Cooperstown Benchwarmer

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

Bottle. Brown-black coloring. Lightly sudsy head coating the side of the glass. Licorice, dates, odd hint of charcoal in aroma. Cooperstown-characteristically classic thin, watery initial delivery. Dry, evaporating finish. These beers just piss me off - clear reason why it’s a benchwarmer. Wouldn’t be that difficult for brewer to build more body either.

12 oz bottle. Deep ruby brown with a nice, lasting beige head. Aroma of coffee, apple cider, and roasted malt. The dark malt dominates the flavour, giving it a nice bittersweetness, almost like bitter chocolate or burnt coffee. It’s not as sweet (and more bitter) than many other porters I’ve tried. (Not that that’s a bad thing.) Bitter finish. A little thin. Not bad. Love the name.

This is probably the beer I was most impressed with by Coop. Brewing. It’s got a big bold coffee and roasted malt flavour, and its thin as you can feel the alcohol starting to come through. Not much else to say about this, it poured with a big foamy head off their tap.

I think this is this best offering. Full of nice chocolate, nutty notes and flavor. Full mouthfeel and good use of hops. Well balanced enjoyable porter.

Bottle @ MrGoodbar GBC. Deep brown with chocolate malts, cofffee aroma. Buttery due to Ringwood yeast Light to medium body. OK

Bottle. Poured a deep brown color with a small tan head. An aroma of chocolate, roasted nuts, strong coffee. Ever so slightly hoppy, rich, and smooth, with the same flavors present as in the aroma. Pretty enjoyable.

Pours an amber brown with small tight head repalced by consistent low carbonation. Yesty pale malt nose with nice medium/light body that hits the mouth with a hoopy biter that rounds to apleasant and crisp finish. Not horribly bad yet not outstanding in its field. Alcohol well hidden. Baseball reference =’s Fielders Choice.

A serviceable porter. Black with tons of foam that was a delight on the palate. Nearly burnt coffee ground tarish aroma, sounds worse than it was. Average taste with significant burnt coffee bitter sediment, perhaps as it approached March expiration.