Franklins Maple Porter

Brewed by Franklins Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Style: Porter
Hyattsville, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Pours deep brown with a thin creamy head. Aroma of chocolate malt, and roast. Flavor is roast malt, coffee, a little smoke, floral hops, with a little maple syrup in the finish. Very smooth, medium body.

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2009 Pours a mostly opaque with dark mahogany with a small stringy lacing froth of beige head. Has a sweet dark caramel and maple nose with nutty coffee roast. Starts with good dark malty fullness for the style and some earthy hop bitterness with a touch of licorice before a drier roasty bittersweet dark chocolate finish. A nicely balanced and enjoyable porter.

A footbalm growler, opened whilst we were way too inebriated. Solid oatmal malt nose. Murky brown body. Sweet body with faint maple hiding amidst the malt flavors.

(growler thanks Footbalm) Pours muddy brown with an off-white head. Aroma of burnt malt, coffee, but no maple detected. Roasted malt and coffee make up the taste initially, but then the maple decides to make an appearance on the finish. Medium bodied, not too bad.

Grwoler courtesy of Footbalm. Pours a murky brown. Roasted malty sweetness on the nose. Palate is very similiar, with a light floral hoppiness on the finish, but no discernable maple present.

Sampled via 64-oz growler, supplied by footbalm. Pours a cloudy medium brown brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissolves to a fine film. Aroma of roasted coffee, caramel malt, a touch of maple syrup and some butterscotch. Taste is medium bodied, very little carbonation with a distinct flavor of caramel malt and maple syrup. Finish is slightly bitter and then a semi-sweet maple aftertaste.

Not bad, doesn’t really fit any style very well. Dark murky brown appearance. Light maple in the aroma. Flavor is medium sweet, just a little roasted character. Very smooth, and a hint of coffee.

[Growler, thanks Footbalm] Pours hazy brown with a small white head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, and maple syrup. Taste is strong of coffee and along with that a fair amount of bitterness. Some maple syrup showed up in the finish. Medium-thin mouthfeel. Not bad.

Murky light brown body with a small tan head. The aroma is maple syrup, chocolate and caramel. The flavor is lightly sweet with a fair dose of maple, toffee, milk chocolate and light citrus/floral hops. Medium body is round with light carbonation. Nice.

Very dark, even for a porter, with only the faintest white head. Slightly roasted, slightly sugary aroma. Initial taste was of roasted malts, the finish brings the maple which is pleasant and not overpowering. I liked the subtle maple, but this beer was too simple to be great.