Olde Peninsula Portage St. Porter

Brown with a tan head. Smoke and charred malt nose with a bit of some chewy munich malts notes and a slight maple note. Heavily toasted and dry with abundant char, some black malts and some soy sauce notes (almost milky soy sauce). Well made, solid, classic robust porter

tap: dark brown, beige ehad, appears rather thin. Decent lacing. aroma and flavor dominated by roasted coffee and not much else. Thin mouthfeel. Sorry my lack of love for coffee brews is well documented.

Pitch black with a head that settles to a thin, tan film, leaving wet lace. I detected raspberry fruitiness over coffee bitters topped by a light exhale of smoke. Fruit again in the flavor (strawberry or raspberry) with defined roastiness and bitterness. We were torn on the style and I thought it a stout due to its body, which felt fuller than your traditional porter.

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Nice aroma of burnt barley, roasted coffee, and a malty sweetness emanate from this dark brew. Thought it was a stout. The body’s a bit thin, but the flavors are large, adding a smokiness that rounds the drink out nicely. Looks like another good reason to visit Kalamazoo.

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Smoky style porter with some interesting flavor permutations. I’d have rated it higher if it had a more substantial mouthfeel...it’s a little thin. But big flavors of smoke/burnt wood/espresso/and brown sugar are all balanced nicely by the robust bitter finish. I brought some home for the southside crew.