Beer Works Muddy River Porter

Brewed by Salem Beer Works
Style: Porter
Salem, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Incredible. Seriously could be mistaken for an oatmeal stout. Huge creaminess and excellent overall flavor.

On tap in Hingham. This porter was really big in Smoke, almost over the edge. Fair head and nice lacing with dark fruits adding to a complex beer.

Draft at Canal Street location. Served in a 16 oz. English pint glass. I guess the color does resemble mud color water. Low carbonation and nearly no head. Mild roast and slight chocolate, after it warmed a bit. Underwhelming nose. Caramel malt paired with light roast. With a slight hop to add balance. The flavor really didn’t get me excited. Something wasn’t right with the hop bitterness. I still finished it but having the Oatmeal Stout right before this; it really made this brew seem weak in every aspect. I will not order again.

On draft in Salem. Poured a deep brown black, awesome lacing all the way down. The aroma was chocolate and coffee, only some faint roast. The flavor followed, somewhat on the sweet side of things, chocolate and coffee in the fore, looking for more roast and / or smoke in the background. Mouthfeel was on the flatter side of moderate carbonation, but certainly not detracting. A decent porter, that I would have just called a stout.

From tap at Canal Street. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, slight caramelish and toffee like. Dark roasted malty, light coffee notes. Bitter and roasted malt finish.

Approximately 4 oz pour as part of a 4 beer taster. Pour is an opaque brown ruby with a tan head that coats the glass nicely. Aroma is a nice gentle roastiness, along with a touch of pine hops. Clean. Taste is the nose, nice clean balance between the roast malt and pine hops. Simple, but nice and clean. Nice porter.

I am a big porter fan and this is a pretty dam good one. Dark color with a very slight red edge in my 12oz glass. Caramel aroma with a direct chocolate barley taste. Just right amount of carbonation. This is a good example of why I love porter.

On tap during the annual Boston/Salem/Marble head tour. Nice brown pour with thin tan head. Roasted coffee aroam with a good dry finish. This was one of the good ones there. The entire group enjoyed it.

4/20/2008: Beer Works Porter is dark brown (almost black) and opaque with a tan head. The aroma and flavor have s decent quantity of roasted and caramelized malts that present weak chocolate and distant coffee characteristics. There is jus a touch of hop flavor in and bitterness in the finish to make this beer somewhat balanced rather than all malty sweetness. As like all of the other Beer Works brews I have tasted, this one also a predominent mineral presence that is quite noticeable after the first few tastes. This porter is decent at first and has a medium to medium-full body that is smooth and even a bit soft and creamy on the palate. This is probably the best of the Beer Works brews that I sampled.

Pint (draught) at Beer Works (Fenway) in Boston, MA. Rating #9 for this beer...

Draught. Dark brown pour with thin tan head. Aroma of coffee, malt and bitter hops. Taste of smoke, malt and a nice coffee finish.

On tap at the fenway location. Poured a very dark brown with a full tan head. Nose is very faint--have to put my nose deep into the glass--slight roasty and little chocolate. Flavor is sweet with canilla, toffee, caramel, more roasted malts and decently bitter finish.