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RATINGS: 119   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.68   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 204   ABV: 6.8%
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That’s right, the first seasonal offering (of many to come ) from (512) Brewing Company was brewed this week. It’s a Robust Porter brewed with Pecans. Look for this beer to be released sometime in late October - We can’t release it until there’s at least a hint of cool weather in the air! This nearly black Porter is made with US 2-row and Crystal malts along with Baird’s Chocolate and Black malts. Mild smooth hop bitterness is contrasted with sharp black malt bitterness. It has a full body and malty sweetness balanced with subtle pecan aroma and flavor from locally grown pecans. Yet another true Austin original!


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
KAggie97 (3283) - Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA - NOV 13, 2009
Tap at Flying Saucer, Houston.
Pours a deep, rich mahogany with a nice, off-white head and a nose of coffee, roasted chocolate, and ground roasted nuts. Flaovr is a nice coffee/pecan balanced by chocolate syrup and a roasted malt finish. Thick and chrewy mouthfeel. I wasn’t expecting much but this was a pleasant surprise. Great beer!

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
achtungpv (170) - Austin, Texas, USA - NOV 4, 2009
Dark with a thin tan head. Up front roasted hops and pecans. Bit of caramel on the back end. Little aftertaste. Very good beer. A bit thinner than I expect from a porter but very enjoyable.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
kramer (3454) - Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 27, 2009
22 oz handbottle. Pours an opaque dark brown body with a bit of light passing thru on the edges under a one finger foamy brown head that fell to a thin film. Really great chocolaty nose with some roast and nuttiness, not sure I’d say pecans, but it’s nutty. Some coffee as well. The flavor walks the line between a Nut Brown and a Porter right down the middle. Some roast and coffee with a moderate residual sweetness. Medium bodied with a bit of fizzy carbonation and a little sticky clinginess on the back end. Nice depth of flavor from front to back. A really great Porter, not sure if I would have ever guessed pecans, but it is damn tasty.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
mar (3713) - Dallas, Texas, USA - OCT 25, 2009
growler thanks to thirdeye11. black with a cream head. nose is roasted malts, light pecan and chocolate. very nice on the palate with a light pecan flavor backed by chocolate and roasted malts.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BMan1113VR (6444) - Los Angeles, California, USA - OCT 9, 2009
Growler thanks to thirdeye11. Pours with a black body and a tan head that fades. Aroma of roast, coffee and pecan. Taste is pecan and mocha. Pretty straight forward, but good porter. Light bubbles. A lot better use of pecans than Shiner...gawd.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
blutt59 (4926) - Dallas, Texas, USA - OCT 8, 2009
growler, thanks to thirdeye11, black color with slight foam, aroma of pecan pie and coffee, flavors of dusty pecan, coffee, dark chocolate, nice beer

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Dogbrick (4824) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - AUG 27, 2009
Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que in Austin. The beer pours a dark brownish-black color with a medium light brown head that dissipates steadily. Patchy lacing on the glass. Light roasted malt aroma with a touch of coffee. Medium, soft body with flavors of malt, milk chocolate and mild coffee. Very little if any nutty character actually. The finish is malty with a light coffee bitterness left behind. Overall a decent Porter, but kind of a head-scratcher as to calling it a Pecan Porter. I know those nuts are expensive but this could have used more.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
daknole (5841) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - AUG 5, 2009
JW77 with a growler at cigar city. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is light chcocolate, roasted malt, weak coffee, and some earthy nutiness. Flavor is roasty and light chocolate. I wish I could taste more pecans. But it was still pretty good.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
sebletitje (4384) - Enghien, BELGIUM - AUG 4, 2009
Thanks to whoever left a full growler at CCB after Big Sound release. Pours black with beige head, light golden lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, light pecan nose. Taste, nutty / pecan with chocolate malts, light abv an palate with some coffee notes in the finish and some faint bitterness. Very tasty and gets better after a few pints and after it sits outside for a few.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
drowland (3879) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - AUG 4, 2009
Had on tap with Cavie while visiting Texas. Decent brew, but it needs more pronounced pecan flavor to really tout that name around.


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