DSG (25977) reviewed Porter from Port City Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Shmupi. Dark brown to black with a small tan beige head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, caramel, some nuts, a fruity note. Sweetish flavor with chocolate, nuts, roast, caramel, and a bitterish finish. Medium-bodied, rounded. Good stuff.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a glass. Hazy light orange with small white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops and bitter hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Very pale, hazy yellow with a puffy white head. Sweet lemon, wheat, almost a banana aroma....... Taste is light....sweet lemon, wheat malt... Soft....decent flavour and a pleasant lightness.
obguthr (12465) reviewed Maniacal from Port City Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft at Virginia IPA Challenge at Capital Alehouse Harrisonburg VA: Lemongrass bouquet. Clear amber, medium head. Lilly flavor. Light body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From cask. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate. Overripe fruity. Sweet, dark malty and fruity. Wineous. Dense malty. Fruity. Mellow into the finish.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Porter from Port City Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Port City Porter ].Clear dark black - red brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, spicy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, malt - spicy bitter, roasted, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140814]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at GBBF 2015 day 1. Mahogany brown coloured pour with a fading head. Aroma is toffee, spicy apricot jam, raspberry, flavour is composed of rich jammy fruit, apricot and raspberry, brown sugar, palate is sweet woody, moderate carbonation. Little plastic. Some grapeu fruit. Palate is full and viscous.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2015. It pours near opaque dark brown with a tiny, bubbly tan head. The nose is rich, vinous, red grape, tannins, jammy, fruit compote and stewed plum. The taste is rich, bitter-sweet, dry, vinous, warming booze, oily, vanilla, charred wood, tannins and earth with a rich, vinous finish. Full body and fine carbonation. Good depth and great wine character. Very nice indeed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2015, day 1 - London. Pours clear brown with a bubbly tan head. Burnt wood in the nose, with notes of dark, dried fruits. Medium sweet flavor, oily, with woody character dominating, some toffee, spice. Full bodied, thick and chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with more prominent dry, burnt wood. Fine.