A porter to be proud of
Like a worn and favorite tool kept with you on fire line after fire line through a summer of infernos, Pulaski Porter is a rich and pleasant experience, like a fine memory. With overtones of coffee and hints of dark licorice and vanilla bean, Blacksmith Brewing Co.’s Pulaski Porter carries an alcohol warmth in the seven-percent range and a comfortable, almost familiar taste.
Brutally black with a light-brown head, Pulaski Porter reminds me of another porter from many years ago. Not in taste or style, but in its ability to conjure up fun memories. It was Olallie Lake Porter, and it was brewed by a guy who loved the outdoors, and specifically a small central-Oregon lake called Olallie. We spent many summer nights camping by that lake, and every time I drank an Olallalie Lake Porter, I flashed back to fat rainbow trout and nights under a blanket of blue velvet and stars.
There is something familiar in the smoothness of Pulaski Porter. Maybe its the water, maybe its the fact that the brewery sits in the oldest community in Montana. Whatever it is, this is a fine beer.
Prost,
GG
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