unknown (BBF unknown - canned on 04/01/19). AROMA: medium to medium-high roasted malt character with notes of chocolate, slight toffee-like, faint burnt, with a low sweet background. low floral-like perfumy presence. APPEARANCE: very dark brown color and opaque with slight ruby highlights. medium creamy, light brown head, with good retention. light leg formation. TASTE: similar to the aroma with initial medium roasted malt (dark chocolate, toffee-like), low fermentation esters (dried prunes). medium to medium-high bitterness with a dry, roasty (coffee) finish. PALATE: medium body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: a very nice and complex american porter.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2019
at 16:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can from Wine Cellar DePere, 7/20/19. Black, large fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roast, cocoa, bitter hops. Taste is roast, tobacco, chocolate, green hops. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2019
at 21:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled at Churchkey's FiftyFifty event, pours a murky brown with some white head. Nose is all chocolate and tootsie roll, malt, bread. Flavor has the bread and the sweetness, but a clear meatiness too. Finishes dry.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2019
at 17:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smoke and some dark chocolate. Pretty dry but not super well executed. Pours black with decent head and lacing. Coffee. My first non-barrel aged Fiftyfifty beer and makes me think they don't know how to get the base right, let alone the 1,000 bottle gimmick. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2019
at 21:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Hair of the Dog, Phrom Phong. The aroma is roasty malt, caramel, liqouirce, charcoal. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter with a roasty, charcoal, caramel, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2019
at 18:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Nice porter, with delicious veins of cocoa, caramel, coffee, and dark fruits finished off by char, pumpernickel bread, and a nice, dry fade. Soft, medium-bodied texture makes for easy drinking, while the pour comes out a lovely dark brown with a fluffy beige head and layers upon layers of lace. Excellent beer.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2019
at 00:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Tap. Pours hazy chestnut, medium tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is roasty, coffee, cocoa. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, roasty, coffee, but of ashtray. Medium body, low acidity. Porter done right.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2016
at 22:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the brewpub. Pour is very dark brown/black with a tan head. Aroma is chocolate and dark malt. Flavor is chocolate with some transient sweetness, and maybe a hint of coffee. Not to mention dark malt. Finishes a little chocolate bitter. Nice porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2014
at 16:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Backlog from last summer. Pours with a deep brown hued body and a large tan head. Aromas are great. Saw dust, chalky, nutty, cocoa on the nose. Dark fruits, iodine, rich chocolate. Flavors are raisiny, malty, toasty, nutty, leather, light melanoidin. Medium low bitterness. Very dry finish despite the malt. Fuller carbonation.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2014
at 18:12