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Well I will say that the garnet colored pour is certainly in line with the name of the beer, so there's that! This is a thinnish beer, so if you are looking for a rich, robust porte this isn't really it, but perhaps paradoxically it is quite...
The presentation of this beer certainly makes one think that this could be a Scandinavian beer - something about the name and the label. Had no idea this was a Ridgeway beer until I looked at the label very carefully. A really pretty color on the...
500 mL bottle thanks to lackenhauser as part of Veterans BIF. Pour is a very solid, jet black body with any initially large, light coffee colored head. Some lace is left along with a thin film on the surface of the beer. The first few sips seem a...
First tasted at a Brick Store tasting in March of 2009, and subsequently twice more. This is a VERY odd beer that frankly I don't much care for. I seemed to remember hearing that this was built on an "original" or old style recipe for a Porter and...
500 mL bottle. I have a feeling that this came from Green's in Columbia, SC, USA. Excellent black colored pour with super red highlights and wonderful lace. Head is a mocha colored film that sits on the surface of the beer. Nose has a really...
$3.99, Brawley's, Charlotte, NC, USA. Love the 11.2oz bottle! Poured into the new Sam Adams glass. Body is an attractive, bright mid-brown with a cappuccino-like frothy head with is persistent. Looks very much like a cold coffee in the glass with...
$6.99 from Brawley's, Charlotte, NC, USA. 500 mL bottle. Attractive label with the words "God Jul" replaced with "Winter Ale". Expecting this to make it to GA eventually, but I thought I should snag it in NC - just in case. Very impressed with the...
500 mL bottle, this beer is sometimes called "Ale" rather than "Porter". Taken from notes from England July 2007, cheers Chris! Not really a Porter in the truest sense of the style. A little thin and not really "stout-like" at all. Reminds me more...
Updated notes 01/12/24 (pictured) I still don't quite 'get' this beer, and I certainly still don't know what a 'Winter Porter' is, but I like it a little more than I did just over 16 years ago. The beer still feels like a brown ale to me more than...
12 oz bottle as part of the mixed pack made up of this, the Black Lager and the Brown Ale (two bottles of each). $6.49 at Arbor Place Beverage. Looks nice with a high and dense head and a very dark brown pour. Sweetness is definitely there with the...
500 mL bottle, Greens, Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA. $5.95. Black pour with some dark brown and a few ruby red highlights. Not much lace, but a decent creamy and spotty head forms on the surface of the beer that is pretty persistent. Good...
Thanks to BEERchitect for the chance to try this one. 12 oz single from Lexington, KY, USA. Nice looking pour with the dark brown body, red highlights and an impressive pitted, rocky head about half an inch deep with plenty of lacing. Looks...
Nice, heavy duty 750 mL bottle with classy looking labels. Murky brown appearance, not especially attractive (it has that nasty Dubbel color) with some ruby red highlights. The "look" is definitely the weakest point. A lot more alcohol in the nose...
Part of the Dragon Pack mixed sixer. Dark, classic Porter pour with some ruby red highlights. Nice looking, creamy, spotty head that sits on the surface of the dark body. Good roasty, chocolate notes in the nose. Good smooth, velvet like tastes...
Additional notes 08/30/24 Now called "Black Ale", when originally this had "Porter" on the label, and frankly, is really a Stout! So there you are. Confused yet? It's been a while since I had one of these. Not the almost 19 years between these...
Pictured at Stranglove's, Philadelphia, 03/10/15 Original notes 08/30/05 Pours dark brown, almost black, with some minimal lacing, but a nice spotty film and some lacing. Solid looking beer. Mild, cold sweet coffee in the aroma, very reserved, not...
Not too keen on this. Light brown appearance, too much carbonation leading to a massive head and a distinct acidic sourness to it that reminded me of a badly (home)brewed brown ale. Very little Porter character in there, a very pronounced lack of...
Well, the name certainly doesn't hold back, and whether this is the "perfect porter" or not is in serious doubt in my opinion, but all the same, it's an enjoyable beer. Standard Porter appearance, with the highlights for me the very distinct smoky,...
$3.99, Greens beverage, Atlanta, GA, USA. Black pour with a somewhat flat head that had little or no retention and no lacing. After what I had heard and read about this beer I was slightly disappointed in its appearance. Incredibly detailed label...
$4.99 Arbor Beverage, Douglasville, GA. Mmm, mildly disappointed, but tempered by my love for Porters in general. This brew probably resembles the style in a truer fashion than some of the more contemporary beers, but was a little too smoky, a...
Pictured in Athens, GA, USA on 12/17/21. Updated Review 02/08 355 mL bottle as single as a gift from Penney - many thanks. Sherry aromas are still present for me (after all these years). Simple beer, remains smooth and tasty. I like a little more...
Additional notes added 07/16/21 (pictured): Label has changed over the years, bottle has not. $4.99 bottle Jungle Jim’s, Cincinnati, OH. Classic pour, broken head and lace. Ruby/black pour when the light hits at the correct angle. Easy drinking...