Cascade Porter | Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub

5/5  rDev +22.5%

3.75/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

4/5  rDev -2%

4.5/5  rDev +10.3%

4.43/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On tap at Elizabeth station in Bellingham.

A: 1/2" tan head over black liquid.

S: Figs, chocolate, coffee and roasted malt.

T: sweet, figs, pears, chocolate, coffee and it tastes like lactose as well.

M: incredibly smooth and creamy. Makes me wonder if this is a milk stout.

O: incredible flavors, creamy mouth feel, couldn't ask for much more.

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2.8/5  rDev -31.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

The Cascade Porter has no lack of flavor. It is a strong bitter chocolate flavor but tastes charred more than roasted or grainy. It tastes like a cookpot that hasn't been cleaned in awhile.

The beer is opaque brown tinged with red and has a chocolate nose and a vague soapy head. It improves with a bit of warming but ultimately achieves nothing worth waiting for and remains indistinct, and bland though formidably so.

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