Bagel Beer Pumpernickel Porter

Formerly brewed at Coast Range Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Gilroy, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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While I admit that the brewer was doing something different, which I always will admire, this one just didn’t do it for me. A pitch black pour with minimal head, the nose just didn’t have much punch for a porter. Slight hints of roastiness but that’s about it. Mouthfeel was thin, flavor was roastiness and some bitterness. I didn’t taste anything that was remotely pumpernickel nor bagels so that was pretty poor. An average beer. Nothing more.

This beer comes from the brewery that brought us Nude Beer, which was actually quite good, but it was gimmicky. So I shouldn't be surprised by this bagel gimmick - that Coast Range Brewing supposedly puts a bit of actual bagel in each beer. Hoppy oiliness in each glass with very little sweetness leaves you recoiling from the burnt timber taste. Considerably more bittered than other porters and veering heavily into stout territory.

Very dark brown, opaque. Supposedly made with pumpernickel bagels. Bready crusty, toasty, woody aroma. Thin body can't hold like flavours and some hoppy dryness fades into bread and then into nothing.

The aroma is quite lactic with heavily toasted malt, chocolate, and brown sugar. I’m not really feeling much pumpernickel here maybe a little rye. The appearance is dark brown with a tiny head. The flavor is acidic with all the elements from the aroma plus a tiny bit of pumpernickel but not nearly enough. The palate is thin with a bitter aftertaste. I am not in love with this beer but it’s an interesting novelty beer.

On tap at brewtopia.Deep color. Roasty aroma. Malty. Ok. Not much to say about it. Very thick beer.