Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer - Tommyknocker Brewery

bootsandbeer

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +26.1%

12-02-2012 01:21:56 | More by bootsandbeer

MinorThreat

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

05-16-2013 13:08:21 | More by MinorThreat

tommyguz

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -40.7%

05-10-2013 23:12:17 | More by tommyguz

Bill235

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

05-09-2013 14:41:30 | More by Bill235

bennett_loves_good_beer

Wyoming

3.41/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 2 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a new belgium globe glass. Best by date May 2013. Pours a dark black with a hint of red/amber with a tiny bit of head that dissipates quickly. Little lacing on the glass. Aroma is full of cocoa powder, coffee, and licorice. Taste is full of roasted coffee with a cocoa finish. Faintly sweet. Lightly carbonated and a good clean mouthfeel with this beer in my opinion.

Serving type: bottle

05-04-2013 20:44:17 | More by bennett_loves_good_beer

Bigben0328

Georgia

2.5/5  rDev -25.8%

04-24-2013 03:32:46 | More by Bigben0328

Hophead420

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

04-13-2013 07:22:04 | More by Hophead420

bulldog91

Illinois

3/5  rDev -11%

04-10-2013 23:52:57 | More by bulldog91

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

04-09-2013 03:56:32 | More by SmellsofMahagony

dasunder

Tennessee

3/5  rDev -11%

04-08-2013 02:26:59 | More by dasunder

Metz55

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

04-03-2013 01:24:54 | More by Metz55

beercatbrew

Illinois

4/5  rDev +18.7%

03-30-2013 01:54:31 | More by beercatbrew

ohiobeer29

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +11.3%

03-23-2013 20:24:58 | More by ohiobeer29

Michaeldmanley

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

03-16-2013 04:56:40 | More by Michaeldmanley

mmsimmons

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -25.8%

03-12-2013 22:31:46 | More by mmsimmons

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.41/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Ale brewed with cocoa and honey. Pint glass set to receive. Best by Apr 29 13.

Pours dark brown. The head gargled with a heightened drip. Doesn't want to sit, though. Wouldn't even have populated these bubbles on top if it weren't for an elevated hand. Some glass-glazing.

Spot on. Smells of chocolate and honey. The chocolate is dark, but not as dusty as I'd perceive cocoa to be. Sweetness attached to the honey and really serves the dark malts well. Light caramel. Notes of heated treacle.

Eh, then I taste it. A little watery. Roasty, but held back a bit. Dry cocoa, nuttiness, a dry honey tone, attenuated malts, very light cardboard note that backs away enough to not count too harshly against it. Has a funny aftertaste, like stale earthy hops.

Drinks at a decent pace. Body is medium, but not stout-y. Carbonation has a late sting to it; there's a little more than enough of it.

These seasonal beers are still fun to me, thank goodness. Otherwise, there's a lot of them that leave you a little flat. This isn't a bad beer by any means, it just falls short all over the place. A nearly respectable porter; a terribly average craft offering. Yet, sadly, one of my favorite Tommyknocker beers.

Serving type: bottle

03-12-2013 03:26:06 | More by thecheapies

Pensfan0782

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -18.4%

03-07-2013 00:26:24 | More by Pensfan0782

jmarsh123

Indiana

3.63/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.5

Pours dark brown with some copper hue. Thick brown head with decent retention and chunks of lacing.

Roasted malts and some cocoa on the nose. Perhaps a bit of caramel and chocolate too.

Lots of roasty malt in the flavor. Some cocoa and coffee flavor as well. Upfront flavors are good, but finishes a bit metallic.

Thin for a porter with carbonation a touch high.

More than I was expecting out of this. Flavors are actually half decent. The only thing that really brings it down is mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

03-04-2013 19:12:42 | More by jmarsh123

zachgroves

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +11.3%

03-04-2013 03:33:31 | More by zachgroves

OregonGrown7

Nebraska

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

03-03-2013 18:07:11 | More by OregonGrown7

DrkNite12

New York

2/5  rDev -40.7%

03-03-2013 15:54:17 | More by DrkNite12

archero

Texas

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

03-03-2013 06:38:21 | More by archero

CaptainNomihodai

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

03-03-2013 04:03:42 | More by CaptainNomihodai

muskiesman

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

03-02-2013 22:44:24 | More by muskiesman

GoldHorde

Minnesota

3.15/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25

Well, while it AIN'T a gutter-ball Tommyknocker's Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer was so unoffensive that I had to actually GOOGLE up "Porter vs. Stout" to refresh myself of what characteristics that I am SUPPOSE to be looking for in the Porter style. Turns out that it is right up the middle...for a SPLIT; it fits so safely in the Porter style that it is nothing more than...a Porter.

Color = pass (dark brown)
Head = pass (thin but lasting)
Smell = pass (sweet maltiness)
Mouthfeel = accurate (medium body)

I've come to expect any beer advertising "Winter" to generally be noticeably-to-sharply smoked in flavor which is NOT a characteristic I care for in beverages - which is why it doubly surprised me for it's overall unoffensiveness.

I would offer this to guests as an introduction to the base Porter style (the rule) and then follow with Porters that push the style to the four corners of its boundaries (bending but not breaking the rules). The "Winter" part however, escapes me - and thankfully in this case...

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2013 05:03:35 | More by GoldHorde