Blue Canoe Distorter

Brewed by Blue Canoe Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Titusville, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at Blue Canoe. This was my favorite of the beers I had there. It is like a porter with a nice earthy/nutty and roasty malt presence with a curious little side current of pine/resin, which makes it interesting and unique. Oh, it was a predictable brown with reddish highlights, had a small head and had a whiff of pine in the nose. Maybe a little watery, but still good.

Sampled at Pints for Pets. Nice roasty smoky porter with light bitter-sour tang. Smoky roasty burnt acrid nose. Dark brown-black clear with thin tan lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Well-balanced porter with subtle roasted sweetness with a lot of tangy bitterness.

This is supposed to be the recipe used by 4 Sons when I rated it years ago, however I found this beer to be much more drinkable if not tame. Nice roasted grain flavor is subdued with a good hop balance, not the overpowering hop presence that I remember from the former. I nice drinking porter, er...stout....er...porter...er..distorter!