Founders Porter

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ Trade by toncatcher ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and dusty finish. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy and smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090607]

From bottle, blindtasting #7. Pours pitch black with a diminished white head. Dry roasted malty and smooth chocolate. Quite dense aroma. Smooth. Light sweet malty with a solid hardroasted base. Smooth chocolate and hardroasted malty flavoured into a nice lingering finish with a solid hoppy finish, slight fruity.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt with an edge of burnt malt combined with light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt as well as lighter notes of soy sauce and wood. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the mouth.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of TheCheeseMan. Pours black and opaque with a nice, light brown head. Distinct coffee aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malts and vanilla and again these very strong coffee notes. Dry and lightly malt bitter finish. 010209

Bottled@The 2nd ES/CS Beer Tasting. (thanks J.S.!). Quite much black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is ashes, liquorice, some mild roasted malts as well as mild notes of tobacco. Flavour is ashes, roasted mats, some chocolate and coffee along with mild liquorice and quite bitter finish.

Bottle at home. Black coloured with a small beige head. Light roasted aroma of caramel, roasted bread, chocolate amd liquorice. Roasted flavour of caramel and liquorice with notes of chocolate and hops. Light roasted and hoppy finish.

Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with hints of coffee. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

Bottle @ Local Tasting, Nov 2010. Pours black with a large brown head and lacings. Nose is roasted bitter coffee. Flavor adds some smooth chocolate. Bitter and roasted. Smooth and full bodied. Carbonation level is a tad too high. Good.

Bottle from Vinens Verden. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, lots of licorice, chocolate, coffee and hops. Nice dry finish.

Bottle at Strømcph in Enghave Parken while listening to Four Tet. Black - brown head. Roasted. Chocolate. Fruity. Light hoppy. Sweetness. Dark bread. Smooth body. A bit boring.