Great Lakes Brewing Harry Porter

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing (Ontario)
Style: Porter
Etobicoke, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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A deep dark porter with a thin mocha head. In aroma, powderyt bitter chocolate with British hops and coffee. In mouth, powdery dry bitter chcolate with grassy hops, coffee grindsn good.

Cask at C’est What. Deep black pour with a tight brown head. The aroma has a lot of cocoa and some softly roasty. There is a little bit of roast and some chewy herbal aroma. Soft and a little bit earthy. Some chewy character as well as a touch of black patent malt. A lot of roast and a fairly assertive bitterness along with a little bit of toast as well. Really tasty stuff.

Project X at The Rhino, on-tap. Flat out the best porter I have had Ontario made. Spot on the style, smoth drinker. Not opaque black with only a litle head. Creamy mouthfeel, tasty, popular by GL staff as well who were having sample after sample. Milk chocolatey. Just bitter enough and rated at 45 ibu.

UPDATED: JAN 13, 2012 2012-01-12. Solid porter, seemed sweeter and less roasty than the Reserve Stache version in both the aroma and flavour. Very drinkable, smooth medium to full bodied palate. Quite nice. On tap at the brewery for Project X as Harry Porter.

2011-11-10. Brown tinged black body, modest tan head and lace. 3+ Dry roasty malt, fairly bitter throughout, dry roasty character lingers. 7+ Similar aroma, modest roast over dry malt. 7+ Average plus palate. Solid, well made porter. On tap at Rhino for Project X as Great Lakes Brewing Burt Reynolds Reserve Stache Porter

On tap at Volo
Aroma mild dark roast notes. Mild bit muted nose.
Appearance brown-black with thin beige top.
Flavor and Palate : medium light body. Plus carbonation. Good roast feel, hint of charcoal. It was lacking some spirit. Goof front but follow up was rather weak.

Cask at at Rhino for Project X. Pours a nice looking very dark brown with ruby highlights and a small diminishing creamy light-brown head. Aroma starts with coffee followed by roasted malt and some chocolate. Delicious flavour of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, cream, some light leafy hops and a roasty bitter finish. Average to medium bodied. One of the best Porters I’ve had in quite a while, fantastic.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2012 [4089-20111110] Cask. Roasty wood malt aroma has boozy sweet caramel hints. Black red-hued body with a medium-lasting creamy brown head. Roasted sweet coffee ground malt flavour has a long lingering burnt aftertaste. Full body. Quite hearty and stout. (7/4/7+/4/16) 3.8~
(Project X @ The Rhino, Toronto, ON)

[4247B-20120112] Tap. Lightly burnt wood charcoal aroma. Black body with a long-lasting creamy tan head. More burnt wood and a light barnyard straw poop pile in the flavour. Full body. Good. (7/5-/7/4/14) 3.7
(Project X @ brewery, Toronto, ON)

Bouteille 650ml sous le nom de "GLB Project X Harry Porter", courtoisie de johnsense. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de café, de malt rôti, léger de chocolat noir et de crème brûlée avec des petites notes fumées (tourbe) et de houblon herbeux aux faibles traces terreuses. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture léger-moyen crémeuse. Léger goût de crème brûlée (faibles notes lactiques) avec un léger goût de malt fumé (fumée de bois, traces de tourbe) et quelques traces de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de malt rôti et légèrement brûlé avec un léger goût de chocolat noir ainsi que des traces de mélasse brûlée puis à mesure que l’on progresse vers la finale, un goût de café noir vient se rajouter jusqu’en finale, où il est appuyé par une légère amertume de houblon herbeux aux faibles traces terreuses. Post-goût long et sec, moyennement amer de rôti / brûlé, moyen de café, léger de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir avec de faibles traces de fumée de bois.

on tap at The Burger Bar. Jet black pour, with a big rocky beige head. Amazing roasted malt aroma, touches of vanilla, wood, and some coffee. Decent mouthfeel, and a solid carbonation. the flavor was super satisfying. Roasty, burnt coffee, and some great vanilla finish. what a great porter, please bottle this!

Half point at the Loon. Deep brown black with a small mocha head. Decent black coffee and dark chocolate, cold and tight, a touch of tang, a touch smokey. Medium body with plucky effervescence. Reasonable coffee, a little leafy hops stern and stark, a little molasses and a touch of smoke; dry with decent bitterness and a fair long black coffee finish.