Black Duck Porter
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company

 

Served from the can in a Lgunitas mason jar.

Pours a deep hickory topped by a finger of tan foam. The nose comprises roast, sweet coffee (y'know the smell you get when you pass by the coffee store in the mall?), and a bit of cocoa powder. The taste brings in more of the same, the roast taking a dark turn, and a touch of anise poking its head in every now and again in a very busybody-like way. The body is a stolid medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a relatively dry finish. A nice bit of roasty, robust porter.

 

 

Look: Extremely dark chocolate brown, almost black. One finger of foamy tan head with good retention.

Smell: Roast malt, slight sweet coffee note.

Taste: Sweet and roasted malt. Slight sourness. Very, very mild bitterness that immediately disappears.

Mouthfeel: Creamy with mild carbonation.

Overall: A decent but unspectacular porter.

 

 

 

 

12oz. can into a Brooklyn Brewery snifter.

Nose is roasted malt, smoke, black coffee and dark chocolate. Great balance of flavors. Beer opens black coffee, roasted malt, and bitter dark chocolate. More smoke and some liquorice in the middle with a coffee tartness and smoke at the finish. A very solid representation of the style. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly on the palate and goes down accented with a rather clean aftertaste. I wish this was a touch more rich.

I'm overall pretty impressed by this beer. Just a really good representation of what a porter should be.

pours dark black with good head = heavy malt flavors - slightly on the strong side

 

Pitch black pour with a finger of coffee color lacing that sticks around nicely. Taste is of coffee, toffee, dark chocolate, some smoke. Mouthfeel is pleasant, slightly thin for the style. Very slight hop finish, but strong rich malt throughout. Long time enjoyable standard from this Noth Fork Long Island NY brewer.

 

Pours black with thick foam. Not a typical porter. Light aroma. Very dry clean body. Subtle malt finish. Not bad.

 

 

 

 

-ebony bottle pour with a thin foam cap and an aroma of toasted malt, a bit bitter. The flavor is very good, charred chocolate malt, espresso and a bit of woody hop. The finish is clean and flavor persists.

 

Solid Porter. Pours jet black. Good tan head.not sweet and just right for a summer drink on the roof deck. Some malt and some chocolate. Very tasty beer.

 

Pours a deep brown/black, minimal head ,Initial nose of fruity character, ideal amount of carbonation for the style, taste is of mild chocolate and with a malty finish that dosnt linger for too long. A good sessionable porter.

 

 

 

 

 

Very good, beige, tight-bubbled head. It never fades entirely. Some streaks on the glass. The liquid is dark brown where light doesn't pass.

Chalky, powdered cocoa nose. Semisweet.

Dry, nearly dark chocolate up front taste. A bit chalky. Enough hop bitterness to add complexity. Neutral body and elevated carbonation. Relatively short aftertaste. Overall, a middle-of-the-road Porter.

 

Pours black with a well retained two inch tan head that left some streaks of lacing. Smells and tastes of dark chocolate, dark roasted malts, coffee, slight nuttiness and some mild bitterness in the taste. Full bodied for the style, light to moderate bitterness, creamy mouth feel.

L: Nearly pitch black with a hint of ruby red at the bottom of the glass. Small floaties near the bottom. A small tan head with medium retention. A thin film remains, leaving streaky lacing.

S: Dark chocolate, brownies, fudge, soy sauce, vanilla, cocoa, raisin.

T: Dark chocolate, cocoa, and then sweet brownies/fudge upfront. Some soy sauce and burnt sugar in the middle, with a hardy pumpernickel bread backbone. Trails off into a moderate bitterness of cocoa powder and black coffee.

F: Creamy and well-rounded upfront, moderately carbonated, trailing off to a thinner finish, but still a big mouthfeel for 4.7%

O: A really good porter with the trappings of an imperial stout. Very well done.

 

 

the taste of this wonderful beer is slightly nutty and dark chocolatey It's smooth easy to drink. A pretty close comparison in my opinion to a Guinness. If not better.

Not usually in to porter's, but this is a pretty solid one.