Bristlecone Brown Porter
Ruby Mountain Brewing

 

Dark, dark brown, near black pour with small tight beige head. Slightly smoky, nutty aroma and taste, medium weight and creamy mouth feel. not too bad.

 

 

 

This is a excellent beer great easy drinking brown porter. Good mineral taste that is not overwhelming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Pours a clear amber that appears brown in my large Sam Adams Barrel House tulip with a one finger almost tan creamy head that dissipates leaving small bits of residual lacing.

S. Light roasted malt and some sweet milk chocolate character with a bit of lightly roasted coffee.

T. Roasted malt with a slight roasted bitterness.

M. Fairly thin with with a medium level of biting carbonation.

D. The mouthfeel and very light character make it seem like you're drinking a malt soda rather than a beer. As I worked my way through the glass, this grew on me a bit. A nice dark roast easy drinker.

I purchased 2 growlers in April for an eastward sojourn to Philadelphia beer week. I had tasted it at the brewery & felt it would be a hit I'm Philadelphia. I was correct again!

It pours clear an the amber coloring is clear all the way through.

It has the taste of a light hop but without a bitter taste afterward. Very smooth.

This is a great porter & in my opinion, sorely under appreciated for the taste, clarity, quality it delivers with every glass!

When you see the brewery & understand the water source, the snow melt from Ruby Mountain immediately behind it, you may better understand. At 5100 feet elevation in the Humbolt Mountains of eastern Nevada & water being the major component of beer, you may be better able to understand why this is such a pleasing brew.

If you can, I believe every serious beer aficionado should give this refreshing, filling beverage a try! Especially with a great meal! It is absolutely outstanding with a Mexican food dinner!

poured into a pint glass, poured a blackish brown with a two finger head that rose to the top, their was a lot of flotys in this one, their was no real strong smell, slight dark roast malts, the taste is bland, roast malt and a hint of hops. this isnt a bad beer but its not real great eather

Wiseman Zach lives in Carson City, NV and decided to bring some local beers back to SLO after winter break. What a stud.
Poured slowly into a goblet because it's my birthday and I'll do whatever the fuck I want (including writing fuck twice).

Appearance: Pours dark brown with red highlights around the edges. A light tan head foams up and then quickly drops back down to a thin halo. Spotty lace.

Smell: Mocha, chocolate flakes, milk, and roasted bready malts. Smells pretty full-bodied.

Taste: Mocha, dry milk-chocolate flakes, bready malts, and some mild citric hops to round it out. Possibly some other spices floating around in there, but overall it's pretty smooth and dairy-feeling (if that makes sense). A pretty heavy porter. Wiseman Jorge calls it "bland", but I think it's better than average.

Mouthfeel: Generously carbonated (in a bad way) with a really thick feel for a porter. Good amount of malt chewiness, as well as mouth-numbing.

Drinkability: A really heavy porter with too much carbonation. Taste didn't wow me at all, though it was decent. Kinda like carbonated chocolate milk (not that bad, but...)

Another fine new brew from Nevada for me to try. This one seemed the fullest out of the package that I had to try, so I went for it after dinner this evening. Served chilled and poured into a pint glass, this one was consumed on 01/03/2009.

The pour was decent enough, rich looking medium brown with only a slight bit of light coming through on the sides and the bottom of the glass. Decent head of tan over the top collapsed into a broken crown after a few moments.

Nice light earthy hop nose in here. Roasted malts, a touch of chocolate and a light smokey nose were all mildly present. Smooth delivery here. Roasty flavor that melded well with the light grain like flavor. Hint of a dark fruit note and a slight hop bitterness, especially in the finish. Smooth drinking with a medium to full body that benefitted greatly from the mellow carbonation.

Overall I thought this was an excellent beer. Very smooth, manageable and easily drinkable. I would have no issue with trying another one of these any day.

A-Deep brown with a small light tan head.

S-A bit of chocolate malt coupled with some floral hops notes.

T-Caramel and roasted malts with hints of cocoa and coffee. A nice dose of floral hops in the backdrop.

M-Medium body with a nice dry finish. Nothing exciting...missing something.

D-Decent stuff. I like the hoppy bite in this as well as the cocoa/coffee combo. Nothing aggressive but totally palatable.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown body with reddish-hued edges and topped by a thin, fizzy off-white head.

Smell: Faint cocoa aroma with some sharp fruity notes.

Taste: Brown malts with a sweetish cocoa taste. A juggernaut fruity twanginess runs down all the other flavors. Hint of bitterness. Sourish finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation.

Drinkability: A bit of a disappointment, I didn't care for this porter at all.