Blackbeard's Porter
Foley Brothers Brewing

The pour is mocha colored with a tan & frothy head of foam. The taste is rich roasted malt, maple syrup, molasses, dark chocolate, & vanilla bean. Moreover, the 8% abv is well hidden. Cheers! A-

Draught. Was old and flat so not a fair impression. Very dark. Rich boozy malty flavor, slightly raisins. Malty. Can't pick out any interesting flavors, kind of safe for such a dark beer. Good tho.

 

Drank on tap at Foley Bros in Quechee. Pours black with minimal head. Slightly sweet with bitter notes throughout. Pleasant. A lot of flavors - chocolate, maple, vanilla, etc - but nothing noticeable. Again, pleasant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First time canning.
16 oz. can with no date, as is Fo-Bros M.O.
Just rec'd in stores this week, so it is fresh.
Moderate pour yields a one inch tan head over a very dark brown, near black body with scant lacing. Nose of maple, vanilla, and chocolate malt. Taste mirrors nose nicely with a bitter chocolate finish. Delicious! Nice feel and overall, a very tasty offering from Brandon, VT. Cheers!

 

 

This was poured into an English pint glass. The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin off white almost to tan foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Lacing was there and leveled off at a nice pace. The smell had vanilla bean up front with a nice roasty note to it complemented by a rich to sweet cocoa and coffee bliss roaming all about. The taste was mainly sweet with a nice roasty and semi-bitter balance to it. Coffee, cocoa, vanilla, light maple and subtle dark fruits all come together in the taste to blend really nicely. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionable feel to it. Carbonation feels nice (fairly low), allowing the dark fruits to try and make a subtle stickiness, still the dryness from the coffee bean slides in for the balance on the feel. Overall, so did they use a lager yeast for this, I don’t know but judging by the feel, I’d say they might have, hmmm....not sure.