Chocolate Porter
River Horse Brewing Co.

Black color. Nice, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and milk chocolate. Sweet taste, full of chocolate. Full, smooth and creamy body. Good, desert beer.

 

 

12 FL. OZ. bottle
Served in a can glass

This beer pours black and is topped with a tan head that disappears quickly leaving spotty lacing.

It has a nice milk chocolate aroma with hints of roasted malt.

The taste is milk chocolate. I get a little roasted malt and coffee in the finish and aftertaste.

Kind of light bodied for a porter. Smooth mouthfeel

Porter is a tough style to fuck up, so I tend to like them all. This one tastes good, but has a thin, for style, mouthfeel. Other than that I have no gripes.

 

Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown close to black color. Mellow head swiftly falling off into the glass leaving some messy lace.
The aroma had some chocolate chip cookie, milky/creamy lactose, vanilla and sweet coffee portions.
The flavor briskly leads with a certain cookie sweetness then develops some balance of vanilla, mild roasty coffee and some toast. Not much aftertaste but seemed somewhat chocolatey.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a good sessionability about it. Good carbonation and a mild finish of roast, chocolate and coffee sweetness.
Overall, really nice porter, I'd have again preferably in Winter.

 

 

 

 

Pours deep dark chocolate with light tan foam. On the nose notes of vanilla, coffee, almond and chocolate. Deep flavor notes of nutty chocolate and vanilla coffee. Nice porter with good balance of mild sweet malt topped with crisp hop to bring it close to a stout. 6.7% ABV & low IBU 15.9. Cheers!

Decanted from a 12 oz (355 ml) bottle into a conical pint glass; no production informtation.
A: Pours a dark brown color with a one inch, tan head, relatively modest retention but copiuous lacing.
S: Aromas of mocha becoming increasingly cocoa, cookie, vanilla, and lactose are most striking.
T: Sweet and (Cadbury) chocolatey with rich maltiness and toffee. Bitterness enough to keep sweetness from becoming cloying.
M: Medium bodied with medium carbonation, smooth and creamy, but somewhat less viscous than I would have expected.
O: A richly designed, chocolatey porter, on the order of a milk stout. Flavorful and enjoyable.

Smooth beer. Strong chocolate flavor.

A: Nice cola-brown coloring with a 2+ finger hazelnut foam capping. Lacing is thick and lustrious, sticking well to the vessel. Small micro-beads of carbonation are released relatively quickly. Beautiful capping and color, fit to style, along with structure gives this a nice bump visually.

S: Cocoa powder is fresh on the nose and sweet along with freshly grated chocolate of moderate strength. Milky roast and a small smoky burnt woodiness finishes.

T: Milky roast coffee flavor, is highlighted with sweet chocolate and cocoa powder giving a flavorful start. Medium rate of roast bitterness keeps things smooth and balanced. Sweet chocolate and earthy milky roast gives this a nice finish as it started.

M: Medium milky body, smooth finish off the tongue with a tiny carbonation texture.

O: Flavorful porter with rich, sweet chocolate and cocoa powder attributes gives this a nice drinkable approach. Good first impression with a milky roast after taste of good strength will keep you returning for more.

 

12 oz. bottle poured into a tulip glass.

L---Opaque, dark brown. Thick medium brown head. Head fades quickly to a thin cap, but leaves good lacing.

S---Malty. Mostly chocolate with maybe a bit of molasses.

T---Very chocolatey. More milk than dark chocolate. Sweet, definitely a dessert beer, but not overwhelmingly so.

F---Much lighter than I expected. Still medium bodied, but I was expecting heavier from the smell & style.

O---For folks who like just the four ingredients, this might not be for you. I think it's an excellent offering by a quality brewery. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this. BTW, the wife gives it a five star rating.

 

 

I look around for good chocolate stouts or porters, this is one of the best, and the one from Southern Tier would be another one. What I don't like much myself: too much vanilla, or too much chocolate. This one has a lighter body than Southern Tier's, and less bitterness. Lovely thick light brown foam. It is very slightly sweet, but not unpleasantly so.