Day 312, Nov 8 / Fade to Black Pepper Porter

Day 312 / November 8, 2011

Fade to Black Pepper Porter

Left Hand Brewing Co. / Longmont, CO

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From Left Hand’s website:

Imagine Robert DeNiro sitting in your darkened parlour near the fire in his Louis Cyphre persona smoking a Tuscan cigar. This may be the beer with which to save (or lose) your soul.

Dried fruit flavors entwined with smoky pepper and licorice embossed on roasty malt sweetness open on your tongue as the slow warmth of chilis creep up on your tongue and throat, finishing in an herbal smoke ring flourish.

Compared to the Chipotle Porters and Ales I had a couple months ago, this beer is mild on the peppers – in fact it tastes more of black pepper than chile pepper.  It was OK, but I’ll say I’m not a huge fan.

But I do like the logo - here's a big version of it...