Twilight Of The Idols
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Black with a big, creamy, long-lasting dark-khaki head. Big malty aroma with cocoa undertones. Chocolate milk taste — a bit darker than you get in the carton — with hints of maple, vanilla and cinnamon. Full bodied, creamy feel with soft carbonation. I’d peg it as a milk stout rather than a winter warmer (or winter Porter?), but still tasty.

 

The pour is essentially stout black, brown highlights when backlit.
The taste is deeply malty, chocolate with coffee and vanilla - there is cinnamon but for a change (for me anyway) it is almost hidden behind the vanilla. The coffee is definitely the star of this beer.
The feel is lightly viscous, appropriate for the flavors. They must have more additives than most stouts in this.
OA, one of the best porters I’ve had in a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is all about the coffee and the spices. The vanilla and cinnamon come through but it's the coffee that hits your nose the most. Somewhat thin body but it's not a bad thing as it makes it even more drinkable. Great Porter.

Drank out of a tulip at the brewery.
Thick nitrogen head.
Smell of cocoa.
Complex taste - vanilla plus cocoa plus…
Very smooth.

 

On tap at Sabatinis in Exeter pa earlier this evening.

Looks splendid in the glass. Black body, tan head lasts throughout leaving a sheet of lacing.

Aromas of coffee and chocolate.

On tasting, so smooth. Unsweetened coffee with a mild chocolate note. The roast is lasting, but not a hint of bitterness.

Mouth full, finish a lasting coffee roast, slightly drying.

Overall, excellent coffee porter. Only the long drive home is preventing me from having another.

 

 

 

On tap at Monk’s Cafe in Philadelphia.

 

 

Pours dark black, thin head and very little lacing. Nose has big roasted coffee notes, light cinnamon. Taste is light roasted coffee, roasted malt, mild and lingering bitterness. Mouthfeel is moderate with light carbonation. Does not shy away from bitterness, which is its greatest asset.