Coal Porter
Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ

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From:
Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Porter
Ranked #357
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
84
Ranked #22,426
Avg:
3.73 | pDev: 12.33%
Reviews:
293
Ratings:
475
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 15, 2023
Added:
Nov 04, 2001
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  48
A superb porter, hearty & dark. This one is a staff favorite, made with pale, crystal, Munich, chocolate, and black malts. The darker malts give Coal its color and rich flavor. We use Target and Willamette hops to yield a very subtle hop flavor in this porter.

We cellar this beer for close to six months before releasing it on the thirsty throngs of fans.
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Ratings by doremite:
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Rated by doremite from Vermont

3.64/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Jun 27, 2015
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Rated: 3.98 by FreePal88

Dec 15, 2023
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Draft: Poured a black color porter with a large brown foamy head with ok retention and some good lacing. Aroma of roasted malt notes with some dry black chocolate notes. Taste is also a mix of roasted malt notes with some dry chocolate notes with some faint coffee notes. Body is light with good carbonation. Standard porter that paired well with their BBQ offerings.
Jul 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4.02 by cd34 from Illinois

Jul 13, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Dec 28, 2022
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Reviewed by WunderLlama from Massachusetts

3.79/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Brewers Notes: A superb porter, hearty & dark. This one is a staff favorite, made with pale, crystal, Munich, chocolate, and black malts. The darker malts give Coal its color and rich flavor. We use Target and Willamette hops to yield a very subtle hop flavor in this porter.

We cellar this beer for close to six months before releasing it on the thirsty throngs of fans.

Can poured into tasting glass, dark cola liquid , no head

Aroma is chocolate, roast malts , whiff of licorice

Taste is chocolate, roast malts

Thin mouthfeel, slightly bitter finish

Good beer
Aug 05, 2022
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Reviewed by Pathora from Maine

4.48/5  rDev +20.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Have had on tap in Eddington,Me at Heritage on 9. Comes out a dark black with a nice whiteish head . Let it sit and it has shades of brown. It has a very nice chocolatey smell and tastes nice and bitter. You could pair this with most things and you wouldn't go wrong. Highly recommend this.
Jul 21, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Jul 18, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by KrissyKat6 from New York

Jul 08, 2021
 
Rated: 3 by McSeal from Connecticut

May 21, 2021
 
Rated: 3.76 by Chilmer from Iowa

Dec 01, 2019
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.9/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I'm trying a bottle of this beer that I bought back from vacation in Bangor/ Bar Harbor. It poured an opaque dark with thin off white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had roast notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with earth and roast presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall its a good beer.
Sep 05, 2019
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Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia

3.6/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
From tap. Look had a nice khaki-tan head that slowly drifted down while the coloration was a dense dark coffee. Scent came across as a blend of coffee-espresso. Taste was campfire: a bit smoky and charcoal-y with some of the espresso coming out at the end. Pretty full bodied taste throughout. Interesting beer to try out.
Aug 31, 2019
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.03/5  rDev +8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap at Bar Harbor Beer Works in Bar Harbor, ME.

This one pours a nice deep dark black, with a small white foamy head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like dark chocolate, herbal bitterness, light smoke, coffee, and bread.

This is pretty solid and standard straightforward porter. It's done well, with a nice mix of flavors- smokey, roasty, bitter, and chocolatey- all stuff I want to see in porters. It's not doing anything new, but at least it's doing it well.

This is kind of light bodied, with a high level of drinkability, and a little bit of creaminess. I'd want a bit more full body/creaminess if possible.

This is a nice little porter, mostly well brewed and nice to drink.
Oct 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by kdivers from New Hampshire

Jun 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by shreead from Michigan

Apr 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.62 by Lucnifter from California

Nov 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.59 by hockeypuck from Maine

Nov 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Zazzi82 from Tennessee

Oct 31, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by NOLANDMAN from Massachusetts

Oct 26, 2017
Coal Porter from Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 475 ratings