FiftyFifty Brewing Company Donner Party Porter

Donner Party Porter

 

FiftyFifty Brewing Company in Truckee, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
7.23
ABV: 7.2% IBU: 30 Ticks: 39
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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8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft at Beachwood. Clear dark maroon color, beige head. Aroma of roasted coffee grounds. Taste is coffee, bitter cocoa. Nice stuff.
Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2013 at 18:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared by KBL at the fest. Roasty black, nice chocolate, berry fruit, and roast flavors. Rather sweet and creamy. PRetty good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2013 at 02:03

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
A bottle I picked up at Craft Beer Base & brought to share at the Kyoto Craft Beer Fest. It pours a dark brown with a tan head. A nice chocolaty solid porter, sweet & malty with hints of chocolate and roast bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2013 at 06:43

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap @ Hops and Pies Denver during FiftyFifty tap takeover. Pours a deep brown appearance with a cream/tan head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, mild coffee, and a bit of piney hops. Pretty easy drinking, roasty chocolate malty flavor with a touch of anise and vanilla. Not bad.
Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2012 at 22:33

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. The beer pours inky black with a medium thin tan head and patchy lacing. Aroma of malt, chocolate and coffee. Medium body with a roasted malt and coffee character along with notes of sweet chocolate and fruity hops. The finish is roasty with an espresso aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried on 29 Oct 2012 at 20:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
GABF 2012
Appearance: Black with a small tan head
Aroma and flavors of roasted malts and milk chocolate
OK, mild aroma and thin
Tried on 19 Oct 2012 at 09:21

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is rich dark malt-chocolate/molasses. Taste is rich dark malt-coffee/chocolate/molasses, than a bang of earthy hops bite. Occasional.
Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2010 at 09:02

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft. Blackish beer with a tan head. Light roast and light chocolate aroma. Dark chocolate flavor with light coffee and caramel. Medium bodied. Chocolate and light coffee lingers.
Tried from Draft on 11 May 2009 at 20:06

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
A dark brown porter with no head, not very carbonated. A pleasant mix of chocolate and British hopping in aroma. In mouth, an excellent mix of toasted bitter chocolate, cold coffee. Rich bodied. On tap at brewpub August 2007.
Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2008 at 22:19