Moylans Chelsea Moylan's Porter
This is a rich, robust porter, cleverly crafted to integrate the aromas and flavors of espresso coffee malt and bitter-sweet chocolate malt. Inspired by owner Brendan Moylans’ daughter Chelsea, this is an American-Irish Style Porter that dark beer drinkers will love
3.5
218 reviews
Novato, United States
Community reviews
From tap at Mi2 at Cardinal 14.09.15. Almost ebony. Small pale brown head. Aroma and taste of roasted barley, vanilla and smole. Medium bitterness. Low carbonation. Perhaps slightly waterish. Fine aftertaste.
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours dark brown to black with beige head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, coffee. Some bitterness and roasted bitterness. Dry mouth feel.
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Black colour, large beige head. Roasty aroma, notes of dark chocolate and coffee. Fairly light bodied. Medium dry roasty flavour, notes of espresso coffee, a slight acidity and dark bitter chocolate, also noticeable bittering hops. A decent porter for its strength.
Great beer! Dark and Strong one! Coffee and chocolate aroma! Drink it with an apple-pie!
Dark brown and almost clear. Has an off-white head. Roasted aroma with notes of burnt coffee. Flavor is mainly burnt, perhaps a bit watery too.
coffee and chocolate aroma,brown, hazy, off white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel, bitter, long finish,
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, little apple, taste is dry, sweet, roasty, chocolate, thin.
Tap.Dark brown colour with small beige head.Aroma of espresso and chocolate,roasted and malty,but also note of milk and dried fruits,feels overall a bit thin by style i think.
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen.Pours black with a tan head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, coffee and chocolate, caramel, nice smooth mouthfeel, roasted finish.
Tap at taphouse Clear dark brown red smoooooth light brown head. Roasted malts and dark caramel in the aroma. Flavor is malty full bodied dry stout ish very close to perfection smooth dry stout ish beer slightly more caramelly than guiness slightly more burnt caramel but still very remarkable. Please order this if you ever get the chance
From tap. Pours hazy brown with a huge tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate. Thick malty and lingering chocolate. Smooth roasted. Dark malty and roasted. Caramelish finish.
Draft. A brown beer with a huge dense brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocolate, malt, and bread, leading to a dry roasted finish.
[4/27/15] Draught at Taphouse in Copenhagen. Black with a tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, some diacetyl, cream, roast. Roasty flavor with coffee with milk, a bit of diacetyl, and some chocolate. Medium-bodied, a bit creamy.
Excelente y muy equilibrada, tiene un paladar elegante, tierno y seco, que resulta refrescante a la irlandesa por su punta de acidez bien calibrada
Bottle, 5%. Very dark brown medium tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel and a little coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, strong, chocolate, medium sweet, caramel, little coffee, hop, little liquorice and medium bitter.
Tap@Fermentoren, Copenhagen (4/4/2015) - black coloured pour with tan head. Roasted malty aroma and taste, coffee and chocolate, caramel, nice smooth mouthfeel, roasted finish.
Draft @ Taphouse, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
Marrom bem escura, quase negra. Espuma densa marrom, de média duração. Aroma licoroso, achocolatado, toffee, adocicado levemente café. Paladar levemente adocicado, com amargor crescente mas leve, bastante café. Aftertaste confirma o café e amargor. Corpo leve, baixa carbonação. Uma porter muito bem equilibrada, sem excessos ou sensação aguada de algumas outras conhecidas.
Draught at Taphouse.
Clear dark brown colored with a medium sized off-white head.
Sweet and light roasted aroma of caramel and bread with notes of dried fruits.
Fruity and light roasted flavor of caramel and bread.
Light roasted finish.
From tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen. Black with a nice beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, caramel, coffee, fruit and chocolate.
On tap at Fermentoren. Dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of caramel and coffee with diacetyl. Sweet malty flavour.
Bottle 66cl / Botella 66cl.
@ La Birra.
A: Dark brown / Marron oscuro.
T/S: Roasted malt, chocolate, sweet / Malta tostada, chocolate, dulce.
Pour on tap, dark brownish black pour with tan head, aroma brought notes of cocoa powder, roast, some nice sweet brownie type notes into a nice roasty coffee note, touch of yeast into a bit of red fruits. Taste was a mix of cocoa, coffee, roast into a bit of dark fruit, slight caramel, yeast, finishing slightly sweet, dry.
(bottle - 22 oz) Dark brown with a tan head. Sweet chocolate and light roasted malt and coffee in the aroma. Chocolate and coffee at the start of the flavor with an incredibly smooth middle and a light wine-like finish.
Robust porter seeking to connect with the rich and old porter tradition from the British Isles, named after the founder’s daughter. Interesting: "we hope to begin a new tradition of brewing (...) that any black beer lover will enjoy". These noble ambitions aside, this brew has a lot to offer indeed: colour is a very dark burgundy, not to say black, under a relatively thick, creamy, dense, pale beige head with good retention and good lacing. Aroma is strong, complex and perfumey for a 5% ABV beer, and displays everything I expect from an American interpretation of porter: tons of coffee beans, frying bacon, bitter chocolate, beef broth, raisins, fresh paint, fresh rosemary, port wine, vanilla beans, paprika, iron (but in a good, ’bloody’ kind of way - sorry), a very faint suggestion of fennel seed, faint hint of smoked herring, coffee liqueur, dried ginger, dried orange peel. Dryish and ’light’ onset, crisp, dried fruits, raisins, freshly cut vegetables (thinking celery or carrots), weak background hint of charcoal, soft carbo, with a smooth, powdery mouthfeel, middle phase consists of lingering but very restrained fruitiness over a full, soft and bready caramelly maltiness, slightly metallic but not disturbingly so, quite nutty too but low on the chocolate department, which I suppose distinguishes this from a stout. Finishes primarily malty, caramelly, but slick and not cloying at all, with peppery and earthy hops playing a balancing role, along with a long-lasting, black coffee-like roasted bitterness; alcohol remains completely hidden, as ought to be the case in a beer of this strength. This is a very fine robust porter indeed, exemplary for its style, with a remarkably high drinkability. Cheers to miss Chelsea!
Aroma: roasted malt and fruity sweet.
Flavour: roasted chocolate and fruity sweet. Watery mouthfeel.
Colour: dark reddish brown with an offwhite head.
Bottle from Prima Beer. Clear very dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 281214
650ml bottle. Jet black colour with average to huge, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty dark malty aroma has notes of ignoble, coarse, but spicy coffee, , dark chocolate, cocoa powder, herbal hoppy overtones. Taste is minimally sweet, chocolately dark malty, dry to bitter dark chocolate, a touch of milk chocolate, grassy and herbal hoppy overtones, chlorophyllic-oxidized and minimally mineral; slightly too prickling carbonation. Somehow ’Dutch IPA-ic’ in its grassy, mineral, water and carbo aspects.
Pours black with a khaki head. Chocolate, coffee, roasted malt and caramel aroma and flavors. Medium body. Very creamy. Chocolate finish.
Foam disappear rather quickly but leaves a nose with hints of roasted malt and espresso. Taste is bitter and sweet at the same time. Overall a fine and robust porter