Mayflower Porter

Brewed by Mayflower Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Plymouth, Massachusetts USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Rich coffee and chocolate notes. Nice creamy dark tan head. Good lacing. This is a "need to have" porter.

12oz bottle from a wine store less than a mile from the brewery. Pours dark brown, almost black with a chocolate milk head that has only traces of lacing and is relatively short lived. The aroma is overwhelmingly malty with a touch of smoke. Solid body with only the slightest hint of carbonation. Very enjoyable. Malty with a hint of dark chocolate minus the bitter finish. The finish was long and subtly sweet. Very enjoyable.

Pours a clear dark brown with beautiful ruby highlights and a creamy off white head that dissipates but never really goes away. Smells of chocolate and roast Yum! Tastes of chocolate, roast, and a bit of hop bite with a lingering roast in the finish. Creamy smooth mouthfeel, medium body, light but ample carbonation. Great porter! Smooth and silky and chocolaty. Must try more Mayflower.

On tap at the brewery in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pours dark brown with modest tan head. Roasted malty nut aroma with toffee overtone. Medium body is velvety; finishes with a hint of smoke. A classic porter.

a pint at American Craft in Brookline. You know I was not expecting a lot from this since it seemed to be one of the more straight forward beers on the menu at the restaurant but that is exactly why it is so good. A black beer with a thin head, the smell of roasted malt, chocolate and a bit of coffee. I know those are so common of descriptors for a porter but the amazing thing is that they were all there and balanced. The taste was a slight sweetness but with a full bitter malt body that went down easy and made me continue to want more. A great example of what is a straight forward wonderful style of beer.

such an easy porter to drink, sometimes the palate can be a little rough with porters, but the hops are just enough to ease the malts to not be cloying.

Bottle. Pours near-black with a medium brown head. Aroma of roast malts, coffee and a little chocolate. Flavor is roasty with coffee and dark chocolate being the dominant flavors. Very smooth, one of the best porters I’ve had.

Explosion of nutty, roasty flavors. Not very heavy. Well balanced with a lot of flavor. I am a big fan of this porter.

Bottle courtesy of Largiari. Dark red pour. Very dark but has reddish notes through the light. This porter smells amazing. Lovely sweet chocolate with coffee roast. Very nice. Taste is upfront bitter roast. Some dark chocolate feeds it also. I like this a lot.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. VLack - brown head. High malty, burned, herbal notes, grassy, nice medium to high hoppy, fruity, dried fruits, carcoal, light smokey.