Kissmeyer Honey Porter

Kissmeyer Beer
Brewed at Fanø Bryghus
Style: Porter
Charlottenlund, Denmark

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle (BB Apr 1, 2012, ha ha). Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly lasting. Body is black (non-opaque, flashlight-tested). Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain), with notes of cardboard, sour milk, and minerals. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter, slightly papery. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. The first whiff was a blast of oxidation, wet cardboard through and through. First impulse is the retailer couldn’t move the bottles, fine, I’ll dump it and not bother rating it. But first I look for a bottling date. Best before April, 2012. Which to me suggested it was brewed in 2010 and they assumed it could last 2 years (brewers, come on, just put the bottling date on it, you don’t REALLY know how long it’s gonna hold up if you’ve never even bottled it before, ugh...I’m especially looking at you, De Molen...25 years, are you insane?!). But I see the oldest ratings on here are from this year, so it was obviously brewed in April of 2011. This is only 6 months old. Why is it so oxidized??? And there’s supposedly honey in this? Sigh. Hardly anything but roasted malt and cardboard. Something went wrong somewhere. At least the appearance and mouthfeel help the score, though. Sorry, but...this is a drain pour.

Draft. A dark red-brown beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of honey and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with honey, spices, roasted malt, and chocolate, leading to a bitter and roasted finish.

Pours brown with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted matl, mineral, dried fruit and light coffee. Flavour is roasted malt, malt acidic and coffee. Dry.

Pours a clear and dark brown beer with a weak offwhite head. The aroma is malt, slate, dried fruit and honey. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is dry with sweetness and almost no carbonation. Overall an average beer.

Wenig säuerlicher Beginn mit röstig-schokoladigen Noten. Diese wird im Mittelteil süßlich, würzig-rund, geringe Holznoten. Der Honig sorgt für süß-würzige Noten. Im Abgang röstiger. Rund und gut! 9/9/9/11/7/9

chocolate, coffee, honeyearthy, black, hazy, rocky head, tan foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, medium body, creamy, lively, There is definately honey in the aroma, but for the rest, taste and palate are nice, but not great

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours chestnut brown with a small off white head. Nose is very sweet with a touch of cocoa and ash. Vanilla at the front of the taste. Cocoa comes in and out and finishes a touch sweet and smokey. Nice enough beer

Bottle. Dark red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is honey, roasted malt, coffee. Flavour is honey, roasted malt, coffee, hop, chocolate. Nice beer.

(Bottle 0,5l) Sweet, spicy, light roasted malt, light honey aroma. Dark black color. Huge all time light brown head. Medium sweet, strong roasted malt, light spicy/alcohol taste. Full body. Very dry finish.

Bottled. The aroma has heather honey, light roast, coffee. Black coloured beer with an off-white head. The taste has sweet honey, coffee, roast, chocolate and there is a bitter finish. Nice.

Bottle 0,5ltr: Very dark brown coloured brew with an good taste of roasted malts, chocolate en some hints of honey. The starts was an very well hidden sour taste.