The Reverend
Tree House Brewing Company

Exactly one year old. Can to willi becher.

L: Pours a very dark, almost black brown with a light brown head that doesn't leave any lacing. Light brown floaters all over the place.

S: Roasty with notes of coffee, burnt brown sugar and dark chocolate.

T: Dark malts, coffee, chocolate and overripe dark berries. Medium sweetness, medium bitterness and minimally tart. Slightly boozy.

F: Quite smooth and highly drinkable. Medium carbonation.

O: Nicely drinkable porter with a classic taste profile. Very balanced. Great craftsmanship.

 

 

 

 

16oz can courtesy of Rub_This_BBQ. Although the can still features the visage of Dr. King, as featured in the picture here on BA, the label now declares that a portion of the proceeds now go to the Harlem Grown association. The bottom of the can is stamped "I still have a dream" above a canning date of January 17, 2022.

Poured into a Hidden Mother snifter, this was the color of Martin Shkreli's heart. Looked about as viscous, too. Good sized dark tan head that dropped fairly quickly.

Bitter, burnt malt aroma, along with a slightly out of place metallic note.

Taste is better than the nose. Bitter, almost unpleasantly so up front, but that then immediately gives way to a much more nuanced flavor that reminds the taste buds of coffee and chocolate.

Fairly creamy mouth feel.

Not a bad robust porter at all, except for that weird metallic zing in the nose, and, thankfully, that's pretty minor. Nice oatmeal porter going to a great cause. I'm glad to have been able to try it.

16 oz can poured into a wine glass. Pours an opaque dark brown/black with a large creamy tan head. Aroma and flavor feature dark roasted malt, black coffee, semi-sweet chocolate, a hint of caramel, and earthy hops. Mouthfeel is rich and full and on the dry end of the dry-cloying spectrum. Hides the 7.2% abv very well. Overall a fantastic try-to-style robust porter. It's amazing how TH knocks it out of the park with such a wide variety of styles.

Pours a ruddy, garnet-hued black with a thin finger of dark mocha head that settles into a wisp and sloppy crown that leaves moderate lacing.

Bitter dark roast over chocolate milk with a slight sour tang.

The taste follows the nose: a clear oatiness that almost gives off a milk-like quality; a slight tang; flashes of milk chocolate sweetness; and a bitter, lightly acerbic, lightly ashy flavor lingering in the aftertaste.

Creamy and full bodied with tight carbonation that takes a moment to cut through.

A solid, well-balanced, very drinkable porter with great can art.

 

 

16oz can got a lot of the Label descriptors oral like the chocolate Rosie nice beer. But I did not really get the hops and I thought it was a thin

 

 

 

 

From a 16oz can, dated 01/17/22. ‘I still have a dream.’ Served in a willi becher.

Pours a moderately thick appearing oak-brown with a finger of chocolatey foam. Retention is unremarkable but leaves a slim creamy collar and a rousable thin, super-slippery sheet of lacing.

Nose is warm, thick and roasty and dense with the aroma of unsweetened chocolate. (Empty, the warm glass smelled like butterscotch and bourbon - I wanted to eat the empty glass).

Taste follows the nose, dense, fudgy, bittersweet chocolate dominates the front end followed up with minor notes of licorice allsorts and loaf sugar. I’m picking up on a candy corn-like top note which, even though it sounds like it had ought to be unpleasant, I’m really enjoying, especially because overall apparent sweetness is otherwise quite low. Moderate smooth, roasty bitterness is noticeable but not particularly assertive. The candy corn flavor is especially apparent in the aftertaste.

Feel is smooth and round, dense and creamy, and medium-plus bodied relative to the style. Carbonation is… dammit, I finished the glass! No complaints on the carbonation, anyway, and I think I’d remember.

Overall, smooth, smooth, smooth! Oatmeal stout is one of my favorite styles and this one didn’t disappoint in any way. In the Tree House universe of dark beers, ‘stout’ seems to equate with sweet and syrupy and ‘porter’ with… well, less sweet anyway. This one’s certainly thick, but it’s all about the oats, not the residual sugar. Fans of TH’s usual dessert-like fare may be bumming but I thought this rocked.

 

Can dates 01/17/22.
Poured into tulip glass. Jet black, opaque with a tight 1/4” brown head.
Surprisingly light nose with toasted malt, caramel and tobacco notes.
Palate leads with roast malt and caramel, firm bitterness. Cocoa, toffee and hint of vanilla on the finish.
The oats lend a smooth, full mouthfeel. A really well balanced classic porter.