Porter - Bourbon Barrel-Aged
Port Jeff Brewing Company
- From:
- Port Jeff Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.66 | pDev: 18.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 06, 2016
- Added:
- Dec 28, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
A fresh batch of Port Jeff Porter is divided into three Heaven Hill Distilleries whiskey barrels (virgin, one-fill, and two-fill), matured for three months, and carefully reunited using secret blending techniques—involving some mandatory taste-testing, of course—performed by our brewmaster. The aforementioned barrels introduce bourbon, oak, and vanilla to our traditional porter, catapulting the beer to a new level of complexity. It’s that simple.
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Reviewed by beerloserLI from New York
3.92/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A light and slick black pour with a soft white head that dissipates quickly. The nose gives off notes of chocolate, wood, and sugars.
The drinking starts with lots of sweet malts and sugars upfront. A tad soapy with the subtle barrel tones coming over on the finish. Nice tones of bourbon, sugary molasses, and oaky wood. The mouth feel is on the lighter side with a slight stickiness to it.
Overall, and enjoyable and decent porter.
May 12, 2013The drinking starts with lots of sweet malts and sugars upfront. A tad soapy with the subtle barrel tones coming over on the finish. Nice tones of bourbon, sugary molasses, and oaky wood. The mouth feel is on the lighter side with a slight stickiness to it.
Overall, and enjoyable and decent porter.
Reviewed by joefuzz from New York
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottled 2/13 I think batch 2
Pours a like a deep brown ale with a 2 finger cream colored head. Smells of vanilla and muted hops. Taste starts off like a normal slightly hopped porter and ends with a nice barrel presence vanilla, toffee and a slight alcohol warming. Mouthfeel is the same as the normal porter with slightly lower carbonation. Overall good beer...its good to see a local brewery trying to barrel age beers but I think they need to get their process down...hope there is more to come from these guys.
Mar 31, 2013Pours a like a deep brown ale with a 2 finger cream colored head. Smells of vanilla and muted hops. Taste starts off like a normal slightly hopped porter and ends with a nice barrel presence vanilla, toffee and a slight alcohol warming. Mouthfeel is the same as the normal porter with slightly lower carbonation. Overall good beer...its good to see a local brewery trying to barrel age beers but I think they need to get their process down...hope there is more to come from these guys.
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