Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter

Aroma of coffee, roasted, and somewhat burnt malts. Pours a dark brown with a thin head. Tastes of roasted coffee with a very light sweetness as well. Smooth, albeit a little thin. Medium carbonation. Easy going, well done.

Pours a muddled brown in color with a nice inch or more of head. Smell is highly roasted malts and some coffee. Taste is more coffee and it’s a subdued coffee, not a huge, burnt or roasty type. Works well with the beer. A little thinner on the mouthfeel than I’d like. This is my first Midnight Sun beer and I guess I had higher expectations than this.

I like the label on this bottle but I was expecting a bigger beast within. Pours a deep brown with a huge head. I had to cool the head down multiple times to continue the pour. Muted smell of raisins and rum. Taste leans more to the chocolate side than the coffee. Mouthfeel was a bit thin and overall this lacked a real staying power with me. I enjoyed the bottle but not so sure I will be reaching out for this rhino again anytime soon,

Bottle, at BA Throwdown #2. Pours a dark black pour. Very creamy head and lacing. Roasted notes in the nose, lettuce, wheat and dry coffee grounds, peanuts. Flavors of warming roasted malt, nice toasted biscuit, and some coffee. Tasty, interesting finish, drinkable but not a flagship representation of the style.

Pours black with brownish head. Aroma is filled with roastiness and coffee malts. Taste dry coffee, light floral hops and little bitterness. Nice coffee presence, although a little too weak and dry.

Deep mocha flavor, with a twang of leafy hops. Thin body overall. Coffee flavor is fairly subdued, I got more chocolate really. I suspect the beans were picked a day late... but actually pretty tasty.

Pours a dense brown hue with a root beer float type of head that sustains. Aroma is fairly subtle, but coffee grounds dominate. Initial flavor is coffee and roast malts that transition to dark chocolate and finishes slightly bitter. Texture is watery with mild carbonation. Fairly straight-forward coffee porter with limited depth and flavor, nothing too exciting here.

Bottle from liquidsolutions. Unfortunately, I think it was a bad one. Either that, or this beer is massively over-esteemed. First hit on the nose for me was the smell of new plastic. Yep, new plastic. Very distinct and very overpowering. Upon further sniffing, I could detect what seemed to be some really lovely bitter chocolate and roasty coffee notes as well as some lactic creaminess. Some nutty hints, too. Just could not get over the plastic. Thin palate and nice-looking dark pour with one-finger dark tan bubbly head. Disappointing.