1929 Prohibition Porter
Powder Hollow Brewery

Taster at Powder Hollow. Dark brown pour, a thin ring of beige bubbles. Aroma is Nesquick chocolate powder, sweet. Taste is melted crayons, chocolate powder, sweet. Thin feel.

 

 

With a name like Prohibition Porter, I was expecting it to be aged in hard liquor barrels. It had a coffee flavor that I didn't like.

Nice dark Porter with one finger head and a very steady head that lasts, smell likes caramel or chocolate but I found myself searching for it, the taste was a good kick in the teeth of coffee but disappears quite quickly, not a oily feeling it comes then quickly leaves with the coffee taste leaving you wanting another gulp

 

Light foamy head, very little lacing, dark mahogany color

Nose sweet chocolate syrup, cocoa, little toasted malt, light

Taste more chocolate syrup, cocoa, molasses caramel syrup thing, little bitterness and roast
Mouth is med to lighter bod, lighter carb little creamy

Overall eh

 

 

Much like their Caffeination Station Espresso Porter, this beer seemed closer to a stout than a porter. It was a lovely dark brown, with a half finger head that left some lacing, but that's where it diverged a bit.

Aroma was roasted malt and coffee, but much more powerful than I would expect from an average porter.

Taste was also heavy on the roasted malts and bitter coffee, without a lot of chocolate flavors.

Mouthfeel was thick and oily, with some creaminess from the carbonation.

Overall I am giving this marks slightly above average, because it is a good solid beer. Don't get me wrong, I would drink this one again without hesitation. But it was a bit thick and heavy and I would have referred to it as an American Stout had I been given it blind.