Happy Holidays 2012 - Chocolate Orange Porter
Alley Kat Brewing Company

Happy Holidays 2012 - Chocolate Orange PorterHappy Holidays 2012 - Chocolate Orange Porter
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From:
Alley Kat Brewing Company
 
Alberta, Canada
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.9 | pDev: 2.56%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 16, 2013
Added:
Dec 07, 2012
Wants:
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Ratings by biboergosum:
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.8/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2012 edition, nice green wax job over the cap, this time. Thanks go to Alley Kat, natch, for the freebie. I have heard many discordant opinions of this year's version, so a new entry here, with the actual seasonal name, may well be due.

This beer pours a very, very dark chestnut brown colour, with nice Christmas-tree reflection-enhanced cola highlights, and two fingers of tightly foamy, milky beige head, which leaves a broad sea-foam array of painted lace around the glass as it duly recedes.

It smells of lactose-infused medium-dark chocolate, bready malt, some faint, muddled grocery citrus notes, and restrained earthy, leafy hops. The taste is lightly roasted caramel malt, some more moderate chalky cocoa, the ghost of citrus Christmases past, a slight lactic sourness, and very understated musty earthy hops.

The bubbles are quite tame and laid back, the body a sturdy medium weight, and decently smooth, a prominent lactose character aiding in a not so small degree. It finishes off-dry, the chocolate malt continuing its run for all-out domination.

A decent cocoa-ensconced American porter, even with those probing old-school London leanings. Unfortunately the proclaimed orange flavours are quite difficult to discern, which is a tad disappointing, but overall, this is an easily drinkable holiday-enhanced tipple.
Dec 07, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Nov 16, 2013
Happy Holidays 2012 - Chocolate Orange Porter from Alley Kat Brewing Company
Beer rating: 3.9 out of 5 with 2 ratings