City Winter Porter

Brewed by City Brewery (Melanie Brewing Co)
Style: Porter
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

the flavor is licorice and roots in earth. the beer looks good in the glass with a big light brown head. the palate seems a little too thin and light as well as weak for the flavor. this seems odd due to the vibrant and enthusiastic head. touch of soy malt indicates a muted saltiness. a bit of a medicine smell at the end which at the start seemed a good aroma and precurser to something interesting.

12 oz bottle from variety pack. Very watered down. no taste what so ever. will NOT buy again.

Dark brown with a watery color. Faint head. Chocolate and roasted malt aroma. Spice and something chemically marring an otherwise nice nose. Stale, sour bad body. I think this bottle has gone the way of the dodo bird. To the drain I go...

illini08 was quick to tell me City rhymes with sh**ty, but this turned out to be pretty decent. low carbonation, mostly a chocolate aroma and flavor. nice session style porter.

Bottle: Pours black with a tan head. Aroma, roasted malts, chocolate, and some spices. Flavor, chocolate, roasted malts, some fruits, a bit ashy, some earthy bitterness, and some spices.

Bottle. Brown pour with a light tan head. Aroma of light spice, chocolate, soap, and brown sugar. Falvors of cinnamon, chocolate, sweet malt and bitter roast. Medium body...roasty and a bit soapy with a bitter/roast sour finish.l

nice color, aroma, head and lace. not much body, a little too sharp. Having a draft of it at Bodega downtown La Crosse.

Very dark, clear ruby black. Cascading khaki head, clipartsy label - has some potential but needs reworking. Toasty, chocolate cereal and prune aroma. Unripe fruit/grapeseed, coffee, creosote, flavors. Light sweetness, moderate astringency. Lasting roast malt bitterness. Thanks to PorterPounder for bringing this back from Minnesota.