Flat Earth Cygnus X-1

Brewed by Flat Earth Brewing Company
Style: Porter
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Dark brown filled pint with a low glow of amber at the edges. Finger high, soft, lush, spongy foam of a light sandy brown sits atop with good strength. Smal bits of lacing stick to the glass well. Solid lofty porter aroma of dry breads, cocoa, and caramel. Tenderly sweet and dryish to the air, elluminating with a nose of solidness that screams porter. Nice taster of a porter, simple, yet fulfillingly rich in a softness of breadishness and slightly biscuity-like elements are encompassed with far reaching elements of cocoa. Nice tidbits of caramel swim around underneath along with some smallish hints to dark fruit sweetness and milk chocolate powder. The dryness is subtle and clean while the sweetness and cocoa/caramel round it out with a fine tuned balance. Very light hints to smoke and tin float into parts of the finish. Body is a delicately smooth and firm mediumish tone with a great clean profile and slippery creamyness. The dryness that it carries is quite nice here as its just enough to make an impression while letting the smoothness of cocoa and slight sweet tones balance it out. It’s no brute of a porter by any means, but a damn fine example of the style. Not sure what the whole Canadian reference is about. Maybe the band Rush? Perhaps that will be revealed at a later point? But it is suppose to be a lighter version of what an American porter would usually be. The drinkability is a glide of fun, solid, porter taste and has an easy going character and complextion that seems simple but does not approach any such missing elements. A well crafted brew by Flat Earth. Perfect for this crisper, cooler Autumn air.

Had a nice chocolate roast scent, really smooth coffee flavor. Nice dark brown pour from a growler. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Originally reviewed: 10/7/09. Bomber poured into my pint glass. Pours a cloudy dark muddy brown with a thin tan head on top. Fair retention, but leaves little to no lacing. Smells like freshly ground coffee right off the bat, then this dulls to scents of earth and bread. The mouth is pretty average. Some carbonation play, and slight creamy feel. This is a pretty sour porter. The roasted coffee flavors I was expecting are absent. In their place is a sour mineral flavor that isn’t all that pleasant. I had higher expectations for this, but I couldn’t even finish the bottle. Not impressed.

On tap @ Stub and Herb’s. Deep brown brew with a ring of tan head. Lots of coffee aroma with some roasted malt and rye spice. Rye is even more present in the flavor but overall is a bit thin and lacking.

Pours a thin black-brown with a thin, small brown head. Nose and taste are nutty, chocolate, crisp, a bit of roastiness, with a bit of tart on the tail. Solid beer.

Poured into an English pint from a 650ml bottle undated.

A: Opaque brown body light only visible through the edges, thick rocky and dense tan head which clings to the glass as it shrinks.

S: Slight smoked aroma with roasted coffee, chocolate, and a slight spice.

T: Roasted coffee into dark chocolate with a slight spice. Slight nut flavor in the middle. Decent porter with good flavor.

M: Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation.

O: Solid porter with good drinkability.

Bottle. Ashy coffee malt and aroma. Dark brown with a small tan head. Sour malt, coffee, ash, and slight spice flavor. Quite tart, but not unpleasant Medium body and carbonation.

a bit thin and watery. Better aroma than taste.

Bottle shared by MrPickles...thanks Andy! - Pours clear dark brown with a thin tan ring of head. Coffee on the nose, with light roast and chocolatey notes. Real light and smooth. Taste is pretty flat, with some coffee and chocolate notes, a bit of molasses, and a sugary sweetness. Finishes with a roasty coffee note that slowly fades away, along with a dark fruit note. Thin in the mouth with decent carbonation.

Bottle to.glass. lots of coffee aroma. It also has a nice roasting.was as well as a bit of dark chocolate. Dark brownish black pour with a large tan head. a little dry on the finish. Nice and clean. Very refreshing for a porter. Another solid flat earth offering. Love their stuff.

Bottle from mattyb83. Very deep brown pour with a full tan head. The aroma shows coffee roast, with dark chocolate, and just a touch of pine and dark fruit. Getting quite a bit of a woody leafy scent as this breaths. Smooth going down with a sooty ash flavor to go with coffee, chocolate, and a kiss of sweet toffee. It definitely has a mocha thing going on. A nice dark chocolaty finish seems to linger. There’s some herbal hops and a light spice that mixes well with neither overdone. Good balance. The body is fairly full and creamy which allows this to glide along nicely. This is really solid stuff. One of the better Porters I’ve had, actually. I’d be interested in trying some of the variations of this as they sound tasty as well. Thanks Matt!