Founders Porter

Brewed by Founders Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

12oz. bottle, with thank to alexsdad06. Pours a nice dark brown/black with a three finger creamy tan head, good retention and lacing. Aroma is a nice roast, with chocolate, light char, and espresso. Flavor is more of the same, with a "just right" roastiness throughout. A very nice Porter for sure, thanks again Brad.

multiple bottles of 2009 by way of emacgee.

pours viscous and nearly black. no light gets through and there is no color change at the edges. it’s capped by a soft creamy purple tinted brown head.

the nose is full of green leafy hops, ash almost like spent charcoal (the real stuff), chocolate, roast, raisins and faint smoke.

the palate is malty and thick... a touch fudgey but in no way sweet. there’s lots of ash and roast present along with flavors of chocolate, scalded vanilla cream, pale molasses and a pleasant lactic sourness throughout. medium full bodied with lots of substance. it’s rich, creamy and smooth with the perfect carbonation yet almost parchingly dry and hoppy. i think it’s those differences in texture which keep it interesting...

it is missing some depth, complexity and development of flavors but it’s really effen good! i think i like how they shied away from the lux nutty, coffee and caramel characters and allowed the harsh bitter and dry stuff to come through! 8/5/8/5/18/4.4

12oz bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Moderate carbonation. Aroma is of roasted malt, chocolate, hops, and strong burnt coffee. Taste is burnt coffee, dark chocolate, malt, brown sugar, vanilla, and bitter hops. The coffee overpowers the other flavors at first, but then settles and everything comes through. Creamy mouthfeel without being to heavy. Drinks easy, and is worth the price.

Bottle, thanks to NachlamSie for sharing. Pours black with tan head. The aroma is roast, charcoal, little bits of molasses, vanilla, and wood. The flavor is molasses with some ash and bitter chocolate. The finish is wood and vanilla with a little bit of walnut. The mouthfeel is rich and chewy... quite a good beer.

bottle shared with Tronraner. Pours a really dark hue, near black, with nearly no head. The aroma is very roasty and bittersweet. I feel like I can almost chew the smell alone. Raisins, dark chocolate, earth, and faint hops. Man, this stuff is so chewy. Tons of chewy, earthy, dark fruits; dark chocolate. The finish is bittersweet and dry. This is super porter.

Bottle courtesy TheCheeseman. Pours black with a thin off white head. Nice roasted grain and dark cherry aroma, not overpowering and very nice. Roasted grain, chocolate malt, coffee and dark fruit taste. Very nice light body with a hint of coffee in the finish. A stunningly good porter.

Bottle. Lots of flavor in this porter, but what makes it even better is the smooth, creamy body. Small tan head atop a deep, very dark brown-black body. Head diminished fairly quickly. The aroma is full of rosted malt, dark chocolate, black coffee and toffee. There are hints of floral hops, but only hints. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. But the finish revs up the bitterness to moderate leaving tastes of bitter chocolate, espresso with a hint of vanilla and molasses. The result is a nice balance between sweet and bitter. The finish is also dry, but avoids the metallic flavor found in many porters and stouts. Medium body with a creamy texture and low carbonation. This gets high marks on drinkability alone. Nicely done.

This stuff is awesome, glad to see it back in the regular line up. Pours pitch black with a thick chocolate head. Deep roasted grain aroma with the Founder’s house character. Great coffee/burnt flavor with quite a bit of bitterness. I could drink this stuff all day long!