Cannery Brewing Thornless Blackberry Porter

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Poured a thin layer of brownish head. Has a dark appearance, a somewhat purplish hue. Good lacing. Creamy mouthfeel. Blackberry flavours are abundant as well as roasted malts, barley, spices, subtle coffee notes, grapes. Yum. Getting barley type aromas, spices and hints of vanilla. very strong on first drink but settled in after a couple more. Would try again.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Pours a clear deep black with ruby highlights when candled. Smallish cap but fair lacing. Modest carbonation. Pungent but tasteful natural berry aroma mingles with and compliments roasty malt tones, some grassy and earthy hop notes...nice nose to this. Front side is a great 3-way amalgam of hops roast and berry frutiness..mid palate more complex malting is detected with caramel-toasty-roasty body challenging hop astringency...bittering/malting comes through late leading to a increasingly london porter-like finish. A very well constructed fruit ale ...complex malting and hopping retains a rich porter character with a complimentary natural blackberry flourish. Very drinkable and satisfying...top flight micro beer.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Another new beer at Ontario's LCBO chains...this one coming in an American sized bottle. The beer pours a deep ruby colour with a pinkish coloured cap that lingers. Once the top is popped, there is no doubt that this is a fruit beer. Tons of blackberries hit the noise with some hints of coffee. The taste is more porter-like with the ropasted malt flavours coming through augmented by the blackberries.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Wow... I was not expecting much from this fruit porter, after having the Barley Days Yuletide Cherry Porter a year ago, and not really enjoying the mix between porter and fruit (cherry). This time, it's blackberries, and it seems to work much better. This beer pours a dark brown, but not black, and has red highlights. Its head is nice and creamy, tanned, has great retention even staying all along, coating the brew and lacing all over. Fresh blackberry smell with some dark malt in the background and hints of butterscotch. Beautiful mouthfeel that refreshing, but not too watery and oily, with a little dryness in the end. The fruit is present in the taste, but very well-balanced with notes of roasted malt, caramel malt, coffee and molasses. This beer is so well-brewed, I really enjoyed it and would love to have some in cellar.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

650ml bottle
6.5% ABV
Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
September 20, 2010
The beer poured a translucent reddish-black with a thin tan head. The aroma was blackberry, roasted malt and some coffee. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was roasted malt, coffee, some blackberry (certainly not in the same strength as the aroma).

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This beer was pretty neat. Has a thin head which simmers to a thin film. The head actually sticks to the sides of the glass like guiness. Not to the same degree, but it definatley stays there. I was having a debate on the smell, somewhere between a bodyshop berry moisturizer or robittusun berry cough syrup. It smells fruity and sugary but not neccesarily like real fruit, definatly a medicinal trace here, perhaps a result of the slightly warmer temperature which it was served. Gently sour and tart, touch of ornagy malts, but mostly a blackberry/blueberry flavour. If someone gave me this beer blind and said guess the fruit: it would be a coinflip between nearly anything that has the word berry in it. Flavour thins with time. Altogether, quite nice. Will try again, perhaps colder, or room temp or both.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle courtesy of CBA: Poured a dark black color porter with a nice foamy head with some good retention. Aroma of sweet berry is somewhat dominating with some light roasted malt notes also noticeable. Taste is a nice balance between semi-sweet berries and some light dry roasted malt notes. Body is a bit light with some better then average carbonation. I have to admit to being pleasantly surprised by that one since I usually don’t like fruit and porter to be mixed together.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Pours a deep dark reddish brown, ruby red and purplish highlights. Thick creamy head, good stability and nice thick sheets of lacy bubbles. Just looking at it makes your mouth water, combine that with the aroma of ripe blackberries, a winner for sure. Lots of sweet juicy smells, but not overly sugary or artifial smelling. A nice full bodied porter flavor with lots of dark roasted malts, raisin, and of course blackberry taste. Just a touch of smokiness sneaks through as the beer starts to warm up a bit. Nice bitter balance at the end. The blackberry is definitely in there but still subtle enough that it doesn't overpower the rest of the flavor or aromas. Thick and creamy mouthfeel with just enough carbonation to keep it crisp and dry. I am glad this 'easy sipping wonder' is available, and I will be looking for it again. A non-traditional combination, not really just a fruit beer, a solid beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

pours a nice dark red with a creamy tan head. aroma is pretty much fruit...blackberry...go figure!! its pretty decent in taste... can taste mostly the blackberry tho...with the "normal" porter aspects taking a back seat to the fruit. pretty mild on the mouthfeel part, easy brew to drink, its different but i enjoyed it... drink it again if in the mood.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Looks like Dr. Pepper without the massive carbonation and a nice tan head. Aroma and flavour are very similar - Chocolate and berries - I've got this nailed down to Lindt Raspberry Chocolates. The strong fruitiness nullifies any resemblence to any typical beer . You can taste the alcohol outright, but it's does not ruin this brew. The flavour gets weaker during consumption. Tingly thin mouthfeel with the middle being a tad sour and finishing alcoholically on the back of the tongue. Mild sour aftertaste.