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Pot & Kettle
Trillium Brewing Company
- From:
- Trillium Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
Ranked #12 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #2,979 - Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 8.33%
- Reviews:
- 109
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 05, 2023
- Added:
- Jan 12, 2013
- Wants:
- 128
- Gots:
- 166
Our signature porter, brewed with oats, has a soft, velvety mouthfeel with layers of chocolate and roasted malt on the palate. The ominously black appearance belies this porter's approachability; Pot & Kettle is satisfyingly smooth and nourishing, but never lumbering or heavy. While not sweet, dark fruit notes, such as cherries, dates, and raisins, reveal themselves as the beer warms.
MALT: American 2-row, Rolled Oats, Pale Chocolate, Black (Patent), Carafa III, Caramunich, C-120, C-80
HOPS: Columbus
MALT: American 2-row, Rolled Oats, Pale Chocolate, Black (Patent), Carafa III, Caramunich, C-120, C-80
HOPS: Columbus
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Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.22/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Picked up a 16 oz can from the Blue Door Bottleshop in Hendersonville 1-27-23 for $9.00. Canned 1-13-23; consumed 12-5-23. Cold stored since purchase.
Beer poured dark brown with a nice long lasting tan head.
Nose has notes of toasted and roasted malts and a hint of chocolate and dark fruit.
Taste is really nice; the malt base gives me notes of chocolate with a touch of raisins. Finishes nicely balanced with sufficient hopping and no hints of astringency.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with each sip being smooth and creamy.
Overall a really good porter, one of the better ones i have had in a while.
Dec 05, 2023Beer poured dark brown with a nice long lasting tan head.
Nose has notes of toasted and roasted malts and a hint of chocolate and dark fruit.
Taste is really nice; the malt base gives me notes of chocolate with a touch of raisins. Finishes nicely balanced with sufficient hopping and no hints of astringency.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied with each sip being smooth and creamy.
Overall a really good porter, one of the better ones i have had in a while.
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
4.24/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.24/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours a clear but opaque jet black in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and faint dark amber + dark chestnut brown + dark cola brown colored highlights. The beer has a three finger all dense sudsy foamy tan head that slowly reduces to a large patch of medium thick film covering a little more than 75% of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate to strong aromas of roasted + dark + caramel + oat malts with light amounts of dark fruit (cherry + raisin + date) sweetness. Light to moderate aromas of earthy hops. Hints of coffee + chocolate.
T: Upfront there are moderate to strong flavors of roasted + dark + caramel + oat malts with light amounts of dark fruit (cherry + raisin + date) sweetness. That is followed by hints of coffee + chocolate. Finally there are light to moderate flavors of earthy hops. Moderate amounts of lingering roasty bitterness.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth, almost creamy with a moderate amount of dryness in the finish.
O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly creamy + dry mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of complexity to the malt aromas + flavors without much sweetness.
Apr 04, 2023S: Moderate to strong aromas of roasted + dark + caramel + oat malts with light amounts of dark fruit (cherry + raisin + date) sweetness. Light to moderate aromas of earthy hops. Hints of coffee + chocolate.
T: Upfront there are moderate to strong flavors of roasted + dark + caramel + oat malts with light amounts of dark fruit (cherry + raisin + date) sweetness. That is followed by hints of coffee + chocolate. Finally there are light to moderate flavors of earthy hops. Moderate amounts of lingering roasty bitterness.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Smooth, almost creamy with a moderate amount of dryness in the finish.
O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly creamy + dry mouthfeel. Enjoyable with lots of complexity to the malt aromas + flavors without much sweetness.
Reviewed by Braunmeister_1943 from Pennsylvania
4.89/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.89/5 rDev +16.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Another selection from my mixed 12 pack from Trilium’s 10th Anniversary free shipping offer!
L- Jet black.
S- Roasted coffee and malt.
T- Rich complex malt and coffee flavors
with a subtle toffee flavor.
F- Smooth mouthfeel with a creamy and
slightly tannic taste.
O- A stellar oatmeal stout!
Mar 18, 2023L- Jet black.
S- Roasted coffee and malt.
T- Rich complex malt and coffee flavors
with a subtle toffee flavor.
F- Smooth mouthfeel with a creamy and
slightly tannic taste.
O- A stellar oatmeal stout!
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
4.46/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
By far, one of the best beers that I’ve ever had. No need to mention, Kate Upton, Eva Green, or Sanna Marrin. Oh, wait… I don’t know, and I almost don’t want to…but here I am. Eating your morning porridge on LSD. Am I there? I think I am.
Feb 26, 2023Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts
4.28/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dark brown, tall beige head that falls to a thin foamy layer. Looks great.
Smells milk chocolate, brown sugar and toffee, oats, nutty, brown bread, light vanilla and a touch of coffee, a little dark fruit but not much at first. Builds some fruitiness as it warms. Nicely balanced.
There is a lot of chocolate in the taste, but the party doesn't end there. There is a lot going on, more than I can describe. But the highlights are brown sugar, brown bread, fruity raisin, nutty notes, toasty oats, and a decent level of bitterness. This is a well-designed and nicely executed beer.
Smooth and slick mouth feel. Restrained carbonation, medium bodied. There is a bit of a chalky feel on the end. Creamy, but no lingering sweetness despite the big chocolate flavors.
I rather like this one. It is an enjoyable drinker that's as complicated as you want it to be.
Jul 21, 2020Smells milk chocolate, brown sugar and toffee, oats, nutty, brown bread, light vanilla and a touch of coffee, a little dark fruit but not much at first. Builds some fruitiness as it warms. Nicely balanced.
There is a lot of chocolate in the taste, but the party doesn't end there. There is a lot going on, more than I can describe. But the highlights are brown sugar, brown bread, fruity raisin, nutty notes, toasty oats, and a decent level of bitterness. This is a well-designed and nicely executed beer.
Smooth and slick mouth feel. Restrained carbonation, medium bodied. There is a bit of a chalky feel on the end. Creamy, but no lingering sweetness despite the big chocolate flavors.
I rather like this one. It is an enjoyable drinker that's as complicated as you want it to be.
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4.11/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a deep dark brown color with a thin white head. Smell had roasted malts, vanilla,oats and coffee. Taste was smooth with cocoa,chocolate it mixes with coffee and malts/oats with the addition of dark fruits. Mouth feel very creamy and smooth with B4 mentioned tastes. A great porter here.
Jul 28, 2018
Pot & Kettle from Trillium Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
774 ratings
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