Founders Porter

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

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of TheCheeseMan. Pours black and opaque with a nice, light brown head. Distinct coffee aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malts and vanilla and again these very strong coffee notes. Dry and lightly malt bitter finish. 010209

From bottle, blindtasting #7. Pours pitch black with a diminished white head. Dry roasted malty and smooth chocolate. Quite dense aroma. Smooth. Light sweet malty with a solid hardroasted base. Smooth chocolate and hardroasted malty flavoured into a nice lingering finish with a solid hoppy finish, slight fruity.

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ Trade by toncatcher ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and dusty finish. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy and smooth, carbonation is soft. [20090607]

Date: February 11, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brusin Ales, Asheville NC
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with a roasted coffee edge, touch of caramel sweetness
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, dry roastyness, bitterness rolls out from the roasted to add a dry earthyness
Overall: rich and flavorful, but a bit too dry and bitter which holds back the rich chocolate
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Near black body. Thin head. Preliminary (cold) aroma is hoppy and roasty. More coffee notes emerge as it warms. The body is creamy, with a little bit of fudgeyness. Long, dry finish. A very hoppy brew. Overall, an intense black beer that eschews the traditional concept of a porter by a wide margin. Taken for what it is, I think I’d prefer a little sweetness to round out the harsher edges of the hops.

(growler, thanks ryan) Small tan head atop cola black body. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, roast, cocoa, light caramel, coffee. Taste is moderately sweet, bittersweet chocolate, coffee/roast, some floral/earthy. Medium body, some stickiness.

Courtesy of Nbutler11, thanks Nick. It is pitch black with a brown, creamy head. The aroma has notes of hard roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and hints of smoke. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of roasted malt, coffee, licorice and chocolate. It is really nice, quite hard roasted and it has a roasted bitterness in the finish.

(Bottle) Pours a black body with a large light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt and vanilla. Flavor of roasted malt, silky smooth chocolate, and coffee.