Cooperstown Benchwarmer

Brewed by Cooperstown Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Milford, New York USA

Pours a dark brown with basically no head. Nose is like roasted qualities. Flavor is roasted and just an old coffee bean kinda flavor profile. Feel is standard. Just feels a touch light. Lots of carbonation. Overall this is an odd porter. I can’t really put it up against others I have had as far as similarities go. The body seems lighter for a porter. Overall though it is pretty drinkable. I would just never go back to it.

12oz bottle: Pours a light brown with a firm, creamy head that really sustains. This is really well balanced and well done. Soft notes of sweet chocolate and vanilla bean play off the firm base of caramel and coffee. The chocolate evolves as the beer warms, becoming very milk chocolate like and subtle notes of butterscotch and toffee appear in the background. The creamy mouthfeel caps off this great drinker.

benchwarmer, 12 oz bottle, served at about 50 degrees. Smells of chocolate, just a little, tastes of coffee. Dark dark brown, decent head, nice lace. Nice mouthfeel, not too much carbonation, not to me anyway. A little bitter not too bad. I still prefer stouts.

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Semi-sweet, earthy doughy dark caramel malty nose has a hint of dark chocolate. Starts with decent thickness and dark caramel malty sweetness along with some slightly roasted dark chocolatey notes. Smooth bittersweet finish, a nice porter.

12 oz bottle, via goldtwins. Pours a clear brown body with a thin fizzy light brown head that actually had some decent retention. The nose is quite cola like with some fruity honeydew melon notes. It’s not unpleasant, it’s just not very Porter like. The flavor is pretty thin with an astringent burnt coffee pervasiveness. Comes across as more of a weak watery Stout with all the roast going on. Mouthfeel is a little thin with a watery texture and a little too much fizzy forced carbonation. Overall, this was a pretty thin and boring Porter.

This is part of a beer club tasting. Only had one bottle but it was a decent taste for the price. Would like to try again after it poured great and left a nice after taste.

Thank you Coldbrewky/Steve for this one! It’s dark brown with a nice, creamy head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, light sweetness, caramel and hints of nuts. The flavour is slightly sweet with notes of roasted malt, a grapefruit-like hoppy bitterness, caramel and a hint of nuts. It’s a light and "friendly" porter

Bottle purchased in Cooperstown. Deep reddish-brown body with a fading, sudsy beige head. Fruity raisin and berry aromas plus some chocolate notes. Mild dark chocolate flavor with some roasted grain bitterness. Body is too thin (a theme here) and begs for a higher mash temperature. Another lackluster beer. Benchwarmer? The organization really needs to send this one down to the minors for some developmental work.