Horny Goat Brownie Porter

Horny Hideaway (aka Horny Goat Brewing Company)
Brewed at Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Porter
MIlwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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12oz bottle, I was surprised by the pour, not as dark as a porter. Aroma of cocca malts, smooth tasting beer. Not a big bite like some porter may have, but very enjoyable.

Comes out of the tap a clear chestnut, not exactly what I expect from a porter, but the pale tan wheat head is thick and foamy and rather persistent. Malty, smoky aroma has an overtone of cinnamon and hints of bread and caramel. Malty, bready flavor has that cinnamon note plus woody hop and caramel notes. Doesn’t taste like a porter, tastes more like liquid cinnamon toast - but who cares, it’s tasty and enjoyable. Texture has average viscosity and fizz, and leaves a nice cinnamon toast finish.

Courtesy of Skyview. Brown color with a small head. Light spice aroma. Flavor of chocolate, light cinnamon and a bit of vanilla.

Light cola brown with a thin white head. Smells faintly like a porter with a sweet caramel note. Taste is a bit better, with some nutty notes, and a bit of cocoa, but I can’t say I get the brownie aspect of this

Clear brown body with a thick, clinging tan head. Decent yet light aroma of spice and malt. Borderline thin palate, but the beer is smooth. The flavor starts overall sweet with just a touch of spice (cinnamon?). It’s malty and smooth. The finish is fairly smooth. There is a bit of a cloying aftertaste, like a little too much cinnamon. Not a bad beer.

Sampled on draught at the Horny Hideaway and from 12-oz bottle. Pours a clear brownish amber colored brew with a cream off-white head that quickly dissipates and leaves behind some spotty lacing. Aroma of sharp grassy hops, some light caramel and chocolate malts, a hint of cinnamon and some allspice. Taste is light to medium bodied, some spicy hop presence with flavors of both caramel and chocolate malts, some spicy, grassy hops and a touch of allspice. Finish is semi-dry with a chocolate and grassy hop aftertaste. Though I would consider the beer color more of a brown ale than a robust porter, I have to agree the flavor does remind me of those Duncan Hines brownies my mom used to make.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 1/20/13, Rating 2775

Aroma: The nose is sweet and malty, with chocolate, caramel, vanilla, and a little spice
Appearance: Pours a clear reddish-dark orange/brown color with a small beige head and light lace
Flavor: Taste-wise, it is sweet, with the same notes as the nose and almost no balancing bitterness
Palate: The body is light and it drinks a little too watery, with average-plus carbonation and a short duration
Overall Impression: This is an OK beer. I don’t think it tastes like a brownie, but it is sweet, and it has some of the same flavors. The feel is a bit of an issue as well, as it is hard to shake how watery it feels. Overall, this one is not bad, just sub par.

Bottled. Poured clear, medium reddish-amber with no head sticking around. The aroma picked up sweet vanilla, maple, and cocoa.. some astringency and detergent evident. The flavor found the same sweet malts with cinnamon and lightly bitter nutmeg around.. vanilla, cinnamon, and pumpkin-kissed cocoa on the finish. Lighter-bodied and fairly sharp through the palate.. it became cloying and non-enjoyable after the first couple sips.

From a tap at burgatory in robinson. Not quite as dark as I would expect a porter to be. Does have a mild roastiness to it on the olfactory, so I guess its almost porter like in smell. Taste is somewhat like a dark decent beer, mild without lots of personality. Lacks some of th attributes that I associate with porter, probably more like a dark lager. Same with the appearance, this stuff is not really dark enough to be a porter, more like a yuengling and I don’t mean the black and tan. Yes, not offensive so I guess that is a positive when it comes to beer ande ale. Finish is accetable. One of the less offensive horny goat beers I’ve had.

Appearance-Clear dark amber with a fluffy off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma- Slight sweet aroma, slight vanilla and cocoa scents. Overall very little aroma to it. Flavor- Cocoa, sweet malt, bitter finish.