Appearance - Nice finger & a half head, fairly quick dissipation; murky, dark cherry color, ruby hues through the brew up to lantern light
Aroma - A bit fruity, cherries, some dark malts, smoky vanilla, cola, cinnamon & clove even as it warmed
Taste/Mouthfeel - Nice smooth intro into dark malts, syrup at first, coffeeish into decent carbonation, a slight bit of Fuggle hop bitterness soon into almost cola quality, some dark oranges on the tongue, smoky chocolateRoundup - I'm not sure this would qualify for a porter in the Brewers Assoc. Beer Style Guidelines, but who knows (or really cares?) - while the Yorkshire Square yeast did a great job for this style, I think the amount of Special B in the recipe may have moved it more into the dark English ale, brown ale territory. Maybe too much dark fruit aroma & taste a bit different from porters, which tend to favor mainly dark malt, chocolate malt flavor, w/ no fruity ale qualities, generally. Also, this probably has a little more alcohol than a general porter (which is usually between 4-5% abv). This is probably more like 5-6%, at least. We did add some Turbinado to the wort to jack it up a bit. Unfortunately, I cant be certain of the abv for this one b/c my hydrometer broke just before I brewed this one. Also, the hops are not banging, but def. present, more than I think I've noticed in a "classic" porter; however, I do like this, it's a good English-style ale, & with the chocolate malt, close enough to where I would still place it as a porter. Flavors/aroma completely swell when warming.
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