Silphium (4308) reviewed Coal Porter from Atlantic Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Deep red-brown body, thin light tan head. Classic roasted malt aroma with dark chocolate tones. Flavor begins with sweetened chocolate and caramel before developing the strong roasted malts. Bitter finish. Piney hops are notable and meld with the roasted malts to create mentioned bitterness. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Translucent brown body and an off white head. Sour aroma that was a turn off. Not much flavor comes from the thin body and finishes without much going on there either. Overall light and refreshing, but brown ales can be much more than what this one turned out to be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
This one pours nicely with a deep dark brown color highlighted by red at the edges, under a light tan head. Nice sweet malt aroma. The flavor is lightly roasted malt, with a dry palate and a lightly sharp finish. Some smokiness, but very subtle. I’d like just a bit more body, but this is a nice Porter and deserves a try.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Coal Porter from Atlantic Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2004 bottle. Pours a dark dark chestnut brown with hints of violet and red tinges on the edges. Small beige head, quite bubbly with an exceptional aroma (figs, concord grapes, caramel, molasses) for a porter; especially seeing as how this one is not bottle conditioned. Flavor is immensely dry and quite vinous. But not too dry that it ruins the beer. As it warms, a delicious chocolate/plum brandy flavor arises, backed by a hearty medium-full body, nice zesty carbonation and a chewy chocolatey finish. The hops add notes of bitterness, but never jump out at you. Great specimen, I’d love to try this one on draught.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Brown colour with a thin off-white head that dissipates quickly. Smells of malt, caramel, nuts dominate the aroma nicely. Medium to Light-bodied; Watery taste, nuttiness and a slight maltiness. Aftertaste a bit malty and a bit nutty...but not really strong flavoured. Finished a bit weak. Overall, a decent beer if that and not great compared to the style. I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Coal Porter from Atlantic Brewing Company 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Great dark brown colour, almost opaquely black. Smells of roasted malt, chocolate and a bit of hops! The taste is almost completely roasted malt, but also finishes with a coffee taste and a tiny bit of hop bitterness. A good dry porter with some decent flavours! Definately worth trying if you can find it! I bought my twelve ounce bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
A nice pour with a dark brown colour, with a great white head. The beer was definately darker than I assumed, and a welcomed sign. The smell was almost that of a fresh-baked blueberry muffin. The taste was initially blueberry -- pretty strongly, I may add-- then faded off to just a plain malt taste in short time. Not too much depth to this beer, but definately not a bad beer...and most likely a better choice than the BluCreek Blueberry Ale, if you've had that?
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Orange colour with hints of a golden hue. Head developed on the pour but very quickly dissolved. Definate orange and ginger smell comes from the beer. The taste is very gingery but not overwhelmingly so. The aftertaste leaves a little to desire, but all-in-all, a good beer that is pretty different than any other beer i've had. Definately one to try if you like ginger or if you are looking for a 'different' summer beer. I bought this in a bottle at Beers of the World in Rochester, New York.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
What the hell is this? It tastes like something a corporate brewery would make but attempt to disguise as "microbrewed" by giving it some lame name. Odd mix of hops and blueberries in both the aroma and flavor that I don't think work well together. Kind of like and APA and fruit beer combined. I suppose it's not horrible, but for a brewery that makes something as good as coal porter, I'd have to call this one a disappointment.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tastes almost like a witbier, just with ginger replacing the citrus. Mildly spicy. Thin bodied. It leaves a tingling sensation on the tongue, much like the fresh ginger you may nip while eating sushi. An original beer, albeit a gimick product lacking in anything particularly interesting.