Flat Earth Cygnus X-1

Brewed by Flat Earth Brewing Company
Style: Porter
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Bottle from Jungle Jim’s. Pours clear dark brown with a large frothy light brown head that was lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted biscuit malt and rye aroma. Medium body with a dry texrure and lively carbonation. Medium bitter & sour flavor with a bitter finish of an average duration. My expectations where not met and I hope this was a bad bottle.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with stine (thanks!). Warning, gusher alert (I wish I read some other ratings before I opened this). I mean major gusher - volcanic eruption! This one must have shot up 2 feet and all over my workroom where I decided to open it. Poured, besides all head, a medium brownish color. Aromas of roasted and toasted grains, chocolate, caramel, and some coffee. Tastes of roasted nuts, same graininess, chocolate, and light coffee. Body was on the fizzy and over carbonated side that really took away from the tastes.

Draught at GABF 2008. Hazy brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma of oat and cofee. Roasted flavour of coffee, chocolate, oat and hops. Roasted finish.

5/14/08. This one didn’t suffer from bottle bomb but it did have a lot of carbonation. I chilled it for a couple days in anticipation of an overflow but instead I just got a huge head on the first pour. Its a very dark brown with a fluffy, light brown head. It smells mostly of roasted grains and light chocolate malts but I get a slight bit of hoppiness and smoke on the tail end. The taste is really complex and well blended. Similar to the smell with a pronounced bitterness at the end. The mouthfeel was a little thin and this was definitely over carbonated but it seems like they are on the way to fixing that. This could easily be one of the best porters I’ve tried to date.

ABR ’08 - Pours hazy reddish brown with a tall and dense foamy head. The nose is roasted malt with light fruit and burned malt notes. Comes across the palate medium bodied with roasted malt and fruit combined also with yeast and a burned.. Dry and lightly malt bitter finish with some alcohol showing

Bomber pours nearly black with aggressive tan head... Gusher actually, pretty aggressive carbonation. Once it finally settles, it has a roasty-coffeeish nose with some toasted dark rye. Well-balanced flavor, with a dry roasty bitterness and very light touch of chocolate sweetness, interesting but very drinkable. That little touch of rye-bready sourness adds a nice character. Carbonation is a bit much.

Very black body with a light khaki head. Chocolate with some light coffee. The taste is mocha with some light tobacco. Nice roast with a slightly woody finish. A nice smooth porter.

Deep reddish, brown colour with a beige head. Light roasted and dark fruity aroma with earthy and hoppy notes. Light sweet and earthy flavor with dark fruity notes.