A pint of Blackout Porter on the Breaker Room bar
A can of Blackout Porter standing beside the pint
Four-pack to go, $18Where to buy the cans
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Blackout Porter

Robust porter

ABV
6.0%
IBU
34
Tapped
4 weeks ago
Keg
Last keg

Blackout is a dark porter that drinks lighter than it looks: cocoa and espresso up front, dry roast behind, and a bittersweet chocolate finish.

16 oz pint
$8.50
Taster
$3

In the glass.

Aroma
Cocoa, espresso, toasted oats
Palate
Dark malt with a dry roast backbone
Finish
Bittersweet chocolate

What it goes with.

From our kitchen

  • Braised beef bowl$21Blackout-braised short rib, mash, pickled onion
  • Porter chocolate cake$10Blackout in the batter, salted cream

Also good with

  • Blue cheese

How we brew it.

Brewed with seven malts and a handful of oats for body. The next batch is conditioning now. When this keg kicks, Blackout goes off the board for about a week.

Why we call it Blackout

The 1948 flood knocked the station out for three days. The valley called it the blackout.

Stainless fermenters in the cold cellar under the powerhouse, condensation beading on the steel

Either side of it on a flight.

A pint of Floodgate Sour on the Breaker Room bar
Pours beforeFloodgate SourRaspberry sour · 4.9%

Blackout pours last on a flight. Dark beers finish the paddle.