Wild Goose Porter

Brewed by Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: Porter
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

pretty groovy stuff. kInda sweet taste to it. Texture was almost silky, roast aroma to it. A nice complitment to my burger and fries.

Aroma of slight roast, intense caramel. Nicely bitter. Good taste. However, too thin. Also, a root-beer like flavour surfaces, which is odd and undesireable. Altogether this beer makes a better first impression than a lasting one. The thinness really must be addressed. The finish is a little bit dry, which I like, but it is too bland--this beer hits your tongue with a burst of flavour, but leaves an emptiness in your mouth.

bottle-pours browin with a mahogony tinge under high amounts of lighting. small eggshell head present. chocolate and motor oil in the aromas. burnt char, coffee, chocolate and a considerable amount of oxidization are present here. palate is a little thin as well. some roast in the finsih followed by a wallop of oxidization. again, i must reviist this beer in a fresh state!

Expecting something a bit deeper in this porter. Decent red hue with a nice head. Inviting to the eyes, but the palate falls a bit short. Almost to light for my taste, but again still worth a try

Dark brown appearance with red highlights, so the self proclaimed deep ruby red color mentioned on the label was apt. The head was beige in color and formed to a two finger thickness quite readily, and was sustained for a while. Aroma was sweet and floral, and not quite typical of a Porter due to a lack of roastiness. Taste was also showing close affinity to a Brown Ale with a chocolate with nuts flavor. Not much graininess, sourness, or astringency. While the mild taste, although atypical of the style, was pleasant enough, the mouthfeel was tinny and hollow. Easy on the tongue, but unsatisfying on the deeper level.

12 oz bottle: billowy off tan foam above the mostly clear (thought dark) garnet brown body. The diminishing head never truly leaves, and gives off a nice roastiness, along with charred dark fruits, malted dough and a touch of anise. Pretty thin palate that delivers decent flavour without the full body that great porters sport. Sticky finish that leaves bitter cherries, toasted pine nuts and blueberries on the tongue and I find myself licking my lips in satisfaction from this pretty average beer.

Smells of coffee. The body is a little thin and and watery. Malt and roasted favor on the palate. Easy drinking. However there are better beers of the style out there.

bottled. almost no head, caramel aroma w/ hint of coffee. medium bodied, rather bitter finish.