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Brooklyn Mary’s Maple Porter

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common

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RATINGS: 93   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.32   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 216   ABV: 7.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Mary Wiles joined our brewery team after spending 30 years brewing and doing quality control for a Very, Very Big Brewer. Mary evolved into a craft beer brewer, and now she’s doing our quality control, having fun while helping us make sure that Brooklyn beers are tasting great and ready to make you happy. But Mary has a bright thing lurking in her past, present and future – Mary has maple trees. A lot of maple trees. Actually, a ridiculous number of maple trees, acres of them, right northwest of us in upstate New York. And her family farm makes 100% real New York State maple syrup.

Real maple syrup tastes great on pancakes and waffles, but it’s awfully good in beer too. Porter is a classic British ale style that traveled to the United States, sustained George Washington during the Revolution, and later built London’s great breweries. Mary’s Maple Porter is a rich, dark ale featuring a large portion of her maple syrup in the kettle. After fermentation by our house ale yeast, the syrup is no longer sweet (yeast likes to eat maple syrup too), but the maple flavor shows through in a complex interplay with caramel, chocolate, and cof fee flavors from our blend of roasted malts. An earthy hop note rounds it all out.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
esjaygee (2599) - Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA - MAY 26, 2012
On tap at HopCat. Dark brown with ruby lowlights and thin tan head. Aroma of heavy maple, dark roasted malts and light vanilla. Taste of maple, nuts, dark roasted malt, caramel and vanilla.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
dfinney23 (510) - Houston, Texas, USA - MAY 24, 2012
This beer is best served with pancakes and sausage links. Not as sweet as you’d think but lots of maple syrup aroma and flavor complimenting the porter.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jbruner (135) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - MAY 24, 2012
Pours a dark brown/black on tap with dissipating tan head and no lacing. Smell is maple flavored coffee, and taste is the mellowed version of the aroma. Clean mouth, but nothing remarkable.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
drowland (3891) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - MAY 24, 2012
5/24/12. On tap. Dark brown, almost black pour with a nice brown head. Nice chocolate and coffee notes with a touch of tartness. Rich coffee flavor with touches of chocolate, veggies, and tartness. I can’t say I get much maple.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
jjuf1853 (1012) - Land O Lakes, Florida, USA - MAY 24, 2012
Draft at Tampa Palms WOB. Dark brown pour with a thin tan head. The aroma is mostly roasted malt, with a touch of coffee and just a faint hint of maple. As expected the maple becomes more noticeable as the beer warms. Nice flavor combination of dark pitted fruit, maple syrup, roasted malt, and pipe tobacco.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
tmoreau (1347) - Lombard, Illinois, USA - MAY 17, 2012
On tap at Lunar Brewing Co., and snifter served with a black/brown color, modest, light tan head foam that reduced rather quickly to a ring & film, and left some spots & streaks of lacing. The aroma was a mellow nose of roastiness, mocha/coffee & chocolate, subtle silkiness & sweetness, and some light char. The flavor added moderate hop bitterness, just a touch of dark fruit tartness, some mellow sweetness that might have originated from the maple, a little creaminess to the mouthfeel, medium body, and soft carbonation with just a bit of spritz on the end. This ultimately added to the perception of a thin texture. A decent Porter, but not snifter worthy.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
robiannelli (461) - West Deptford, New Jersey, USA - MAY 17, 2012
Draft on tap pours black with a thin brown head. Aromas of smoked malts very light maple a woodsy toasted bread aroma. Flavor is balanced starts off a bit sweet then finishes bitter with A hop resin flavor. Body is medium and finish is dry

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
emacgee (3003) - Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA - MAY 15, 2012
Dark pour with some chestnut brown on the edges. Nose is nice enough. A nice maple-y sweetness comes through, lightly nutty with some chocolatey notes. Slightly slick in the mouth. Kind of has an extract beer taste to it. Medium in body with a light acidity.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
AirForceHops (1116) - Epping, New Hampshire, USA - MAY 12, 2012
Draft. Deep mud brown color. Nice white head, good retention. Nose is kind of weak. But you can get light roasted notes. Taste is mostly maple and molasses. Traces of chocolate malt as it got real warm. Body is a bit thin. The sweetness hides the ABV nicely. Nothing that is going to make you tell all your buddies about but… it’s a respectable porter. No problem finishing the pint. Not top tier in any sense but still decent.

4.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
krf6 (8) - Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey, USA - MAY 9, 2012 does not count
Not very heavy; complex flavor. Very enjoyable overall. Found it at Biergarten in Jersey City. Anyone see this available in a 6-pack?


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