Certified Organic Porter - Eel River Brewing Co.

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rAvg: 3.53
pDev: 15.01%
Reviews: 151
Hads: 40

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Eel River Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.80% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (140), on-tap (11).

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Reviews by rtratzlaff:

rtratzlaff

North Carolina

3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

This beer pours a pitch black body with ruby highlights and a tan one finger head that sticks around well leaving minimal lacing

Aromas are of dark chocolate, coffee, and loads of dark malts. Not much going on in the hops department.

Initial flavors are sweet chocolate upfront with a roast coffee finish. Some licorice notes show up as well.

The mouthfeel is rather creamy with low carbonation. I allowed this to warm quite a bit and the mouthfeel is rather chewy even with the first sip.

For a porter at 5.8 abv this is a decent choice. It is a bit sweet for my liking, but others would love that quality.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2010 22:22:30 | More by rtratzlaff

More User Reviews:

tazzman

Florida

3.25/5 rDev -7.9%

05-20-2013 22:23:41 | More by tazzman

MaddDogg84

Texas

4.5/5 rDev +27.5%

05-14-2013 04:36:49 | More by MaddDogg84

SocalKicks

California

3.5/5 rDev -0.8%

05-10-2013 01:30:43 | More by SocalKicks

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -7.9%

05-04-2013 13:09:09 | More by SmellsofMahagony

Rlombardi75

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5 rDev -0.8%

03-16-2013 18:35:01 | More by Rlombardi75

bcsbeer

Florida

3.25/5 rDev -7.9%

03-04-2013 18:48:17 | More by bcsbeer

Tiernan

Texas

3.25/5 rDev -7.9%

12-31-2012 04:34:05 | More by Tiernan

Ford

Texas

3.85/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle poured into a regular pint glass.

This has all the flavors I expect form a porter... because it's a porter.

This is a really easy to drink beer. I don't think of Porter being session type beers, but this one almost seems like it could be. Nothing is overpowering anything else.

I think it's really good and I'm going to be looking to pick up a six pack of this soon.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2012 01:53:21 | More by Ford

FlyingKelly

Texas

3.75/5 rDev +6.2%

11-29-2012 01:58:44 | More by FlyingKelly

Lawl3ss

Texas

3.13/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Lightly chilled 22 oz. bomber into a 12 oz stemless tulip. No visible bottling date.

Look- Brown-ruby brown, transparent. Three fingers of loose head, dissipates after a minute or so.

Smell- Nougaty, intensely malty, sweet. Smells like malta or similar.

Taste- What do you know, it tastes like malta as well. Not as sweet as expected, maple, toasty, nutty, cola-like. Mild hop bitterness, leafy character comes out towards the end. Light roasty finish, almost charred, aftertaste is mineral but subtle.

Mouthfeel- Prickly carbonation despite a vigorous pour, still comes off as fairly smooth. Body average for the style.

Overall- Well executed but nothing special. I could take it or leave it.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2012 06:52:31 | More by Lawl3ss