Little Yeoman Porter

Brewed by Little Yeoman Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Cabool, Missouri USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Draft sample from St. Louis Microfest 2011. Pours a mostly clear brown with some gold highlights and a small khaki head. Aroma of toasted malts, toffee, brown sugar, wood, and nuts. Flavor follows suit closely but enhances what the nose brings. Light-bodied, with a toasty mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. I’d like to get down to this place sometime and check it out, as I’ve never really heard of Cabool before.

Ok, final one. Poured a dark but clear brunette colour i guess. Maybe mahogany is the best colour description. Toasty, caramel and some wood notes. But I got to dock it points for that clear redness and the suprisingly light mouthfeel. Hey folks, no hard feelings- i know it gets hot down there so you don’t want a big old porter sitting around warming up the bellies. All three were very enjoyable and i do mean this when i say i got to see this place for myself. Thanks again Brett and Hannah, what a treat! :)

3-2-08 bottle (unlabeled) shared at tasting
Clear red brown in color with no real lasting head. Skunky butter malt creamsicle smell (it was as strange as that sounds). Sweet strange, almost sour smell. Thin. not very good. Just weird and watery and off. Very butterscotch like. Not something I look for in beer.

Pours clear maroonish brown color with a very small head. Somewhat thin looking. Smell is I believe, diacetyl. Buttery as in buttered popcorn and malty. Taste is thin, slightly tart malt, and again a buttery diacetyl flavor. Quite possibley an old bottle, but not certain. Very thin bodied, and unremarkable aside from the flavor as well.

12 oz. bottle at the brewery in Cabool, Mo. Translucent dark brown with light brown head that lasts a little while. Mild, roasty aroma. Just a touch of chocolate sweetness in the flavor before blossoming into the roasty malts, little espresso, mildly bitter. Somewhat lively, thin despite a stouty grittiness, dryish finish. The flavor is nice but not incredibly strong, and I think this is a good intro porter for someone used to lighter beers. Quaffable but not clean.

I’ve never seen a porter like this. Transparent dark reddish brown with a light head. Malt, raisins, bread yeast noticed in aroma. Also noticed some caramel, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Sweet with a clean finish. Like a light chocolate brownie. Low bitterness. Drank this a month after the best by date.

Pours a rich ebony. Nice lacing Flavor is full of rich berries and weak chocolate. Good beer.

Aroma is a slightly roasted chocolate that has an old, dusty twist to it. Rich brown color that still shows light, I can make out the logo on the other side of the glass. Not much of an off-white head and it fades quickly like a soda. Bitter, roasty coffee and chocolate character with a ciggerette smoke finish. The body is pretty thin with high carbonation. Thanks to Doppelganger for this one.