Total Disorder Porter
Ram Restaurant & Brewery

Pours a dark mahogany brown and settles almost black in the glass with a sudsy light tan head.

The nose is roasty malt, milk chocolate, and some caramel with those notes translating directly to the taste.

The mouthfeel is medium and slightly creamy. Nice porter that I’d try again.

this is quality, one of the best beers we had in here last weekend, pretty simple but also pretty flavorful, i think its well refined, cleanly fermented, and shows some skill. i believe this is one of the ones that makes the rounds at all locations, and i can see why. deep brown color to it, frothy tan head from the tap, looks right on with a little shine to it. nose of dark chocolate and deep roast, pretty robust, just a bit of caramel malt richness to it, not too much, and very little from yeast or hops, a cool dark grain spectrum here, warming coffee notes as well, almost has a milk stout smell to it, but i do not reckon there is actually lactose in this. flavor is about the same, deep roast but the usual late bitterness is countered instead by some sweeter malts, definitely not fermented down to dry, but it works. coffee notes all through this, light tobacco and raisin, not overly complex but has good flow, enough bitterness at the end, and a smooth, almost creamy feeling body. some light roasted bitterness lingers too, and its not so full that it cant be an all evening pint beer. classically styled and very well executed, one of their better common recipes for my money, especially this time of year...

 

Taste: smooth, smokey malt, caramel coffee notes, clean finish. Semi sweet nose. dark brown, mostly clear, smaller head and lace. Medium body. Easy to pair food with. 28 IBUs

Draft at Boise brewpub. Dark brown, mahogany pour, small skin of head. Aroma is straight up roast grains. Taste, too. Roasty bitterness. Standard porter characteristics.

 

 

I tried this at the brewery. It poured an opaque dark with tan head that left some lacing. The scent had touch of espresso and chocolate. The taste was nicely balanced and very easy to drink. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it was a decent beer.

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly no head and certainly no lace. The color is black where light only passes at the very edges of the glass.

Deep, dark roasted coffee grounds is the smell I get. It may be a porter by name, but the smell is definitely a dry stout.

Light bodied and highly carbonated--less carbonation would have me swear that this is a dry stout. This is a porter with strong black patent malt component. I get no residual sugars at all. The aftertaste is like black coffee.